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Subsequently, Erving was first settled by white settlers in 1801 and officially incorporated—it being nearly the last unincorporated land in
Massachusetts—in 1838. What is now Erving was once the farm of John Erving, the first colonial in the area. Noted in the 19th century for
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Industries, a paper mill with history to
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305:25-21780
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1511:Whately
1506:Wendell
1501:Warwick
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847:Latino
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615:+11.5%
602:+50.6%
576:+17.4%
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792:1,667
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768:1,800
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755:1,467
745:+3.5%
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690:1,322
680:+5.1%
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651:1,295
638:1,148
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