page_title: Ashburnham, Massachusetts
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ashburnham, Massachusetts / History
caption_attribution_description: Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org. Author: Burleigh, L. R. Publisher: L.R. Burleigh Date: c1886. Location: Ashburnham (Mass.&#160;: Town) Scale: Not drawn to scale. Call Number: G3764.A72A3 1886.B8
context_page_description: Ashburnham is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 6,081. It is home to Cushing Academy, a private preparatory boarding school.
  Ashburnham contains the census-designated place of South Ashburnham.
context_section_description: Ashburnham was first settled in 1736, and was officially incorporated in 1765. The name is of British origin, possibly drawn from the Earl of Ashburnham, in Pembrey, or the Sussex community of Ashburnham.
  Ashburnham was originally made up of the lands granted to officers and soldiers of a 1690 expedition to Canada. It was called the Plantation of Dorchester-Canada until it was incorporated.
caption: Print of Ashburnham from 1886 by L.R. Burleigh with list of landmarks
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