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Franklin County, Montague, Massachusetts

MONTAGUE

Massachusetts · Est. 1754
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Montague was first settled by Europeans in 1715 and was incorporated in 1754. Landmarks include Franklin County, French King Bridge and Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Turners Falls. Montague is the birthplace of Raymond Smith Dugan, astronomer.

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Every piece is drawn from Montague's own map data and historic archives, then printed and shipped from the USA when you order. No two towns look alike.

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Born in Montague

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Historic places

Population 2010: 8,437 → 2020: 8,580

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Since 1754

A short history of Montague

Originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, the area was known as Peskeompskut. Montague was first settled by Europeans in 1715 and was incorporated in 1754. The town has five villages within it: Montague Center, Montague City, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, and Lake Pleasant. Montague Center was the original European settlement and was originally a part of the town of Sunderland. Lake Pleasant was a prominent spiritualist campground. Turners Falls was a planned mill community (similar to but less successful than that at Lowell, Massachusetts) that developed when the canal was converted to use for power production rather than transportation in the mid-19th century. Between 1974 and 1980, the Montague Nuclear Power Plant was proposed for construction in the town. In October 2010, the village of Turners Falls hosted the 1st annual Franklin County Pumpkinfest, now known as The Great Falls Festival.

Musician Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack on stage on September 28, 1996, at what was then the Montague Grange Hall; his health never recovered and he died on November 30, 1996, in Minnesota.

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Montague, Massachusetts, revision 1377769208 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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