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Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
The town was officially settled and incorporated in 1655, named for Groton in Suffolk, England. Called The Plantation of Groton, it included all of present-day Groton and Ayer, almost all of Pepperell and Shirley, large parts of Dunstable, Littleton, and Tyngsborough plus smaller parts of Harvard and Westford, as well as Nashua, New Hampshire and Hollis, New Hampshire.
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Groton includes: Newell, Paper Mill Village, Squamacook Junction, and Vose.
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Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Groton Inn, Built 1770, Groton, Massachusetts
"The Groton Inn was a historic inn on Main Street in Groton, Massachusetts.
The Old Groton Inn was an inn consisting of three historic structures located in Groton, Massachusetts. The oldest... Read MORE...
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History, News and Stories of Groton, Massachusetts, USA

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1655 - Groton is settled and incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1704 - Groton attacked
In August 1704, the Abernaki, with strong support from the French, attacked Groton, another village not far from Boston.
History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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1845 - GROTON. [Pop. 2,189. Settled 1655.]
The name of Groton was given to part of the Indian district of Petapaway, in honor of a town in England from which Governor Winthrop's family... Read MORE...
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1848 - Groton
GROTON was originally a grant by the general court, made May 23, 1655, of eight miles square, to Mr. Dean Winthrop and others, at a place called... Read MORE...
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1854 - Groton
Groton, a post-township of Middlesex co. Massachusetts, 30 miles N. W. from Boston Several railroads centre at Groton Junction in this township.... Read MORE...
1854 - The Destructive Gate - Its Effects at the East.
...At Groton Junction the side of a brick building, occupied by a blacksmith, was blown in...
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 21, 1854
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1859
GROTON, a township in Middlesex co., in Massachusetts, 33 m. NW of Boston.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1868 - 17 Pound Tumor
Mr. Luther Shattuck, of Groton, Mass., had a tumor removed from his neck, on the 11th inst., 16 inches long, 11 inches wide, 7 inches thick, weighing ... Read MORE...
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Groton Massachusetts, 1890
Groton is an ancient, handsome and nourishing town, situated in the northwesterly section of Middlesex County, about 32 miles northwest of Boston. It ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Groton
Groton, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Groton township, 31 miles by rail N.N.E. of Worcester. It contains 4 churches, a public library,... Read MORE...
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1916
Groton, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Groton township (town), 31 miles NNE. of Worcester, on tho Boston and Maine R. It has paper-mills, ... Read MORE...
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