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Milford was first settled in 1662 and was officially incorporated in 1780.

December 31, 1741 - Incorporation of the Easterly Precinct or "Mill River".

April 11, 1780 - Easterly precinct of Mendon incorporated into separate town by the name of Milford.

1782 - Decorative painter, portraitist, and decorator John Ritto Penniman is born. His works currently are displayed at galleries such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Art Institute of Chicago. Penniman died in 1841.

1790 - Census data lists Milford with 838 people.

March 6, 1818 - William Claflin born; will be the Governor of Massachusetts from 1869 - 1872.

1848 - First railroad

1855 - Telegraph office opens in the mansion house.

1856 - A colony from Milford settle in a location just north of Cherokee, Iowa. One year later they are attacked by Sioux in what became known as the Spirit Lake Massacre, killing several residents and causing others to flee.

1858 - Library established.

April 7, 1880 - Telephone service installed.

1882 - Adin Ballou, a leading pacifist and abolitionist, and founder of Milford's utopian Hopedale Community (1841-1856), publishes History of Milford, which chronicles the town's first century.

January 16, 1882 - Milford Water Company established.