Know Your Town Geography
Landscape
Archaeology
Beginnings
What is Pinehawk?
Friends of PineHawk
Timelines
1635 to 1935
Experience the Life
Video Clips
Audio Clips
Oral Histories
1. iMovies
2. Stories
3. Tidbits of History
4. Poems from Long Ago
Manufacturing
1. Pencil Factory
2. Piano Stool Factory
3. Shoe & Boot Factory
4. Woolen Mills
Historical Families
1. Isaac Davis
2. Abner Hosmer
3. John Hayward
4. Conant
5. Wetherbee
6. Arthur Davis
Know Your Town
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 Sam Brown House, Davis Gallery |
Located 26 miles northwest of Boston, Acton has transitioned from a farming village to a suburban community. Although Acton's population has almost tripled in the last three decades, the town has retained much of its rural New England flavor including a traditional Town Center and Green with fine examples of historic architecture, stone walls and tree-lined country roads. Among Acton's historical treasures are the Isaac Davis monument on the Town Green, the Faulkner House and IronWork Farm in South Acton and the Hosmer House on Main Street.
Town Resources
Acton Historical Society strives to discover, preserve and perpetuate facts and artifacts concerned with local history. Their goal is conserve Acton's heritage and spark interest in Acton's history.
IronWork Farm is an educational, historical non-profit group. Their goal is to study the documents and preserve the tangible landmarks connected with the IronWork Farm in South Acton, which was a prominent commercial center in the railroad era of 1845 to 1900.
Acton Memorial Library is the town's main library. Located in the Town Center, next to the Town Hall, and across from the monument on Town Green, the library is a repository of historical books, artifacts and paintings including the Arthur Davis Collection. William Allan Wilde gave the Acton Memorial Library to the Town as a memorial to its Civil War veterans in 1890.
Acton Minutemen website is dedicated to the Minutemen, the Town of Acton, the Woodlawn & Forest Cemeteries and those that are buried there. This site includes information about Acton genealogies, the Isaac Davis Trail, Crown Resistant Day, and Patriot's Day.
Town of Acton website gives information on town services, government and schools. The Town Hall is located in Town Center on Main Street (Route 27) across from the Isaac Davis Monument and next to the Acton Memorial Library.