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April 28, 1938 -
WORCESTER gained from HAMPSHIRE when town of Petersham gained from towns of Dana, Greenwich, and Prescott, and town of Hardwick gained from Greenwich. Dana, Greenwich, and Prescott disincorporated when Quabbin Reservoir created in the Swift River Valley.
(Mass. Acts 1927, ch. 321, sec. 1/p. 384; Mass. Acts 1938, ch. 240, sec. 1/p. 188; Mass. Sec. Comm., 48)
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March 07, 1872 -
April 28, 1938
WORCESTER exchanged small areas with NORFOLK when town of Bellingham exchanged with Mendon.
(Mass. Acts 1872, ch. 69, sec. 1/p. 57)
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March 20, 1868 -
March 07, 1872
WORCESTER lost to MIDDLESEX when town of Hudson gained from Bolton.
(Mass. Acts 1868, ch. 79, sec. 1/p. 62)
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April 01, 1859 -
March 20, 1868
WORCESTER gained small area from MIDDLESEX when town of Milford gained from Holliston.
(Mass. Acts 1859, ch. 149/p. 312)
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March 16, 1837 -
April 01, 1859
WORCESTER gained from FRANKLIN when town of Athol gained from New Salem.
(Mass. Acts 1837, ch. 80, sec. 1/p. 70)
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March 27, 1835 -
March 16, 1837
WORCESTER exchanged with MIDDLESEX when towns of Holliston, Hopkinton, and Milford exchanged territory.
(Mass. Acts 1835, ch. 72/p. 382)
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February 07, 1831 -
March 27, 1835
WORCESTER lost small area to HAMPDEN when town of Palmer gained from Western (now Warren).
(Mass. Acts 1831, ch. 37/p. 545)
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February 05, 1830 -
February 07, 1831
WORCESTER gained small area from FRANKLIN when town of Athol gained from New Salem.
(Mass. Acts 1830, ch. 33/p. 300)
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February 08, 1823 -
February 05, 1830
WORCESTER lost small area to HAMPSHIRE when town of Ware gained from Western (now Warren).
(Mass. Acts 1823, ch. 76/p. 114)
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February 07, 1816 -
February 08, 1823
WORCESTER gained small area from FRANKLIN when town of Athol gained from Orange.
(Mass. Acts 1816, ch. 62/p. 71)
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June 20, 1807 -
February 07, 1816
WORCESTER gained small area from MIDDLESEX when town of Northborough gained from Marlborough.
(Mass. Acts 1807, p. 52)
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February 18, 1801 -
June 20, 1807
WORCESTER gained from HAMPSHIRE when town of Dana (extinct) created from Greenwich (extinct), Hardwick, and Petersham.
(Mass. Acts 1801, ch. 14, sec. 1/p. 453)
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November 16, 1792 -
February 18, 1801
WORCESTER lost to MIDDLESEX when town of Ashby gained from Ashburnham.
(Mass. Acts 1792, ch. 2, sec. 1/p. 224)
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March 16, 1784 -
November 16, 1792
WORCESTER gained small area from MIDDLESEX when town of Berlin created from Marlborough, Northborough, and Bolton.
(Mass. Acts 1784, ch. 23, sec. 1/p. 98)
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October 15, 1783 -
March 16, 1784
WORCESTER lost to HAMPSHIRE when town of Orange created from Athol and Royalston.
(Mass. Acts 1783, ch. 2, sec. 1/p. 38)
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February 25, 1783 -
October 15, 1783
WORCESTER lost to MIDDLESEX when town of Boxborough gained from Harvard.
(Mass. Acts 1783, ch. 8, sec. 1/p. 214)
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February 05, 1765 -
February 25, 1783
WORCESTER lost small area to HAMPSHIRE when town of Greenwich (extinct) gained from Hardwick.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 17, ch. 218 [1764-1765]/p. 603)
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January 05, 1764 -
February 05, 1765
WORCESTER gained small area from HAMPSHIRE when town of Western (now Warren) gained from Palmer.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 17, ch. 14 [1764-1765]/p. 516)
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May 31, 1749 -
January 05, 1764
In May 1749, WORCESTER lost the town of Woodstock to Connecticut when Conn. responded to the town's request for annexation and extended jurisdiction over the area south of the 1713 provincial line.
(Bowen, Disputes, 62; Hooker, 22, 26)
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January 16, 1742 -
May 31, 1749
[16 Jan 1741/1742] WORCESTER gained from HAMPSHIRE when town of Western (Now Warren) created from Brookfield, Brimfield, and Kingsfield.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 2, ch. 17 [1741-1742], sec. 2/p. 1088)
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June 14, 1735 -
January 16, 1742
WORCESTER gained small area from MIDDLESEX when town of Upton created from Hopkinton.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 2, ch. 11 [1735-1736], sec. 1/p. 764)
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June 29, 1732 -
June 14, 1735
WORCESTER exchanged with MIDDLESEX when town of Harvard created from Groton, Lancaster, and Stow.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 2, ch. 4 [1732-1733], sec. 1/p. 644)
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July 10, 1731 -
June 29, 1732
WORCESTER created from HAMPSHIRE, MIDDLESEX, and SUFFOLK; WORCESTER included the town of Woodstock in Connecticut.
(Mass. Col. Acts, vol. 2, ch. 8 [1730-1731], sec. 1/p. 584)
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