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3 Bedrooms
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4 Bedrooms
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4 Bedrooms
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 499,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 485,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 625,000 |
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Single Family Home
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 599,000 |
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| Harvard, Massachusetts |
| Population |
12,329 |
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| Tax Rate |
11.62 (2007) |
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| Town Web Site |
Town Web Site |
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| School Research |
Department of Education
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Independent Research
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Harvard, Massachusetts is located
Northcentral Massachusetts, bordered by Ayer and Shirley on the north;
Littleton, Boxborough, and Stow on the east; Bolton on the south; and Lancaster
on the west. Harvard is 22 miles northeast of Worcester, 31 miles northwest of
Boston, and 206 miles from New York City. Principal highways are Interstate Route 495, the outer belt around Boston,
and State Routes 2, 110, and 111. Commuter rail service to North Station, Boston, is available from the
neighboring towns of Ayer (travel time: 66-73 min.; no MBTA parking) and
Littleton (travel time 55-62 min.; 40 MBTA parking spaces). The
Springfield Terminal Railway has a track running through Harvard to Ayer.
Contact number for the STRR: (978) 663-1073
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| Harvard is a well preserved rural community with an interesting history
extending back to 1732 when the town was incorporated. Throughout its 250
years, the town has been known for a series of unusual sociological and
religious experiments. The most well know of these were carried out by
Mother Ann Lee, who came to live in Harvard in 1781 and founded a Shaker
village, still to be seen today, and Bronson Alcott, who carried out a
transcendental experiment in living with his family and friends here in
1843. The farmhouse where the Alcotts lived was called Fruitlands and is
now part of the Fruitlands Museum on Prospect Hill.
Residents enjoy the intimacy of a small town, with its Fourth of July
parade, Apple Blossom Festival and many other events, the majority of which
take place in the vicinity of the historic town common. Another amenity is
Bare Hill Pond, a 330-acre lake where swimming, sailing and canoeing
lessons are offered in the summer and cross country skiing and skating take
place in winter. There are over 2,000 acres of conservation land
throughout the town, much of it interconnected to offer walking trails.
Acquisition of wetlands, especially along the Bowers Brook greenway has
also been a municipal priority.
The school system in Harvard, which is an individual not a regional school
district, has the highest rating in Worcester County and is considered the
major reason why many families with young children choose to live in
Harvard. Bromfield High School graduates are accepted at a variety of
prestigious colleges all across the country. A major school building
program was completed in 1991, resulting in a new elementary school and an
auditorium and other improvements for Bromfield High.
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Harvard had 12,329 residents in
1990. This figure includes the population of Fort Devens that reside in
that portion of the Fort that is in Harvard. The Town, however, does not
provide any service to this area and thus considers its population to be
5,047. |
Map of Harvard
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Some information gathered on Harvard, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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