GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS

By Kaitlyn McCullough

ABOUT GROTON

A small town close to the border of NH

Less than an hour away from Boston

Mostly consists of hilly terrain and farmland

Mt. Wachusett is visable from some of

Groton’s highest hills

VIEW OF MT. WACHUSETT FROM GROTON

HISTORY OF GROTON

The town was officially settled in 1655, named for Groton in Suffolk, England.

In 1775, the common in front of the First Parish Church was an assembly area for Minutemen, who fought in the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

The Old Stagecoach Inn built in 1678 was accepted in 1976 in the National Register of Historic Places.

Gibbet Hill - The hill is named for the English gibbet, a gallows generally situated on a hill for public executions. A farmhouse built by John Lawrence in 1690 still stands on this 340-acre farm.

SIGHTS TO SEE IN GROTON

FIRST PARISH CHURCH STAGECOACH INN

GIBBET HILL

LIVING IN GROTON

For the majority of my childhood I lived in

Groton

I moved there when I was 6 years old

My family bought a house in a new

development that used to be an old ski slope

Many things kept me and my family grounded

in this town, as we still live there today.

To find out more about Groton read my posts!

OLD GROTON HILLS SKI SLOPE