Place:Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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NameTownsend
Alt namesCentre Villagesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25003637
Centrevillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25003637
Townsend Centersource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25003637
TypeTown
Coordinates42.667°N 71.7°W
Located inMiddlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Contained Places
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Old Burying Ground
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Townsend is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,127 at the 2020 census.

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Townsend was first settled by Europeans in 1676 in an area known by indigenous people of the area as Wistequassuck, and was officially incorporated in 1732. The town was named after Charles Townshend, English secretary of state and an opponent of the Tories. The town initially used the same spelling as its namesake, but the "h" was dropped in patriotic fervor in response to the Townshend Acts of 1767. The current spelling of Townsend became official by 1780.

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