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Billerica Map
See Billerica's history through maps. Move through the years to watch roads, buildings and neighborhoods appear and disappear across the town since its founding.
Harnden's Corner
The Harnden family lived on the south side of Boston Road for many generations in this vicinity. When Riverbank Terrace was constructed, this corner in...
Joseph D. Gould House
This land was the former site of the District Number 6 Schoolhouse. Calvin Rogers sold the lot to Joseph D. Gould in 1876, and the house was built soon...
Bath Fitter
Listed in the Billerica personal property tax books at 16 Esquire Rd from 2013 and still listed in 2024.
Edward Farmer
Edward Farmer (about 1640 to 1727) came to Billerica from Warwickshire about 1671 and was the ancestor of a large Billerica family, among them the...
Set-off of Wilmington
Billerica lost the corner of its territory east of the Shawshin River, next to the Woburn line, to the town of Wilmington in two steps: through the act of...
Representative to the General Court
Billerica's representative (deputy) to the Massachusetts General Court. The town sent its first deputy in 1663 and, in most years afterward, one...
Mikey's Famous Roast Beef
Listed in the Billerica personal property tax books at 729 Boston Rd from 2003 and still listed in 2024.
Lexington & Boston Street Railway
The Lexington & Boston Street Railway was the electric line that came into Billerica from Bedford along Concord Road and ended at Billerica Centre, where...
Kiely Estates
Kiely Estates is a small subdivision on the east side of Andover Road, northeast of Billerica Centre, laid out on the "Definitive Subdivision Plan, Kiely...
Lubbers Pond
Lubbers Pond is a long, narrow pond on Lubbers Brook in Wilmington, just east of the Billerica line beyond Cook Street and Alexander Road. It lies in the...
Shedd Road
Shedd Road is a short street of about 900 feet that runs east from Treble Cove Road, at the Route 3 interchange near River Street, toward the River Pines...
Old Ditson School
The Pinehurst School had only been in operation a couple years before it was unable to cope with the massive influx of new students in Pinehurst and needed...
Freedom Way
Freedom Way runs west from Bridle Road for about 980 feet to New Foster Avenue, in the Rivermere on the Concord neighborhood north of the Centre, between...
North Cemetery
The North Cemetery was established in 1816, although, like many of the other cemeteries in town, there were burials earlier than the established date. The...