Bolton, MA Real Estate

Bolton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,148 at the 2000 census.

The town of Bolton, Massachusetts was incorporated on June 24, 1738, following an influx of settlers. Town historian Esther Whitcomb, descendant of one of Bolton's earliest documented settlers, cites the recorded birth of a son, Hezekiah, to Josiah Whitcomb in 1681. By 1711, according to Whitcomb, more than 150 people were living on Bolton soil, despite a local history of Indian uprisings and one massacre. Many early houses were protected by flankers, and were designated as garrisons. Bolton's history is interesting because it is reflective of early settlement patterns in the Central Massachusetts area, and the conflicts with King Philip (Metacom) and his Indian soldiers. In her book, About Bolton, Whitcomb lists a Chronology of the Town of Bolton (pp. 443-444). 1642 - Lancaster territory bought from Sholan, Chief of the Nashaways. 1653 - Lancaster incorporated as a town. 1676 - Massacre by King Philip and his followers. Territory empty of white people. 1680 - Resettlement started. 1704 - Eleven garrisons designated. 1705 - Indians carry Thomas Sawyer, son Elias and John Bigelow to Canada. 1711 - Twenty-seven garrisons designated. 1732 - Harvard incorporated. 1738 - Bolton incorporated. 1739 - Town voted sum of 50 pounds to hire schoolmaster. 1740 - leominster incorporated. 1740 - First Meeting House in Bolton built. 1741 - First minister, Reverend Thomas Goss, settled.1744 - First school house built. 1754 - 1763 French and Indian War 1760 - Five school houses built. 1770 - Quaker Meeting established, and Meeting House built. 1771 - Reverend Goss dismissed. 1775 - Bolton soldiers and General John Whitcomb march to Concord; beginning of the American Revolution. 1776 - Declaration of Independence 1778 - South Parish formed. 1781 - Battle of Yorktown and end of Revolution. 1784 - South Parish becomes the town of Berlin. 1790 - Seven school houses built. 1793 - Second Meeting House built (site of Federated Church). 1797 - Second Quaker Meeting House built. 1812 - Powder House (oldest public building) built; War of 1812 (1812-1814). 1828 - Hillside Church erected. 1830 - Firstfire engine purchased and engine house built. 1834 - First Town Hall built (burned 1852). 1849 - Houghton School built. 1853 - Second Town Hall built. 1859 - Public Library established (in Town Hall). 1861 - 1865 Civil War 1866 - Second Baptist Meeting House built. 1868 - Part of Bolton annexed to Hudson. 1870 - Old Baptist Meeting House sold to town; becomes No. 1 School House. 1898 - Spanish-American War 1900 - District schools moved to town center. 1903 - Library building given by Whitney sisters. 1905 - Pond Park created. 1914 - 1918 World War I 1917 - Houghton School becomes a junior high. 1922 - Emerson School given to town; additions in 1953, 1971. 1926 - Second Meeting House, then Unitarian, burned. 1928 - Meeting House rebuilt. 1930 - Fire Department organized. 1931 - Federation of Unitarian, Baptist, Quaker churches. 1938 - Hurricane destroys Baptist Meeting House. 1935 - 1945 World War II 1950 - 1953 Korean War 1953 - Saint Francis Xavier Church erected. 1955 - Quaker Meeting House given to Old Sturbridge Village. 1957 - Addition to Federated Church (Davis Hall) 1963 - Trinity Church (Congregational) organized. 1964 - New Fire Station built; new Post Office built. 1964 - 1975 Vietnam War 1987 - Second Trinity Church (Congregational) built. From ABOUT BOLTON. Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1988. ISBN 1-55613-105-4

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Price City, State Property Type Beds/Baths Sq.Ft. Miles $424,999 Bolton, MA Single Family 3/1 1872 0.0 $765,000 Harvard, MA Single Family 4/2 3300 4.3 $725,000 Northborough, MA 7/5 4500 7.3 $725,000 Northborough, MA Condo/Townhome 7/4 4500 7.3 $529,000 Forge Village, MA Single Family 4/3 2100 9.0 $284,900 Westford, MA Single Family 1/1 820 9.0 $529,900 Tyngsborough, MA Single Family 0/0 0 9.0 $675,000 Tyngsboro, MA Single Family 3/2 2259 9.0 $599,900 Tyngsborough, MA Single Family 4/2 2700 9.0 $374,900 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 3/2 1250 9.0 $347,900 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 5/2 2466 9.0 $568,900 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 4/3 1940 9.0 $369,900 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 0/0 0 9.0 $497,000 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 0/0 0 9.0 $284,900 Tewksbury, MA Condo/Townhome 0/0 0 9.0 $389,000 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 3/1 1800 9.0 $438,000 Tewksbury, MA Single Family 5/2 4300 9.0 $414,900 Chelmsford, MA Single Family 4/2 2100 9.0 $289,900 Chelmsford, MA Condo/Townhome 2/1 1758 9.0 $360,000 Lowell, MA 6/2 2850 9.0 $424,900 Lowell, MA Single Family 3/1 1808 9.0 $359,900 Lowell, MA Single Family 3/1 1400 9.0 $405,000 Lowell, MA Single Family 3/2 1672 9.0 $369,900 Lowell, MA Single Family 4/2 1728 9.0 $240,000 Lowell, MA Single Family 4/1 2043 9.0 $479,000 Dunstable, MA Single Family 3/2 2080 9.0 $385,000 Dunstable, MA Single Family 3/3 1620 9.0 $399,000 Dracut, MA Single Family 4/2 1872 9.0 $399,000 Dracut, MA Single Family 3/1 1700 9.0 $329,900 Dracut, MA Single Family 3/1 1372 9.0

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