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CITIES AND TOWNS.

Suckanesset,

Truro,

Wellfleet,

Yarmouth,

BARNSTABLE COUNTY - Concluded.

First mentioned in Records of the State, or therein recorded as Established or Incorporated.

From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary, Incorporation as a City, Extinction, etc., according to Records of the State.

June 7, 1670 Bounds mentioned. July 7, 1681 bounds between Suckanesset and Sandwich established. June 4, 1686 made a township with privileges of a town. Name changed to Falmouth though not recorded.

July 16, 1709 Common land called Pawmett. Oct. 21, 1714 bounds between Truro and the Province Lands established. June 12, 1813 part annexed to Provincetown and bounds between the towns established. Mar. 2, 1829 part annexed to Provincetown and bounds again established. Mar. 30, 1836 part annexed to Provincetown. Feb. 22, 1837 bounds between Truro and Wellfleet established.

June 16, 1763 Part of Eastham established as the district of Wellfleet. Aug. 23, 1775 the district made a town by general act. Feb. 22, 1837 bounds between Wellfleet and Truro established. April 26, 1847 part of Eastham annexed. May 6, 1887 bounds between the tidewaters of Wellfleet and Eastham established.

Jan. 7, 1639 Common land called Mattacheeset. June 17, 1641 bounds between Yarmouth and Barnstable established. Mar. 11, 1658 Yarmouth and Barnstable agreed upon bounds. June 19, 1793 part of Yarmouth established as Dennis.

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BERKSHIRE COUNTY. INCORPORATED APRIL 21, 1761.

Oct. 15, 1778 The plantation called East Hoosuck. April 10, 1780 the plantation
called New Providence annexed. Mar. 14, 1793 part included
in the new town of Cheshire. April 16, 1878 part established as
North Adams.

Feb. 16, 1773 Part of Great Barrington and certain common lands established
as the district of Alford. Aug. 23, 1775 the district made a town
by general act. Feb. 11, 1779 part of Great Barrington an-
nexed. Feb. 6, 1790 bounds between Alford and Egremont
established. Feb. 18, 1819 part of Great Barrington annexed.
Mar. 17, 1847 part of West Stockbridge annexed.

June 21, 1765

Bethlehem, District of,

June 24, 1789

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The new plantation called Number Four. Mar. 12, 1783 part in-
cluded in the new town of Middlefield. Feb. 3, 1798 certain
common lands lying between Becket, Blandford, Chester, and
Loudon annexed. Mar. 1, 1810 part of Loudon annexed.

The North Eleven Thousand Acres. June 19, 1809 district of
Bethlehem and the town of Loudon united as the town of
Loudon. Mar. 1, 1810 act of June 19, 1809 took effect.

April 14, 1838 Common land. Mar. 12, 1847 bounds between the district of Boston Corner and Mount Washington established. May 14, 1853 ceded to the State of New York.

Mar. 14, 1793

Parts of Adams, Lanesborough, Windsor, and the district of
New Ashford. Feb. 26, 1794 part re-annexed to Windsor. Feb.
6, 1798 part of the district of New Ashford annexed. May 28,
1912 bounds between Cheshire and New Ashford established.

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BERKSHIRE COUNTY Continued.

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From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary, Incorpora-
tion as a City, Extinction, etc., according to Records of the State.

Common land. May 2, 1848 part annexed to Florida. May 20,
1852 part of Florida annexed. April 10, 1913 bounds between
Clarksburg and Florida established.

The new plantation of Ashuelot Equivalent. Feb. 28, 1795 part
of Windsor annexed. Feb. 23, 1796 part of Windsor annexed.
June 21, 1804 part included in the new town of Hinsdale.
Common land established as the district of Egremont. Aug. 23,
1775 the district made a town by general act. Feb. 6, 1790
bounds between Egremont and Alford established. Feb. 22,
1790 part of Sheffield annexed. June 17, 1817 bounds between
Egremont and Mount Washington established and part of each
town annexed to the other town. Feb. 16, 1824 part of Sheffield
annexed. June 4, 1869 bounds between Egremont and Sheffield
established.

June 15, 1805 Barnardstone's Grant and part of Bullock's Grant. May 2, 1848
part of Clarksburg annexed. May 20, 1852 part annexed to
Clarksburg. April 10, 1913 bounds between Florida and Clarks-
burg established.

July 4, 1771 The new plantation called Number Four. Oct. 16, 1778 part of
the plantation called Number Five annexed, and the town of
Gageborough, together with this annexed tract of land, to be a
town by the name of Windsor.

Great Barrington,

June 30, 1761

Part of Sheffield. Feb. 16, 1773 part included in the new district of Alford. Feb. 16, 1773 lands adjoining annexed. Oct. 21, 1777 part included in the new town of Lee. Feb. 11, 1779 part annexed to Alford. Feb. 18, 1819 part annexed to Alford.

July 2, 1776 The plantation called Jerico. June 26, 1798 part annexed to the district of New Ashford. May 20, 1851 bounds between Hancock and New Ashford established.

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June 21, 1804

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Parts of Partridgefield and Dalton. Feb. 28, 1912 bounds between Hinsdale and Peru established.

June 21, 1765 The plantation of New Framingham. Mar. 14, 1793 part included in the new town of Cheshire.

Oct. 21, 1777 Parts of Great Barrington and Washington, the Glass Works Grant, and part of Williams's Grant. Mar. 7, 1806 bounds between Lee and Lenox established. Mar. 7, 1806 part of Washington annexed, and line between Lee and Washington established. Feb. 7, 1820 bounds between Lee and Lenox established.

Feb. 26, 1767

Loudon,

Feb. 27, 1773

Part of Richmont. Nov. 20, 1770 land adjoining annexed. Apr.
25, 1772 certain estates set off from Lenox to Richmont. Aug.
23, 1775 the district made a town by general act. Jan. 31, 1795
part of Washington annexed. Feb. 18, 1802 part of Washington
annexed. Mar. 7, 1806 bounds between Lenox and Lee estab-
lished. Feb. 7, 1820 bounds between Lenox and Lee estab-
lished.

Common land called Tyringham Equivalent. June 19, 1809 Lou-
don and the district of Bethlehem united as the town of Loudon.
Mar. 1, 1810 the act of June 19, 1809 took effect and part was
annexed to Becket. June 13, 1810 name changed to Otis.

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BERKSHIRE COUNTY-Continued.

First mentioned
in Records of

the State, or
therein recorded
as Established
or Incorporated.

April 12, 1847

From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary, Incorpora-
tion as a City, Extinction, etc., according to Records of the State.

Part of Tyringham. May 24, 1851 part of New Marlborough an-
nexed. April 24, 1875 part of Sandisfield annexed. May 19,
1875 the act of April 24, 1875 accepted by the town. June 1,
1875 the act of April 24, 1875 took effect.

June 21, 1779 The plantation called Tauconnuck Mountain.

Feb. 26, 1781

June 17, 1817

bounds between Mount Washington and Egremont established
and part of each town annexed to the other town. Mar. 12,
1847 bounds between Mount Washington and the district of
Boston Corner established.

Land called New Ashford, lying between Adams, Hancock,
Lanesborough, and Williamstown, established as the district
of New Ashford. Mar. 14, 1793 part of the district of New Ash-
ford included in the new town of Cheshire. Feb. 6, 1798 part
of the district of New Ashford annexed to Cheshire. June 26,
1798 part of Hancock annexed to the district of New Ashford.
Nov. 4, 1835 the district made a town by chapter 15 of the Re-
vised Statutes. May 20, 1851 bounds between New Ashford
and Hancock established. May 28, 1912 bounds between New
Ashford and Cheshire established.

June 15, 1759 The plantation called New Marlborough established as the dis-
trict of New Marlborough. Aug. 23, 1775 the district made a
town by general act. June 19, 1795 part of Sheffield annexed.
Feb. 7, 1798 part of Sheffield annexed. Feb. 27, 1811 part of
Tyringham annexed. Feb. 11, 1812 part annexed to Tyringham.

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