Groton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census.[3] It is home to two prep schools: Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 1792 and the third-oldest private school in Massachusetts; and Groton School, founded in 1884.

Groton is served by state routes 40, 111, 119 and 225. It borders the towns of Pepperell, Dunstable, Tyngsborough, Westford, Littleton, Ayer, Shirley, and Townsend.

The town was a battlefield in King Philip's War and Queen Anne's War, as England and France competed through their North American colonies from the 17th century well into the 18th century. It was the birthplace of William Prescott, who commanded the colonial forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution. In postwar years, it had incidents of insurrection during Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787).

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Massachusetts

Notable people

• Andy Anderson, US National Team and Groton School Rowing Coach[44] and member of the National Rowing Hall of Fame
• Charles William Bardeen, educator and publisher
• John P. Bigelow, mayor of Boston
• Timothy Bigelow, lawyer, and father of John
• George Sewall Boutwell, governor and statesman
• Bill Camp, actor
• Samuel Dana, clergyman
• Samuel Dana, congressman
• Margaret Fuller, journalist, critic and women's rights activist
• Timothy Fuller, U.S. Congressman, and father of Margaret
• Peter Gammons, sports writer and analyst
• J. Geils, founder of The J. Geils Band
• Kristen Gilbert, serial killer
• Samuel Abbott Green, physician and mayor of Boston
• Kevin Kastning, musician, composer and musical instrument inventor
• Elizabeth Knapp, the Witch of Groton
• Steve Kornacki, political writer and TV host
• Abbott Lawrence, businessman, founder of Lawrence
• Amos Lawrence, merchant and philanthropist
• Amos Adams Lawrence, abolitionist and college founder
• Samuel Lawrence, revolutionary and school founder
• Barzillai Lew, soldier, fifer and drummer
• Lydia Longley, "The First American Nun"
• Paul Matisse, artist and inventor
• Shabazz Napier, basketball player
• Shelley Olds, professional cyclist who represented the United States in the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Edward Saxton Payson, Esperantist, writer and translator
• Otto Piene, German artist
• Oliver Prescott, Massachusetts general, physician and judge
• William Prescott, revolutionary soldier
• William M. Richardson, U.S. Congressman
• Job Shattuck, soldier, Shays' Rebellion agitator
• Dan Shaughnessy, Boston sports columnist
• Ether Shepley, US Senator from Maine
• Lucius Edwin Smith, pastor of the Baptist church in Groton 1858–1865
• Charles Warren Stone, US Congressman
• Edmund C. Tarbell, artist, American Impressionist
• Frank Bigelow Tarbell, professor and author
• Samuel Willard, colonial minister
• Simon Willard, colonist, father of Samuel

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Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts

References

1. Wikipedia contributors, "Groton, Massachusetts," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < link (accessed February 18, 2024).