Historic Maps (Special Collections & University Archives)
Historic maps in SCUA
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the towns of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Sherborn, Middlesex County; Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Wrentham, Norfolk County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1905.
Note(s):
Pages lettered and numbered as “folios.”
One of 68 town boundary atlases produced by the Topographic Survey Commission (1898-1900) and the Harbor and Land Commission (1901-1915) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes a summary of the history of the establishment of the towns by legislative enactment; a list of statutes establishing or altering the boundaries; extracts from the statutes; descriptions and positions of triangulation stations; maps of the boundaries; and plans of the town corners.
Map scales (from bar graphs) ca. 1:60,000 (folio 1), 1:50,000 (folio 2)
Red overprinting on map and in text to show effects of creation of Plainville while atlas was in production.
Subject(s):
Ashland (Mass.) — History.
Framingham (Mass.) — History.
Holliston (Mass.) — History.
Natick (Mass.) — History.
Ashland (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Framingham (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Holliston (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Natick (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Sherborn (Mass. : Town) — History.
Bellingham (Mass.) — History.
Franklin (Mass.) — History.
Medway (Mass. : Town) — History.
Millis (Mass.) — History.
Norfolk (Mass.) — History.
Plainville (Mass.) — History.
Wrentham (Mass. : Town) — History.
Sherborn (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
Franklin (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Bellingham (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Medway (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
Millis (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Norfolk (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Plainville (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Wrentham (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.

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