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Roads and Ways in Southborough
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC015
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...
Dates:
1723 - 1949
School Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC016
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records relating to schools and education that are held by the Southborough Town Clerk’s office. It includes budgeting, salary and financial records, as well as minutes, reports and correspondence of the Schoolhouse and School Districting Committees. An extensive selection of enrollment and attendance registers are also included. They provide the names and ages of each student in the town from 1890-1895, along with records of their attendance, and the names of school...
Dates:
1732 - 1950
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Collection — Container: Bound Volume Shelving, Town Clerk’s Vault
Identifier: TC017
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three ledger books which provide a record of all tests and inspections conducted by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in the Town of Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965.
Dates:
1908 - 1965
Southborough Board of Health
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC018
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutes, correspondence, and administrative records documenting the Board’s activities, along with copies of licenses and permits issued to both businesses and residents. Importantly, it includes a series of records pertaining to communicable diseases and public health threats in the town, which provides a detailed account of persons afflicted with Influenza during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-1920. The majority of licenses relate to the production, sale, and...
Dates:
1915 - 1972
St. Marks Men's Club Records
Collection — Container: Archives Box #1005
Identifier: TC019
Scope and Contents
The St. Mark’s Club was a social organization in Southborough open to men over the age of 21. The club’s founding members included: George R. Hazard, Walter G. Mingo, Willard Simpson, David Lowe, William A. Gould, Albert F. Hyde, Charles W. Howard, Isaac Drew, Dana E. Brigham, Charles D. Fairbanks, Robert Newton, D. C. Nichols, and Charles S. Parker. This collection comprises one volume which contains meeting minutes and membership records along with a copy of the club’s bylaws.
Dates:
1902 - 1914
Street Lists
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC020
Scope and Contents
Massachusetts law, and the Commonwealth’s Voter Registration system, require each Town or City Clerk’s Office to confirm the identity of every person residing in town at the beginning of each year. To gather that information, town censuses are collected annually. Residents of all ages are included in the census regardless of whether they are registered to vote, or how long they have resided in the town.The Town Census is mailed to all known households in late January and the...
Dates:
1939 - 2023
Town Cemetery Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documentation relating to two cemeteries in Southborough: the Old Burying Ground on Saint Marks Street, and Southborough Rural Cemetery on Cordaville Road. The Old Burying Ground is the town’s oldest cemetery and was utilized from the town’s inception in 1727 through 1843 when it became too crowded to accommodate further burials. Southborough Rural Cemetery was opened in 1842 and remains active. The majority of cemetery records held by the town are...
Dates:
1773 - 2022
Town Church Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC023
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...
Dates:
1733 - 1873
Town Meeting Minutes
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC025
Scope and Contents
For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...
Dates:
1727 - 2024
Town Utilities
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC027
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information on early utility services in the Town of Southborough. It is primarily composed of contracts between the Town of Southborough and gas, water, and electric companies.
The Marlborough Electric Company was founded in 1886, and extended its services to Southborough about 1900. It continued to expand in subsequent years, bringing electricity to Northborough in 1908, Berlin in 1909, Westborough in 1910, and Bolton in 1912.
The Boston Water Board was created in...
Dates:
1890 - 1950