Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Includes petitions for the creation of new roads, as well as highway surveyor and selectmen reports relating to the laying-out of new roads and ways in the town of Southborough. Detailed descriptions outlining the location of each road are included. Documents are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Records of maintenance work completed on town highways, bridge repairs, alteration of highway districts, deeds and leases to land for the installation or widening of roads, records relating to redefining highway boundaries, and a list of surveyors of highways (1803-1815).

Scope and Contents Records relating to the placement of roads in Southborough extend back to 1723, predating the Town of Southborough itself which did not break away from Marlborough until 1727. The collection includes countless citizen’s petitions requesting that new roads be laid-out in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, which afford a unique window into the Town’s growth and settlement.The majority of materials document the formation of new roads, along with subsequent maintenance, repairs, and...