Good Morning All: With respect to Worcester Co., and all her towns, I am posting the names and dates of becoming towns and their "Extinct" names, if any. This is my source: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Historical Data Relating To Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts Prepared By Kevin H. White Secretary of the Commonwealth 1966 Worcester County: Date of Incorporation of First Mention in the Records 02 Apr 1731 Act took effect 10 Jul 1731 Ashburnham: 22 Feb 1765 Formerly the plantation of Dorchester-Canada Athol: 06 Mar 1762 Formerly the plantation of Payquage Auburn: 17 Feb 1837 Name of the town of Ward changed to Auburn Ward became a town 10 Apr 1778 Barre: 07 Nov 1776 Name of the town of Hutchinson changed to Barre Hutchinson became a town 17 Jun 1774 Berlin: 16 Mar 1784 Blackstone: 25 Mary 1845 Bolton: 24 Jun 1738 Boylston: 01 Mar 1786 Brookfield: 12 Nov 1718 15 Oct 1673 - In answer to the petition of the inhabitans of "Quabauge" the Court granted"... the liberty and priviledge of a township, and that the name thereof be Brookfeild, ..." when forty or fifty families shall have settled there. Charlton: 23 Aug 1775 21 Nov 1754 - Inhabitants of the westerly part of Oxford and the westerly part of Country Gore 10 Jan 1755 - Inhabitants of the westerly part of Oxford 03 Jun 1757 - Lands called "The Gore" annexed Clinton: 14 Mar 1850 Douglas: 23 Aug 1775 05 Jun 1746 - Formerly the district of "New Sherburn" Dudley: 02 Feb 1732 East Brookfield: 24 Mar 1920 Fitchburg: 03 Feb 1764 Gardner: 27 Jun 1785 Grafton: 18 Apr 1735 Formerly the plantation of Hassanamisco Hardwick: 10 Jan 1739 Formerly the plantation of Lambstown Harvard: 29 Jun 1732 Holden: 09 Jan 1741 Hopedale: 07 Apr 1886 Hubbardston: 13 Jun 1767 Lancaster: 18 May 1653 Established as a town, on petition "...of the inhabitants of Nashaway..." Leicester: 15 Feb 1714 Established as a town in an order confirming to several persons a certain tract of land called "Towtaid" Leominster: 23 Jun 1740 Lunenburg: 01 Aug 1728 Established as atown for part of "Turkey Hills" and the land belonging to Woburn and Dorchester and "Boardman's Farm" Mendon: 15 May 1667 Being the township of "Qunshapage" Milford: 11 Apr 1780 Millbury: 11 Jun 1813 Millville: 01 May 1916 New Braintree: 31 Jan 1751 North Brookfield: 28 Feb 1812 Northborough: 24 Jan 1766 Northbridge: 14 Jul 1772 Oakham: 07 Jun 1762 Incorporated as a district called Oakham 23 Aug 1775 Made a town Oxford: 31 May 1693 Paxton: 12 Feb 1765 Incorporated as a district call Paxton 23 Aug 1775 Made a town Petersham: 20 Apr 1754 Formerly the plantation of Nichewoag Princeton: 20 Oct 1759 Establish as a disctrict called Princeton 24 Apr 1771 Made a town Royalston: 19 Feb 1765 Rutland: 23 Feb 1714 Formerly a tract of land purchased from the Indians called Naquag Shrewsbury: 15 Dec 1727 06 Dec 1720 - Earlier mention 16 Aug 1722 - Mentioned in a list of frontier towns Southborough: 06 Jul 1727 Southbridge: 15 Feb 1816 Spencer: 12 Apr 1753 Established as a dictrict called Spencer 23 Aug 1775 Made a town Sterling: 25 Apr 1781 Sturbridge: 24 Jun 1738 Sutton: 28 Oct 1714 Templeton: 06 Mar 1762 Formerly the plantation called Narragansett Number Six Upton: 14 Jun 1735 Uxbridge: 27 Jun 1727 Warren: 13 Mar 1834 Formerly call Western Webster: 06 Mar 1832 West Boylston: 30 Jan 1808 West Brookfield: 03 Mar 1848 Westborough: 18 Nov 1717 Formerly a part of Marlborough called Chauncy Westminster: 20 Oct 1759 Formerly called the proprietors of Narragansett township Number Two Winchendon: 14 Jun 1764 Formerly the plantation called Ipswich-Canada Worcester: 15 Oct 1684 Formerly the plantation called Quansigamond ------------------------------------------ Towns partially in Worcester/Franklin/Hampshire Counties now under Quabbin Reservoir Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott ------------------------------------------ Enjoy: Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association