Massachusetts
Reproductions of old maps of Massachusetts towns, villages and cities. Most of the maps show the family name on each house. Also shown: schools, churches, saw- and grist-mills, shops and factories, livery stables, railroad tracks and stations, etc.
Barnstable County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Barnstable County published in 1880 by G. H. Walker.
Berkshire County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Berkshire County published in 1876 by F. W. Beers.
Bristol County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Bristol County, published in 1871 by F. W. Beers.
Essex County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Essex County published in 1872 by D. G. Beers.
Franklin County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Franklin County published in 1871 by F. W. Beers.
Hampshire County maps are reproduced from the Atlas of Hampshire County published in 1873 by F. W. Beers.
Hampden County maps are from the Atlas of Hampden County published in 1870 by F. W. Beers.
Middlesex County maps are from the Atlas of Middlesex County published in 1875 by F. W. Beers.
Norfolk County maps are from the Atlas of Norfolk County published in 1876 by Comstock & Cline.
Plymouth County maps are from the Atlas of Plymouth County published in 1879 by Geo. H. Walker.
Worcester County maps are from the Atlas of Worcester County published in 1870 by F. W. Beers.
Suffolk County maps are from various sources, as noted in each map's description.
Also see our Town Descriptions for Massachusetts. These are excerpts from the Gazetteer of Massachusetts, writtene in 1873 by the Rev. Elias Nason, describing the towns as they were then.
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A description of Worcester County published in 1873:
Worcester County was incorporated April 2, 1731, and contains 192,718 inhabitants, with a valuation of $131,022,996. It extends entirely through the State from north to south, and embraces an area of about 1,500 square miles. The surface is undulating, broken, and varied by several prominent elevations. Mount Wachusett, in the town of Princeton, has an atitude of 2,480 feet; Asnebumsket Hill, in Paxton, of 1,407 feet; Hawe;s Hill, in Barre, of 1,284 feet; Tufts Hill, in New Braintree, of 1,179 feet; and Hatchet Hill, in Southbridge, of 1,016 feet, above sea-level.
The principal rivers are the Nashua, flowing north-easterly into the Merrimack; the French and the Blackstone, draining the south-easterly sections of the county; the Chicopee and Miller's River, flowing westerly into the Connecticut River. These streams, together with their numerous tributaries, afford a vast hydraulic power, which is, for the most part, utilized. The county is intersected by various railroad and telegraphic lines, rendering communication with the shire-towns, Worcester and Fitchburg, and also with the other cities of the state and county, easey and immediate.
The geological formation is, for the most part, calcareous and ferruginous gneiss, Merrimack schist, and the St. John's group. In these meta morphic rocks occurs a great variety of curious and interesting minerals. The flora is rich and varied; and the farms, especially in respect to the produce of the dairy, are equal, if not superior, to those of any other county in the State. The county has 865 public schools, six incorporated academies, and one college.
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This historical old Winthrop map is reproduced from the 1874 Atlas of Suffolk County, Massachusetts (MA), Volume IV.
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Reproduced from the 1874 Atlas of Suffolk County, Volume IV. Not available matted.
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This historical old map of West Roxbury is reproduced from Volume V of the 1874 Atlas of Suffolk County, Massachusetts (MA). It shows the entire town (including the villages of Roslindale, West Roxbury, Cantrbury, Clarendon Hills, Eggleston Square, Jamaica Plain, Jamaica Pond, Forest Hills Cemetery, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Muddy Pond, Wards Pond, Willow Pond, etc.), with all street names, but has no family names.
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An historical old map of Part of West Roxbury (now Ward 17, Boston), reproduced from the 1874 Atlas of Suffolk County, Volume V. Family names shown. This map covers from the Brookline line on the north, to below Jamaica Pond, with Ward 15 on the east and a short distance beyond May Street and Rockwood Street on the west. Streets named are Pond Street, Rockwood Street, Centre Street, Orchard Street, May Street, Perkins Street, Chestnut Street, Prince Street. Jamaica Pond, Ward's Pond and Willow Pond are shown, as well as the Jamaica Ice Co.
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Reproduced from the 1874 Atlas of Suffolk County, Volume V. Family names shown.
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These four maps of Boston, Massachusetts (MA), were published in 1905 by the Boston Municipal Printing Office, in a small booklet entitled "Series of Plans of Boston showing Existing Ways and Owners of Property 1630 - 1635 - 1640 - 1645." Compiled by George Lamb, from Town Records, Book of Possessions, Massachusetts (MA) Bay Records, Savage's Winthrop, Lechford's Diary, Aspinwall's Notarial Records and Suffolk County Deeds. Property owners' names are shown as of 1630, 1635, 1640, 1645. Sold as a set only.
The 1630 map shows these owners' names: John Winthrop, Gov., William Coddington, William Balston, Robert Harding, William Brenton, Miles Redding, Robert Sharp, John Underhill, William Cheesebrough, William Blackstone, Edward Gibbons, Revd. John Wilson, Henry Pease, Samuel Cole, John Biggs, James Brown, Thomas Fairweather, John Glover, William Hudson, Jr., Edward Bendell, William Hudson, Sr., Robert Scott, Thomas Matson, James Penn, Zaccheus Bosworth, William Aspinwall, William Colbron, Edward Belcher, William Talmage, Robert Walker, Garret Bourne, John Cranwell, Edward Rainsford, John Odlin, William Lytherland, Giles Firman, John Mills.
The 1635 map lists these owners: names: John Winthrop, Gov., William Coddlington, Wililam Balston, Robert Harding, William Brenton, First Church, Miles Redding, John Underhill, William Blackstone, Richard Bellingham, Thomas Fowle, Edward Gibbons, Atherton Haugh, Rev John Cotton, Robert Keayne, Rev. John Wilson, John Newgate, Daniel Maud, Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverit, Edmund Jackson, John Mellows, WIlliam Copp, Gabriel Fish, Henry Pease, Walter Merry, John Davies, William Beamsley, James Johnson, Richard Tuttle, John Jackson, John Oliver, Thomas Savage, William Werdall, Edmund Grosse, Samuel Cole, Thomas Marshall, Nathaniel Chappell, James Hawkins, Robert Meeres, Benjamin Thwing, Joshua Scotto, William Wilson, John Biggs, Alexander Beck, James Brown, Thomas Buttolph, Thomas Fairweather, Christopher Stanley, John Glover, Hugh Gunnison, WIlliam Hudson, Jr., George Burden, Sarah Knight, John Button, George Hunne, Nicholas Willis, James Everill, John Coggan, Gov. John Leverit, Edward Bendell, James Oliver, WIlliam Pierce, Isaac Grosse, William Hudson, Jr., Robert Scott, William Parsons, Thomas Matson, James Davis, Richard Fairbanks, William Corser, Philemon Pormot, Richard Truesdale, Robert Turner, Vintner, Richard Hutchinson, Robert Sedgwick, Thomas Scotto, Richard Tappan, Benjamin Gillom, Nathaniel Woodward, John Compton, Edward Hutchinson, Richard Sherman, William Pell, Robert Rice, James Penn, John Kenrick, Nicholas Parker, Nathaniel Bishop, Zaccheus Bosworth, Richard Cooke, William Aspinwall, Thomas Grubb, Edward Jacklin, WIlliam Townsend, Robert Blott, Henry Flint, Anthony Harker, Robert Wing, Ralph Mason, William Colbron, Edard Belcher, William Talmage, Robert Walker, Ralph Roote, Jacob Eliot, WIlliam Salter, Garrett Bourne, John Cranwell, Edard Rainsford, John Odlin, Robert Hull, John Marshall, Richard Waite, Robert Reynolds, Gamaliel Waite, WIlliam Deming, Madid Engles, Rihard Gridley, Edward Brown, William Lytherland, Matthew Iyons, Thomas Munt, Jonathan Negoos, Thomas Foster, George Griggs, Burying Ground, Thomas Peekins, Prison, First School-house
The 1640 map lists these owners' names: John Winthrop, Gov., Robert Harding, William Brenton, First Church, Burying Ground, Thomas Meekins, Prison, First School-house, Richard Peapes, Richard Bellingham, Thomas Fowle, William Hibbins, Edard Gibbons, Atherton Haugh, Rev. John Cotton, Robert Heayne, William Tyng, Rev. John Wilson, Henry Dunster, John Newgate, Daniel Maud, Thomas Oliver, Robert Howen, Thomas Leverit, Edmund Jackson, John Mellows, William Copp, Gabriel Fish, Henry Pease, John Sweete, John Seabury, John Smith, Walter Merry, John Davies, William Beamsley, James Johnson, Richard Tuttle, Bartholomew Cheever, Nehemiah Bourne, John Jackson, Thomas Hawkins, John Oliver, Thomas Savage, William Werdall, Edmund Grosse, Samuel Cole, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Clarke, merchant, John Lowe, Thomas Joy, Richard Raylins, Isaac Cullimore, John Mylom, Francis Hudson, Nathaniel Chappell, Matthew Chaffee, James Hawkins, John Gallop, William Kirkby, Richard Sanford, Robert Meeres, Jeremy Houtchin, Israel Stoughton, Thomas Makepeace, Benjamin Thwing, Joshua Scotto, William Wilson, John Biggs, Alexander Beck, James Brown, Thomas Buttolph, Christopher Stanley, John Glover, Hugh Gunnison, William Hudson, Jr., George Burden, Sarah Knight, Samuel Greames, George Bates, Francis Dowse, John Button, George Hunne, Nicholas Willis, George Barrill, James Everill, Thomas Painter, John Coggan, Gov. John Leverit, William Franklin, Edard Bendell, James Oliver Edward Tyng, William Pierce, David Sellick, Isaac Grosse, WIlliam Davis, Jr., William Hudson, Sr., William Davis, Sr., Robert Scott, William Parsons, Henry Webb, James Davies, Richard Fairbanks, William Corser, Philemon Pormot, Richard Parker, Richard Truesdale, Valentine Hill, Robert Turner, Vintner, Richard Hutchinson, Robert Sedgwick, Thomas Scotto, Henry Messinger, Richard Tapping, Richard Croychley, Benjamin Gillom, Benjamin Ward, Nathaniel Woodward, John Compton, Richard Sherman, William Pell, John Spoore, Robert Rice, John Kenrik, James Penn, Nicholas Parker, Nathaniel Bishop, Zaccheus Bosworth, Richard Cooke, John Lugg, Arthur Perry, Francis Lyle, Thomas Millard, WIlliam Aspinwall, Thomas Grubb, Edmund Dennis, Ephraim Pope, Edard jacklin, William Townsend, Jane Parker, Robert Blott, Henry Flint, Thomas Flint, Anthony Harker, Thomas Clark, blacksmith, Robert Wing, Ralph Mason, Richard Carter, William Colbron, Edward Belher, William Talmage, Robert Walker, Ralph Roote, William Brisco, Jacob Eliot, William Walter, Garret Bourne, John Cranwell, Edard Rainsford, David Offley, Owen Roe, Griffith Bowen, Walter Sinet, John Odlin, Thomas Wheeler, Robert Woodward, John Hurd, William Blantaine, Job Judkins, Robert Hull, mastmaker, John Marshall, Nathaniel Woodward, Richard Hogg, Nathaniel Eaton, Francis East, Richard Waite, Edward Fletcher, Robert Reynolds, John Palmer, Jr., John Palmer, Sr., Gamaliel Waite, Benjamin Negoos, William Deming, Madid Engles, Richard Gridley, Edward Brown, Nicholas Baxter, William Lutherland, Matthw Iyons, Thomas Munt, WIlliam Teft, Jonathan Negoos, Thomas Foster, George Griggs, Richard Woodhouse, Thomas Bell, Richard Hollich.
The 1645 map lists these owners' names: John Winthrop, governor, Robert Harding, William Brenton, First Church, Burying Ground, Thomas Meekins, Prison, First School-house, Richard Peapes, Richard Bellingham, Thomas Fowle, William Hibbins, Edward Gibbins, Atherton Haugh, Rev. John Cotton, Robert Keayne, William Tyng, Rev. John Wilson, Henry Dunster, John Newgate, Daniel Maud, Thomas Oliver, Robert Howen, Nicholas Shapleigh, Thomas Leverit, Edmund Jackson, John Mellows, William Copp, Gabriel Fish, Edward Goodwin, Henry Pease, John Sweete, John Seabury, John Smith, Walter Merry, John Davies, William beamsley, James Johnson, Richard Tuttle, Bartholomew Cheever, Nehemiah Bourne, John Arnold, John Jackson, Thomas Hawkins, John Oliver, Thomas Savage, William Werdall, Edmund Grosse, Samuel Cole, John Hill, blacksmith, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Clarke, merchant, John Lowe, Thomas Joy, Richard Rollins, Henry Symons, Isaac Cullimore, John Mylom, Bartholomew Passmer, David Phippini, Francis Hudson, John Cole, Nathaniel Chappell, Matthew Chaffee, James Hawkins, John Gallop, WIlliam Kirkby, Sampson Shoar, Richard Sanford, Robert meeres, Jeremy Houtchin, Israel Stoughton, Henry Fane, Thomas Makepeace, Benjamin Thwing, Joshua Scotto, William Wilson, John Biggs, Alexander Beck, James Brown, Thomas Hawkins, Thomas Buttolph, Christopher Stanley, John Glover, Hugh Gunnison, William Hudson, Jr., George Burden, Sarah Knight, Samuel Greames, George Bates, Francis Dowse, John BUtton, George Hunne, Nicholas Willis, George Barrill, James Everill, Thomas Painter, John Coggan, Gov. John Leverit, William Franklin, Robert Nash, Edward Bendell, George Foxcraft, James Oliver, Edward Tyng, WIlliam Pierce, David Sellick, Isaac Grosse, William Davis, Jr., WIlliam Hudson, Sr., William Davis, Sr., Robert Scott, William Parsons, Henry Webb, James Davies, Richard Fairbanks, William Corser, Philemon Pormot, Richard Parker, Richard Truesdale, Valentine Hill, Robert Turner, vintner, Richard Hutchinson, Robert Sedgwick, Thomas Scotto, Henry Messinger, Richard Tapping, Richard Croychley, Benjamin Gillom, Benjamin Ward, Nathaniel Woodward, John Compton, Richard Sherman, Edward Hutchinson, William Pell, John Spoore, Robert Rice, William Dinsdale, John Kenrick, James Penn, Nicholas Parker, Nathaniel Bishop, Zaccheus Bosworth, John Stevenson, Richard Cooke, John Synderland, John Lugg, Arthur Perry, Francis Lule, Thomas Millard, William Aspinwall, Thomas Grubb, Edmund Dennis, Ephraim Pope, Edward Jacklin, William Townsend, Jane Parker, Robert Blott, Henry Flint, Thomas Flint, Anthony Harker, Thomas Clark, blacksmith, Ribert Wing, Ralph Mason, Richard Carter, Jacob Leger, William Colbron, Edward Belcher, William Talmage, Robert Walker, Ralph Roote, William Brisco, Jacob Eliot, William Salter, Garret Bourne, John Cranwell, Edawrd Rainsford, David Offley, John Pelton, Griffeth Bowen, Clement Cole, Walter Sinet, John Odlin, Thomaw Wheeler, Robert Woodward, John Hurd, William Blantaine, Job Judkins, Robert Hull, mastmaker, John Marshall, Nathaniel Woodward, Richard Hogg, Nathaniel Eaton, Francis East, Charity White, Richard Waite, Edard Fletcher, Robert Reynolds, John Palmer, Jr., John Palmer, Sr., Amos Richardson, Gamaliel Waite, Benjamin Negoos, WIlliam Deming, Madid Engles, Richard Gridley, John Harrison, Edward Brown, Nicholas Baxter, William Lutherland, Matthew Iyons, Thoms Munt, William Teft, Jonathan Negoos, Thomas Foster, George Griggs, Richard Woodhouse, Thomas Bell, Richard Hollich, Christopher Lawson.
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This old Worcester County map is reproduced from the Atlas of Worcester County published in 1870 by F. W. Beers.
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Royalston map
This historical old Royalston map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Winchendon map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Winchendon map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Ashburnham map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Athol map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Athol village map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Phillipston map, Templeton map
This historical old Templeton and Phillipston map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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Gardner map, Gilbertville map
This historical old Gardner and Gilbertville map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) by F. W. Beers.
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Westminster map
This historical old Westminster map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Fitchburg map
This historical old Fitchburg map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) by F. W. Beers. This Fitchburg center map shows: Mount Laurel Cemetery, Laurel Hill, Nashua River, Stonemill Pond, Court House, Grammar School, High School, Punch Brook, Rail Road Machine SHops, Saw Mill, Car Shop, Fitchburg Freight Depot, Freight House, Turn Table, Coal Shed, Fitchburg Foundry, Fish Pond, Purifying House, Gas Works, Scales, Hearse House, Dye House, Planing Mill, Putnum Machine Co., etc.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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LUnenburg map
This historical old Lunenburg map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Leominster map
This historical old Leominster map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Leominster map
This historical old Leominster map was originally published in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), in 1870, by F. W. Beers.
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Dana map, Petersham map
This historical old map of Dana and Petersham was reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers. Dana is one of the four towns abandoned and flooded by the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. They are often referred to as the Lost Towns of the Quabbin.
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Hubbardston map
This historical old Hubbardston map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Princeton map
This historical old Princeton map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Sterling map
This historical old Sterling map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Lancaster map
This historical old Lancaster map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Harvard map
This historical old Harvard map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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This historical old Bolton and Berlin map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Lancaster map
This historical old Lancaster map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Hardwick map
This historical old Hardwick map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Barre map
This historical old Barre map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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Oakham map, New Braintree map
This historical old New Braintree and Oakham map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Rutlalnd map
This historical old Rutland map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Paxton map, Jefferson map
This historical old Paxton map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Holden map
This historical old Holden map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Boylston map, West Boylston map
This historical old West Boylston and Boylston map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) by F. W. Beers.
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Clinton map
This historical old Clinton map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers. This historical map of Clinton center shows: Passenger Depot, Freight House, Clinton Wire Cloth Co., Machine SHop, Foundry, Lancaster Quilt Company, Counterpane Mill Pond, Lancaster Mills, Tail Race, Carding Spinning & Weaving Room, Dressing Room, Dye House, Feeding Canal, Dam, Franklin Square, Bigelow Carpet Company, Clinton Gas Company, Bank, Bigelow Library and Post Office, Common, Reservoir, Congregational Church, Baptist Church, Grammar School, Store, Clinton Hotel & Hall, etc.
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Warren map, West Brookfield map
This historical old Warren and West Brookfield map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Reproduced from the 1870 Atlas of Worcester County by F. W. Beers.
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North Brookfield map
This historical old North Brookfield map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers.
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Brookfield map
This historical old Brookfield map was originally published in 1870 in the Atlas of the Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), by F. W. Beers. In 1870 East Brookfield was still part of Brookfield About East Brookfield: East Brookfield was first settled in 1664 as part of the what was known as Quabog Plantation lands. It later became part of the new town of Brookfield in 1673, and was not officially incorporated as a separate town until 1920, making it the "newest" town (by date of in the state of Massachusetts.
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