West Boylston, once a part of Boylston, Holden, and Sterling-, was named in honor of the family of Boylston.

The soil is excellent, and the town agricultural.

Two sources of the southern branch of the Nashua meet in West Boylston, fertilize the soil, and afford sites for several cotton-mills.

Distance from Worcester, 7 miles; from Boston, 42.

An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845

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