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Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA
The Town of Shrewsbury, named for Shrewsbury, England, is a suburban community with an uneven and hilly terrain cut by a number of minor streams providing several small water power sites. Grants of land were made in what would eventually be the town beginning in 1664, with the 3,200-acre (13 km2) grant called Haynes Farm as the largest. Settlers came primarily from Sudbury and Marlborough, and the first permanent settler was Gersham Wheelock in 1720. As a town, Shrewsbury was first settled in 1722 and officially incorporated in 1727. kids.kiddle.co
Shrewsbury includes: White City, Fairlawn, and Quinsigamond Lake.
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- 1722 - Shrewsbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1727 - Shrewsbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE... - 1845 - SHREWSBURY. [Pop. 1,481. Inc. 1727.]
This town was originally granted to some citizens of Marlborough, in Middlesex county, and included the whole town of Bolyston, and part of West...Read MORE... - 1848 - Shrewsbury
This township was granted to certain persons in 1717, most of whom belonged to Marlborough, and was originally larger than at present. It began to he ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 38 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1596.
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. - 1890 Shrewsbury Massachusetts
Shrewsbury is situated on high land in the easterly part of Worcester County, and has Boylston on the north, Northborough and Westborough on the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, shrooz'ber-e, a post-village in Shrewsbury township, Worcester co., Mass, about 6 miles by rail N.E. of Worcester, and 36 miles W. of...Read MORE... 
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Shrewsbury, a post-village in Shrewsbury township (town), Worcester co., Mass., 6 miles NE. of Worcester. The town is bounded on the W. by...Read MORE... 
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1722 - Shrewsbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1727 - Shrewsbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,... Read MORE...
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1845 - SHREWSBURY. [Pop. 1,481. Inc. 1727.]
This town was originally granted to some citizens of Marlborough, in Middlesex county, and included the whole town of Bolyston, and part of West... Read MORE...
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1848 - Shrewsbury
This township was granted to certain persons in 1717, most of whom belonged to Marlborough, and was originally larger than at present. It began to he ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 38 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1596.
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.
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1890 Shrewsbury Massachusetts
Shrewsbury is situated on high land in the easterly part of Worcester County, and has Boylston on the north, Northborough and Westborough on the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, shrooz'ber-e, a post-village in Shrewsbury township, Worcester co., Mass, about 6 miles by rail N.E. of Worcester, and 36 miles W. of... Read MORE...
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1906
Shrewsbury, a post-village in Shrewsbury township (town), Worcester co., Mass., 6 miles NE. of Worcester. The town is bounded on the W. by... Read MORE...
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