Shirley Town Pound

Shirley Town Pound is a historic site in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Shirley Town Pound is situated nearby to Shirley Town Hall, as well as near the church First Parish Meetinghouse.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shirley Town Hall and First Parish Meetinghouse.

First Parish Meetinghouse

Church

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First Parish Meetinghouse is a church.

United Church of Shirley

Church

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United Church of Shirley is situated 2 miles south of Shirley Town Pound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devens and Ayer.

Devens is a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley and Harvard in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that operated from 1917 to 1996. Devens is situated 3 miles southeast of Shirley Town Pound.

Ayer

Village

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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 3 miles east of Shirley Town Pound.

Lunenburg

Town

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Lunenburg is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,782 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Lunenburg is situated 4 miles west of Shirley Town Pound.

Shirley Town Pound

Type: Historic site
Description: historic animal pound in Shirley, Massachusetts
Categories: animal pound, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.57262° or 42° 34′ 21″ north

Longitude

-71.64832° or 71° 38′ 54″ west

Open location code

87JCH9F2+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1334306726

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=pound

Wikidata ID

Q131193708

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Highlights include Holdenwood and Shirley Center Common.

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