Introduction to Chauncy Village When Chauncy Village was established as Westborough, the 100th town of Colonial Massachusetts in 1717 there were fewer than 100 residents living in the area west of Marlborough which included the north precinct (now Northborough). In 1720 the first meetinghouse was built on Powder Hill and in 1724 Reverend Ebenezer Parkman

When the Worcester Turnpike of 1810 was opened, it became more than a direct route for freight haulers, stagecoach travelers, and the pony express from Boston to Worcester. The new road’s five-mile route through Westborough created an opportunity to develop the area for additional farm land, real estate investors, and business entrepreneurs.  At the time,