BlockCherry Valley, Massachusetts
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Leicester town. It lies in ZIP code area 01611. It stands on Lynde Brook. The Survey maps it on the Worcester South quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Cherry Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ashworth and Jones Factorylisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Quinsigamond Branch Librarylisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
20 surveys from 44 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1908 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Millbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:31680, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:25000
- 1973 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Worcester South quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
31,610 words on this townshipHistory of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889 names this settlement in its chapter on Leicester Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Its villages are the Centre, at first called Strawberry Hill ; Cherry Valley, two miles east of the Centre, generally so-called since 1820; Rochdale, at first South Leicester, named Clappville, from Joshua Clapp, who purchased the mill property in 1829, and changed to Roiihdale in November, 1869; Greenville, which about the middle of the present century began to be so called from its founder. Captain Samuel Green ; Manuville, two miles north of the Centre, which was named after Mr. Billings Mann about the year 1856 ; and Lakeside, which has come to be so called within a few years. The northeast part of the town is called " Mulberry Grove," the name being first given in 1827 to the estate of Silas Earle, on wbich he raised mulberry trees and produced silk from the silk-worm.
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889.
Within three hours after meeting on the Common, the company marched. They halted in front of the house of Nathan Sargent, in Cherry Valley, and Mr. Sargent, to supply the need of the company, melted down the leaden weights of the family clock, and distributed the bullets to the company.
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889.
In 1845, in consequence of differences of opinion with reference to the Episcopal mode of church administration, and the duty of the church in relation to slavery and temperance, the church was divided, and a Wesleyan Methodist Church was organized. The Methodist Episcopal Church then removed to Cherry Valley, and a house of worship was erected for it in 184b. The funds for building were subscribed by persons of difl'erent denominations, who recognized the need of religious services in Cherry Valley, and the control of the church was committed to trustees. It was stipulated in the compact that it was to be " a house of religious worship for the use of the ministers and members of, and the friends of, the Methodist Episcopal Church in said Leicester, according to the rules and discipline of said Church in the United States of America, except the First Calvinistic Congregational Church of said Leicester, or the Episcopalians of Cherry Valley, shall wish to occupy every other Sunday night for a third religious service, in which case they shall have the right."
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Leicester Town - it names this place 10 more 10 times.
Fires near this place
48 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Valley between 2015 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 26 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,715 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,715 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cherry Valley between 1839 and 1974: 1,044 Plantae, 382 Animalia, 265 Fungi, 16 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E WOODHEAD, A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon | 1899 | H. H. Scudder | |
 | Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1900 | Roscoe I. Giles | |
 | Ochrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal. | 1839 | E. Tuckerman | |
 | Carex laxiflora Lam. | 1840 | Thomas Nuttall | Cambridge. |
 | Carex vestita Willd. | 1840 | Thomas Nuttall | Cambridge. |
 | Mycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner | 1848 | E. Tuckerman | |
 | Tamias striatus lysteri (Richardson, 1829) | 1848 | L Agassiz | PARSONS ISLAND |
 | Cladonia cornucopioides F.Wilson | 1850 | J. L. Russell | Leicester |
 | Geranium maculatum L. | 1850 | not recorded | |
 | Packera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve | 1850 | not recorded | |
| Elymus repens (L.) Gould | 1892 | Arthur B. Seymour | Cambridge. | |
| Festuca pratensis Huds. | 1892 | Arthur B. Seymour | Cambridge. |
All 1,715 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Valley: 7 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd Bloomfield Co--Worcester, Ma. | Lead | Plant | ||
| Crucible Spec. Metals--Auburn, Ma. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Auburn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Capa Corporation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crossover Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Donald P Graves Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Town of Auburn | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wiley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Worcester Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Falls (historical) | 1.0 miles | 44 | |
| Jamesville | 1.1 miles | 44 | |
| Ludlow | 1.3 miles | 44 | |
| Jamesville (historical) | 1.6 miles | 44 | |
| Swan Avenue | 1.7 miles | 45 | |
| Heard Street | 1.8 miles | 44 | |
| New Worcester (historical) | 1.9 miles | 44 | |
| Trowbridgeville (historical) | 1.9 miles | 44 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610607. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.