Happy Hollow Brook

Happy Hollow Brook is a stream in Worcester, Massachusetts. Happy Hollow Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Ironstone, as well as near the town Uxbridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Friends Meetinghouse and Uxbridge Free Public Library.

Friends Meetinghouse

Church

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The Friends Meetinghouse is an historic Friends meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends located at the junction of Routes 146A and 98 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On January 24, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Uxbridge Free Public Library

Library

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The Uxbridge Free Public Library is the public library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It opened in 1875. The first library in the town of Uxbridge was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library, managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City section of South Uxbridge. Uxbridge Free Public Library is situated 2 miles north of Happy Hollow Brook.

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Cemetery

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Prospect Hill Cemetery is situated 2 miles north of Happy Hollow Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironstone and Uxbridge.

Ironstone

Hamlet

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Ironstone is a historic village, today known mainly as South Uxbridge, in the township of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. It derived its name from plentiful bog iron found here which helped Uxbridge to become a center for three iron forges in the town's earliest settlement. Ironstone is situated 1½ miles southeast of Happy Hollow Brook.

Uxbridge

Town

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Uxbridge, a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1727 from a part of Mendon, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. The town is located 36 mi southwest of Boston and 15 mi south-southeast of Worcester. Uxbridge is situated 2 miles north of Happy Hollow Brook.

Wheelockville

Neighborhood

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Wheelockville is a village in the town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the village centering on Mendon and Henry streets is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheelockville Historic District. Wheelockville is situated 2½ miles north of Happy Hollow Brook.

Happy Hollow Brook

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.04593° or 42° 2′ 45″ north

Longitude

-71.6334° or 71° 38′ 0″ west

Elevation

289 feet (88 metres)

Open location code

87JC29W8+9J

GeoNames ID

4938835

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