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Merrimac, Essex, MA
Settled by the English in 1638 as a part of Salisbury and later as a part of Amesbury around the village of Merrimacport, it was known throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as an agricultural and fishing community, with a small amount of shipbuilding. When Amesbury separated from Salisbury in 1666, Merrimac was referred to as the West Parish of Amesbury, or simply West Amesbury, although it was unincorporated. When a border dispute between the Massachusetts and New Hampshire colonies was settled in 1741, the new border sliced off the parts of Amesbury that were further from the Merrimack River, with the area then associated with West Amesbury becoming the "new town" of Newton, New Hampshire. Merrimac was incorporated on April 11, 1876. wikipedia
Merrimac includes: Bear Hill, Birch Meadow, Hadley, Highlands, and Merrimacport.
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- 1638 - Merrimac is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1854 - West Amesbury
West Amesbury, a post-village of Amesbury township, Essex co., Massachusetts, near the Merrimack river, 41 miles N. N. E. from Boston.
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. - 1876 - Merrimac is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - Merrimac Massachusetts, 1890
Merrimac is a thrifty and attractive manufacturing town situated on the north bank of the Merrimack River, and bounded by Amesbury on the east, West Newbury and Haverhill on the south, and Newton in New Hampshire on the northwest and north. The West Amesbury (Merrimac) Branch Railroad connects this ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Merrimac
Merrimac (formerly West Amesbury), a post-village in Merrimac township, Essex co., Mass. on the Merrimac River, and on a branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, 8 miles N.E. of Haverhill. It has a bank, 3 churches, and manufactures of carriages and felt shoes. Pop. in 1890, 2633.
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 - 1906
Merrimac (formerly West Amesbury), a banking post-village in Merrimac township (town), Essex co., Mass., on the Merrimac River and on the Boston and Maine R., 8 miles NE. of Haverhill. It has manufactures of carriages. Pop. in 1900, 2131.
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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 (Merrimacport) (South Amesbury) - Main Street, near the Four Corners, Merrimac, Mass.)
Main Street, near the Four Corners, Merrimac, Mass.
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1638 - Merrimac is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1854 - West Amesbury
West Amesbury, a post-village of Amesbury township, Essex co., Massachusetts, near the Merrimack river, 41 miles N. N. E. from Boston.
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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1876 - Merrimac is incorporated
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Merrimac Massachusetts, 1890
Merrimac is a thrifty and attractive manufacturing town situated on the north bank of the Merrimack River, and bounded by Amesbury on the east, West Newbury and Haverhill on the south, and Newton in New Hampshire on the northwest and north. The West Amesbury (Merrimac) Branch Railroad connects this ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Merrimac
Merrimac (formerly West Amesbury), a post-village in Merrimac township, Essex co., Mass. on the Merrimac River, and on a branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, 8 miles N.E. of Haverhill. It has a bank, 3 churches, and manufactures of carriages and felt shoes. Pop. in 1890, 2633.
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
Merrimac (formerly West Amesbury), a banking post-village in Merrimac township (town), Essex co., Mass., on the Merrimac River and on the Boston and Maine R., 8 miles NE. of Haverhill. It has manufactures of carriages. Pop. in 1900, 2131.
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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