By 1657 the area appeared in the records by the Nipmuc name "Penobscot" (meaning “Place of the Falling Rock”) and was later shortened to "Nobscot.

[5] The Jethros had fruit orchards and cornfields on the sides of the hill, and many large Indian grinding stones are still viewable.

[8] In the 1700s Revolutionary War General, John Nixon lived and farmed on the north side of Nobscot Hill and the cellar hole of his house is viewable.

[9] During a 1792 outbreak of small pox a pest house was constructed at the base of Nobscot for quarantining the sick and a small burial ground was built for victims who succumbed, and this cemetery and the cellar hole of the pest house may be visited today.

[4] In 1928 the Boy Scouts purchased a large reservation on Nobscot Hill which is still owned by the organization, but the area is open to the general public as invited guests.