Nobscot Hill

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.

Minuteman statue at the intersection of Main St. and Union Ave.