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In the state of Massachusetts, there are over 4,300 listings, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York. Listings appear in all 14 Massachusetts counties.
The North End is served by the Boston Fire Department. The area has been impacted by a number of significant fires—the Boston Fire Historical Society notes the following five-alarm fires in the North End since 1860: [40] December 10, 1905 – Consolidated Gas Company coal sheds on Commercial Street opposite Charter Street
Due to general lack of colonial government there, all four towns in colonial New Hampshire chose to become part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1641. They were ceded to the re-formed Province of New Hampshire in 1680, under a newly issued royal charter: Dover; Exeter; Hampton; Portsmouth
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37 km 2), of which 13.9 square miles (36 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (3.61%) is water. The Millers River , a tributary of the Connecticut River , passes through the town.
The town remained divided until 1793 when Massachusetts claimed the area (known as the "jog"). A border dispute continued until 1804 when the current boundary was established through a compromise between Connecticut and Massachusetts. As a result of this border resolution, Southwick is the southernmost town in western Massachusetts.
It is near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 37,006 at the 2020 census. [1] 10 miles (16 km) west of Boston, Natick is part of the Greater Boston area. Massachusetts's center of population was in Natick at the censuses of 2000–2020, most recently in the vicinity of Hunters Lane. [2]
U.S. Route 20 runs through Sturbridge, and the junction of Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and the eastern terminus of Interstate 84 is located there. The Wilbur Cross Highway ( Connecticut Route 15 ) formerly ended in Sturbridge; locals sometimes call Haynes Street and portions of Mashapaug Road " Old Route 15 ".
Located on the ancestral homeland of the Nipmuc, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1720 and referred to as the Northwest District of Rutland. The town was incorporated as Hutchinson on June 17, 1774, after Thomas Hutchinson, colonial governor of Massachusetts. The town was incorporated on August 23, 1775, along with 41 other districts ...