The Land for Newton is Officially Set Apart from Cambridge
- Date Range
- 1681 – 1691
- Title
- The Land for Newton is Officially Set Apart from Cambridge
- What occurred
- The land for Newton was originally settled by Native Americans until the Europeans came in and began to set up more European-like civilizations. The reason the Europeans wanted a “New Town” in the first place was to make it a fortified town to be separated from the Native Americans. While this fortified land did not become Newton, the idea of building new towns is what eventually led to Newton’s creation. Newton was part of Cambridge, but in 1681 the land south of the Charles River was set aside and renamed Cambridge Village. 10 years later this land was named Newtown. Newton was given the name Newton when one day a town clerk decided to leave out the second “w.”
- Location
- 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre, MA 02459
- Image Citation
- https://books.google.com/books?id=cTEAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Student name(s)
- Brianna Weissel