Natick (Middlesex County) - Wellesley (Norfolk County) - MA
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N 42° 18.771 W 071° 19.782
19T E 308002 N 4687140
The town corner marker, designated Natick-Wellesley 1, is located in a residential neighborhood, on the top of a small rise.
Waymark Code: WMQVH1
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2016
Published By: PFF
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Along the town line between the towns of Natick and Wellesley is this corner marker designated N-W 1 (Natick-Wellesley 1). It also defines the boundary between Middlesex and Norfolk Counties.
The marker is about 50 ft of Fox Hill Drive, about a 70 ft north of Ingleside Road, which becomes Manor Avenue on the Wellesley Side. It is set on the top of a rise about 10 ft. The north and east side is the most clear - in fact, there is evidence that this side was recently cut back. Behind it (from Box Hill Drive) is a wood railing fence, with a post right next to it. The marker is surrounded by private land so all observations were from the sidewalk on Fox Hill Drive.
The object is a stone post roughly cut standing approximately 4 ft tall and about 7 inches on a side. If this is the same stone that has stood when the Harbor and Land Atlas (the primary reference for location of town boundaries in Massachusetts), the letter 'N' is on both the northwest and southeast sides. In the the atlas is a detailed drawing of the corner, town lines, and the surrounding area. The book was published in 1904. The land was all woods, though the description did mention fences and walls nearby. It is about 700 ft southwest of the corner of Natick, Wellesley, and Weston - which is surrounded by private land.
Natick is an old community by U.S. standards. It was established in 1651 as a "Praying Indian" town, established by the Reverend John Eliot. Some of the land came from the Dedham Plantation, established in 1638. Wellesley was also part of land originally part of the Dedham Plantation. It split from Needham in 1881, which had split from Dedham in 1711. The line was defined in 1797, when it was Natick and Needham (hence the two 'N's).
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