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In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian village named Shawshin was at the current site of Billerica, [3] commonly spelled Shawsheen today, as in the Shawsheen River.In 1638, Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop and Lt. Governor Thomas Dudley were granted land along the Concord River in the area, and roughly a dozen families from Cambridge and Charlestown Village had begun to occupy Shawshin ...
The Billerica Mills Historic District is a historic district between the Concord River, Treble Cove Terrace, Kohlrausch Avenue, Indian Road, Holt Ruggles, and Rogers Streets in the village of North Billerica, Massachusetts (part of the town of Billerica). The C.P. Talbot & Company mill building still stands in the center of the district.
The Billerica Town Common District is a historic district encompassing what remains of the 1655 town common of Billerica, Massachusetts, and the properties surrounding it. The district is roughly bounded by Cummings Street, Concord Road, and Boston Road.
1871 Map of Middlesex County Plate 44-45 from the 1871 Atlas of Massachusetts. National Register of Historic Places listing for Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; Middlesex County entry from Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839; Map of cities and towns of Massachusetts Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; Massachusetts County Map
North Billerica is also home to the oldest remaining homestead in Billerica, the Manning Manse, [2] built in 1696. The Manse is located on Chelmsford Road ( MA Rte 129 ) about a quarter mile east of US Route 3 and the Chelmsford town line.
However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set different rules for each type. There is no unincorporated land in Massachusetts. The land area of the state is completely divided up ...
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is located in north-central and northeastern Massachusetts. The largest municipalities in the district are Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Billerica (partial), Fitchburg, and Marlborough. Democrat Lori Trahan has represented the district since 2019.
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains almost all of Essex County , including the North Shore and Cape Ann and excluding the Merrimack Valley , as well as some towns in Middlesex County .