Template:Wp-Princeton, Massachusetts-History

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Prior to the arrival of Europeans, modern-day Princeton and the surrounding areas were the traditional homelands of the Nimpuc people.

During King Philip's War in 1676, Native Americans brought their captive Mary Rowlandson to Princeton to release her to the colonists at Redemption Rock. The town of Princeton was incorporated in 1759, out of land that was previously part of Rutland. It was named after the Rev. Thomas Prince. In 1810, it annexed a piece of Hubbardston, and in 1870, it annexed a piece of Westminster.

Register of Historic Places

Princeton has five entries on the National Register of Historic Places:

• East Princeton Village Historic District: Roughly Main St., Leominster Rd. (added April 18, 2004)
• Fernside-Vacation House for Working Girls: 162 Mountain Rd. (added July 27, 2002)
• Princeton Center Historic District: Jct. of Hubbardston and Mountain Rds. (added March 26, 1999)
• Russell Corner Historic District: Merriam, Gregory Hill, East Princeton and Sterling Rds, Bullock Lane, (added February 22, 2006)
• West Village Historic District: Jct. of Allen Hill and Hubbardston Roads