Westford’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Westford. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area that is today described as Westford, Vermont originally fell within the traditional territories of the Sokoki, Missisquoi, and Cowasuck bands of the Western Abenaki tribes. Newly introduced infectious diseases and attacks by English settlers greatly impacted native populations and prompted their emigration to Quebec by the 1670s, opening the land for settlement by European immigrants. The original charter for the Town of Westford was granted at a cost of £20 (equivalent to £3,707 or US$4,738 in 2024) by New Hampshire's provisional governor Benning Wentworth on June 8, 1763, as part of a series of what came to be known as New Hampshire Grants. According to Wentworth's grant, six lots were set aside (3 for religious use, 1 for the town's school, and 2 for Wentworth himself) and the remainder of the land was subdivided among the founding residents. Although officially granted simu…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Westford’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Westford’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWestford Library ca1897 Vermont, 1898: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Westford, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Westford Library ca1897 Vermont (1898) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.