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It is the home to Faulkner and Talbot mills and the North Billerica Train Depot. The Middlesex Canal was built through the village in 1783 and the Boston and Lowell Railroad was put through in the 1840s. [1] North Billerica has its own ZIP Code (01862) and post office, which also takes in the village of West Billerica and parts of River Pines.
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 ...
Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. [ 1 ] The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of " minor civil division " and cities as a type of " populated place ".
City flag of Worcester, Massachusetts, with a heart in the middle. Athol – Tool Town [19] Fitchburg – The Dirty Burg [citation needed] Gardner. Chair City [63] [64] [65] [self-published source] [66] Furniture Capital of New England [67] Leominster – Pioneer Plastics City of the World [68] Winchendon – Toy Town USA [69] Worcester. The ...
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 Ventura County fire just north of Los Angeles was initially estimated to be 3 acres, but has since burned 50 acres. NBC Universal 18 hours ago Hughes Fire burns thousands of acres in northern ...
This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see List of municipalities in Massachusetts ) which is the smallest official form of government.
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.