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This collection is arranged in three series: I. Maps, 1634-2005. II. Plans, 1775-2007. III. Dana family maps and plans, 1760-1912. Scope and Content: This collection contains maps and plans chiefly pertaining to Cambridge, Massachusetts and surrounding areas in Middlesex County, such as Boston and the Charles River.
Apr 17, 2024 · Settled in 1630, it was part of Cambridge until separately incorporated as New Towne in 1688; it adopted its present name in 1691. Newton developed early milling and forge industries at the upper and lower falls of the Charles River.
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Historically, the area that is now Newton was settled in 1639, and was originally first part of Cambridge (then called "the newe towne"). It split from Cambridge in 1681, and became known by its present name of Newton in 1766. It then became a city in 1874.
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THE settlement of Cambridge commenced in 1631. It was the original intention of the settlers to make it the metropolis of the Province of Massachusetts. Governor Winthrop, Deputy-Governor Dudley, and the Assistants, having examined the territory lying contiguous to the new settlements, upon view of this spot, “all agreed it a fit place for a ...
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May 30, 2021 · Originally known as Newtown, Cambridge is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. First settled in 1630 by Thomas Dudley, who wanted to make Newtown the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Cambridge was later incorporated as a town in the colony about six years later.
2. Cambridge once included part or all of nine present day Massachusetts towns, and extended from Needham nearly to the Merrimack River. 3. Hales map of 1830 shows the rapid expansion of Cambridge into three widely separated villages after the opening of the Charles River bridges in 1793 and 1807. Erected 1980 by Cambridge Historical Commission.
Newtowne, as Cambridge was called by the colonists until 1638, was laid out in an orderly grid of streets, bounded today by Eliot Square and Linden Street, Massachusetts Avenue and the River. Each family owned a house lot in the village, planting fields outside, and a share in the common land.
