Part of Quaboag Plantation
Our Colonial & Civil War Soldiers
Updated 08/29/2010
The New England Town of West Brookfield is located approximately 20 miles west of Worcester, Massachusetts. Situated on the Historic Boston Post Road, the town was the halfway stop on the stage route from Worcester to Springfield. The picturesque Common is the beginning of the Center Historic District. Within walking distance is the Old Indian Cemetery and other locations of historical significance.
West Brookfield has the sites of the first white settlement, the Indian villages, and is in reality the mother town of the Quaboag Plantation. The Quaboag Plantation was deeded in 1660, and thirteen years later this area was incorporated as a town and was called Brookfield. Quaboag is a Nipmuc Indian name meaning "before the pond". The site of the largest of the Quaboag Indian Villages was at Wekabaug, later known as Wickaboag. This site joined the southerly end of what is now Lake Wickaboag in West Brookfield. With the advent of the railroad, West Brookfield was incorporated as a separate Town in 1848.
Current Events
Quaboag Plantation 350th Celebration
West Brookfield Event List for 2010
July - September 2010 Exhibit
Historical Photos of North Brookfield & East Brookfield
at Merriam-Gilbert Library
Saturday, September 18, 2010
"Meeting in the Middle of the Road" on Foster Hill
List of Events for Saturday
Sunday, September 19, 2010
350th Parade
12:00 Noon
starting at West Brookfield Elementary School