Ashland, MA

The Town of Ashland’s ideal location midway between Boston and Worcester provides easy access to the interstate highway system and the Massachusetts Turnpike. In earlier times, Ashland, MA, was a stopping point on a major Indian trail, later known as the Bay Path, connecting Cambridge and Connecticut. A community of Natick Indians was established as the Village of Magunkaquog in about 1659. Once the original starting point of the world-famous Boston Marathon still runs through Ashland, the town is also known as the site of Henry Warren’s invention of the electric clock, later manufactured here under the Telechron name. The Ashland Historical Society, located on 2 Myrtle Street, ensures the preservation of Ashland’s rich historical background.