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Middleborough, Plymouth, MA
The town was first settled by Europeans in 1661 as Nemasket, later changed to Middlebury, and officially incorporated as Middleborough in 1669. The name Nemasket came from a Native American settlement along the small river that now bears the same name. Nemasket may have meant "place of fish", due to the large amount of herring that migrate up the river each spring. kids.kiddle.co
Middleborough includes: Eddyville, Fall Brook, The Green, Haskins, Highlands, Muttock, Nemasket, Peasville, Puddingshire, Purchade, Putnams, Rock Station, Tack Factory, Thomastown, Titicut, Waterville, Barden Hill, and Bull's Eye Crossing.
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- 1660 - Middleborough is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1669 - Middleborough is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Middleborough
Middleborough [Middleboro], Massachusetts
Plymouth county. This is the Indian Namasket; formerly thickly populated by the people of that tribe, and governed by the noted sachem Tispacan. On the rocks in this town are the prints of naked hands and feet, supposed to be the work of the Indians. Here...Read MORE... - 1845 - MIDDLEBOROUGH. [Pop. 5,085. Inc. 1660.]
Marlborough was called Namashet by the Indians.
The township is one of the largest in the State, and the chief village is called Four Corners.
It contains many ponds, of which Assawamset and Long Pond are the largest, and empty into Taunton River.
Cotton goods, shovels, nails, straw...Read MORE... - 1854 - Middleborough
Middleborocgh, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the left bank of Taunton river, about 40 miles S. by E. from Boston, contains an important manufacturing village of its own name, which is situated on the Fall River railroad, at its junction with Cape Cod railroad. Pop., 5336.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1868 - Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Middleboro, Mass., a few days ago.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 5, 1868- 1890 Middleborough Massachusetts
Middleborough is an unusually level town of large area lying in the western part of the southern section of Plymouth County. The Cape Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad runs through the midst of the town, swerving to the west of the centre, where it connects near Four Corners village...Read MORE... - 1895 - Middleborough
Middleborough, mid'del-bür-rüh, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Middleborough township, on the Old Colony Railroad, at the junction of two branches with one of the main lines, 34 miles S. by E. of Boston, and 10% miles E. of Taunton. It has a bank, a fine town hall, an academy, a high...Read MORE... - 1906
Middleboro, a banking post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Middleboro township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 34 miles S. by E. of Boston. It has a town-hall, public library, etc., and manufactures of boots and shoes, lumber, woollens, varnish, tiles, etc. The town is...Read MORE... 
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1660 - Middleborough is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1669 - Middleborough is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Middleborough
Middleborough [Middleboro], Massachusetts
Plymouth county. This is the Indian Namasket; formerly thickly populated by the people of that tribe, and governed by the noted sachem Tispacan. On the rocks in this town are the prints of naked hands and feet, supposed to be the work of the Indians. Here... Read MORE...
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1845 - MIDDLEBOROUGH. [Pop. 5,085. Inc. 1660.]
Marlborough was called Namashet by the Indians.
The township is one of the largest in the State, and the chief village is called Four Corners.
It contains many ponds, of which Assawamset and Long Pond are the largest, and empty into Taunton River.
Cotton goods, shovels, nails, straw... Read MORE...
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1854 - Middleborough
Middleborocgh, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the left bank of Taunton river, about 40 miles S. by E. from Boston, contains an important manufacturing village of its own name, which is situated on the Fall River railroad, at its junction with Cape Cod railroad. Pop., 5336.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1868 - Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Middleboro, Mass., a few days ago.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
December 5, 1868
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1890 Middleborough Massachusetts
Middleborough is an unusually level town of large area lying in the western part of the southern section of Plymouth County. The Cape Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad runs through the midst of the town, swerving to the west of the centre, where it connects near Four Corners village... Read MORE...
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1895 - Middleborough
Middleborough, mid'del-bür-rüh, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Middleborough township, on the Old Colony Railroad, at the junction of two branches with one of the main lines, 34 miles S. by E. of Boston, and 10% miles E. of Taunton. It has a bank, a fine town hall, an academy, a high... Read MORE...
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1906
Middleboro, a banking post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Middleboro township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 34 miles S. by E. of Boston. It has a town-hall, public library, etc., and manufactures of boots and shoes, lumber, woollens, varnish, tiles, etc. The town is... Read MORE...
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