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Revision as of 18:06, 31 January 2009
Gleasondale, formerly known as Rockbottom or Rock Bottom, is a village in the towns of Hudson, Massachusetts, United States and Stow, Massachusetts, United States. It could be considered to start where Main Street in Hudson becomes Wilkins Street, and runs until the intersection of Gleasondale Road and Great Road in Stow. According to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS),[1] Gleasondale is a "populated place" and is named after Benjamin W. Gleason and Samuel J. Dale. It has an elevation of 180 feet, or 55 meters.
Until its closure in 1965,[2] a train staion known as Gleasondale Station served the village, one of two train stations in Hudson. It was originally operated by the Central Massachusetts Railroad Company, and later by Boston & Maine. The station's name is printed as "Rocky-bottom" in the 1888 map of the Central Massachusetts Railroad's route at right.
Today, Gleasondale has a few residential buildings, plus a small industrial complex. It does not a have a large enough population to boast its own post office, instead using the same zip code as Stow: 01775.
References
External links
- Gleasondale Profile at GNIS
- Gleasondale, MA at Google Maps
- Gleasondale Profile at HomeTownLocator.com
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