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Otis Reservoir, Otis, Massachusetts

OTIS

Massachusetts · Est. 1810
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It was named after Harrison Gray Otis, an influential lawyer, financier, and politician in revolutionary Massachusetts. Landmarks include Otis Reservoir and Otis Center Historic District. Otis is the birthplace of Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, theologian.

The Otis Collection

Made for Otis. Printed to order.

Every piece is drawn from Otis'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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Historic places

Population 2010: 1,612 → 2020: 1,634

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Since 1810

A short history of Otis

The town was incorporated in 1810, created when the unincorporated town of Loudon annexed the adjacent District of Bethlehem in 1809. It was named after Harrison Gray Otis, an influential lawyer, financier, and politician in revolutionary Massachusetts. Colonel Henry Knox passed through the town in January 1776, bringing cannons from Fort Ticonderoga in New York to aid in ending the Siege of Boston, a route now known as the Knox Trail. The town was a farming community, with several small mill industries growing along the waterways, and today is mostly rural with some tourism.

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Otis, Massachusetts, revision 1377334459 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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