West Groton

West Groton is a neighborhood in Town of Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. West Groton is situated nearby to the locality Squannacook Junction, as well as near the neighborhood North Shirley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Christian Union Church and Shirley Town Hall.

Shirley Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shirley Town Hall is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Groton.

Shirley Town Pound

Historic site

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Shirley Town Pound is a historic site, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Groton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Groton and Ayer.

Groton is a town of about 10,500 people in Middlesex County, in the Merrimack Valley region of Massachusetts. Groton, like a lot of towns in New England, has a plethora of historic homes and structures to see.

Ayer

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction. Ayer is situated 3½ miles southeast of West Groton.

Townsend Harbor

Neighborhood

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Townsend Harbor is a village in Townsend, Massachusetts, containing Harbor Pond dammed from the Squannacook River. At this location Jonas Spaulding and his brother Waldo started a mill in 1873 that made leatherboard. Townsend Harbor is situated 4 miles northwest of West Groton.

West Groton

Type: Neighborhood
Postal code: 01472
Category: locality
Location: Town of Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.60426° or 42° 36′ 15″ north

Longitude

-71.62729° or 71° 37′ 38″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

United Nations Location Code

US WGM

Open location code

87JCJ93F+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158902789

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4954960

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