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Otis, Berkshire, MA
Officially incorporated in 1810, the town was created when the unincorporated town of Loudon annexed the adjacent District of Bethlehem in 1809. It was named after Harrison Gray Otis, an influential lawyer, financier, and politician in revolutionary Massachusetts. kids.kiddle.co
Otis includes: Algeria and Cold Spring.
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- 1735 - Otis is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1773 - Otis 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 - OTIS. [Pop. 1,177. Inc. 1773.]
This town was called Loudon till 1810, when it was named Otis, in honor of Harrison Gray Otis, a distinguished citizen of Boston, then Speaker of the ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Otis
Otis, a post-township in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 115 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1224.
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. - Otis Massachusetts, 1890
Otis is a picturesque, sparsely inhabited town of the highlands, situated in the northeastern part of the southern half of Berkshire County, 128...Read MORE... - 1895 - Otis
Otis, a post-hamlet in Otis township, Berkshire co, Mass., about 22 miles S.S.E. of Pittsfield. It has 2 churches. Pop. of the township, 855.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
Main Street, East Otis, Mass.
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Otis, a post-village in Otis township (town), Berkshire co., Mass., about 22 miles SSE. of Pittsfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 476.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
Helena Hall, Otis, Mass.
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1735 - Otis is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1773 - Otis 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 - OTIS. [Pop. 1,177. Inc. 1773.]
This town was called Loudon till 1810, when it was named Otis, in honor of Harrison Gray Otis, a distinguished citizen of Boston, then Speaker of the ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Otis
Otis, a post-township in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 115 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1224.
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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Otis Massachusetts, 1890
Otis is a picturesque, sparsely inhabited town of the highlands, situated in the northeastern part of the southern half of Berkshire County, 128... Read MORE...
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1895 - Otis
Otis, a post-hamlet in Otis township, Berkshire co, Mass., about 22 miles S.S.E. of Pittsfield. It has 2 churches. Pop. of the township, 855.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Otis, a post-village in Otis township (town), Berkshire co., Mass., about 22 miles SSE. of Pittsfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 476.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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