VITAL RECORDS
of
PRINCETON
MASSACHUSETTS
To the end of the year 1849
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On the 20th of October, 1759, part of Rutland and certain common lands adjoining were established as a District, which was for several years known as Rutland East Wing. This was incorporated as a town in 1771, and was named Princeton, in honor of Rev. Thomas Prince, pastor of the Old South Church in boston, and a large proprietor in this tract of land. On the 16th of February, 1810, a part of Hubbardston was annexed to its territory, and on the 4th of April, 1838, another extension was made by including a part of the common lands of "No Town," so called.
The population of Princeton in:
| 1791
| 1,016
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| 1850
| 1,254
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| 1900
| 975
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