Editing Princeton, Massachusetts (section)

==History==
During [[King Philip's War]] in 1676, Native Americans brought their captive [[Mary Rowlandson]] to Princeton to release her to the colonists at [[Redemption Rock]]. The town of Princeton was incorporated in 1759, out of land that was previously part of [[Rutland, Massachusetts|Rutland]]. It was named after the Rev. [[Thomas Prince (historian)|Thomas Prince]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3098|title=Profile for Princeton, Massachusetts|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515043808/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3098|archive-date=May 15, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1810, it annexed a piece of [[Hubbardston, Massachusetts|Hubbardston]], and in 1870, it annexed a piece of [[Westminster, Massachusetts|Westminster]].

===Register of Historic Places===
Princeton has five entries on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:
* [[East Princeton Village Historic District]]: Roughly [[Route 140 (Massachusetts)|Main St.]], Leominster Rd. (added April 18, 2004)
* [[Fernside-Vacation House for Working Girls]]: 162 Mountain Rd. (added July 27, 2002)
* [[Princeton Center Historic District]]: Jct. of Hubbardston and Mountain Rds. (added March 26, 1999)
* [[Russell Corner Historic District]]: Merriam, Gregory Hill, East Princeton and Sterling Rds, Bullock Lane, (added February 22, 2006)
* [[West Village Historic District (Princeton, Massachusetts)|West Village Historic District]]: Jct. of Allen Hill and Hubbardston Roads

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File:East Princeton, Massachusetts.jpg|East Princeton Village Historic District along [[Route 140 (Massachusetts)|Route 140]]
File:West Village Historic District.jpg|West Village Historic District
File:1899 Princeton public library Massachusetts.png|Princeton Public Library at right and Bagg Hall (town hall) at left, 1899
File:Bagg Hall in winter, Princeton MA.jpg|Bagg Hall, the town hall of Princeton
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