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Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Holden was named for Samuel Holden, a director of the Bank of England.
Holden includes: Bryantville, Chaffinville, Dawson Station, Jefferson, Lovellville, North Woods, Quinapoxet, Springdale, Uniondale and Unionville.
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- 1723 - Holden is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1741 - Holden is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Holden
Holden, Massachusetts
Worcester county. This town is finely watered by branches of Blackstone and Nashua rivers. It has a valuable water power on...Read MORE... - 1845 - HOLDEN. [Pop. 1,874. Inc. 1741.]
Holden was separated from Worcester, and named in honor of an English gentleman, whose family were benefactors of Harvard College, and of the...Read MORE... - 1848 - Holden
This town was taken wholly from the town of Worcester, being included in their original grants, and was the north-westerly part thereof. It was...Read MORE... - 1854 - Holden
Holden, a post-township of Worcester co., Massachusetts, 50 miles W. of Boston. Population, 1933.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1871 - A TORNADO. HOUSES, BARNS AND TREES PROSTRATED IN MASSACHUSETTS - DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH - SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Worcester, Mass., June 11. - A sweeping tornado passed through the towns of Paxton, Holden and West Boyleston this afternoon at 4 1/ 2 o'clock,...Read MORE...- Holden Massachusetts, 1890
Holden is a large town occupying high ground near the centre of Worcester County. Its form is nearly that of a diamond, having its greatest length...Read MORE... - 1895 - Holden / Jeffersonville
Holden, a post-village in Holden township, Worcester co., Mass., on the Fitchburg Railroad and the Massachusetts Central Railroad (Quinapoxet...Read MORE... 
The Common
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New Reservoir
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Holden, a post-village in Holden township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 52 miles W. of Boston. It has woollen...Read MORE... 
Gale Free Library, Holden, Mass.
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Holden High School
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Holden, Massachusetts, USA
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The Common
Holden, Massachusetts, USA
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First Baptist Church
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New Reservoir
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Gale Free Library, Holden, Mass.
Holden, Massachusetts, USA
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Holden High School
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1723 - Holden is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1741 - Holden is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Holden
Holden, Massachusetts
Worcester county. This town is finely watered by branches of Blackstone and Nashua rivers. It has a valuable water power on... Read MORE...
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1845 - HOLDEN. [Pop. 1,874. Inc. 1741.]
Holden was separated from Worcester, and named in honor of an English gentleman, whose family were benefactors of Harvard College, and of the... Read MORE...
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1848 - Holden
This town was taken wholly from the town of Worcester, being included in their original grants, and was the north-westerly part thereof. It was... Read MORE...
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1854 - Holden
Holden, a post-township of Worcester co., Massachusetts, 50 miles W. of Boston. Population, 1933.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1871 - A TORNADO. HOUSES, BARNS AND TREES PROSTRATED IN MASSACHUSETTS - DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH - SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Worcester, Mass., June 11. - A sweeping tornado passed through the towns of Paxton, Holden and West Boyleston this afternoon at 4 1/ 2 o'clock,... Read MORE...
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Holden Massachusetts, 1890
Holden is a large town occupying high ground near the centre of Worcester County. Its form is nearly that of a diamond, having its greatest length... Read MORE...
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1895 - Holden / Jeffersonville
Holden, a post-village in Holden township, Worcester co., Mass., on the Fitchburg Railroad and the Massachusetts Central Railroad (Quinapoxet... Read MORE...
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1916
Holden, a post-village in Holden township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 52 miles W. of Boston. It has woollen... Read MORE...
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