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History · Windsor

Windsor dates to 1767, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Coleman Bridge.

1767founded
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Windsor began

When was Windsor founded?

1767

Windsor dates its founding to 1767 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1826.

2020 census: 831259 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1826.The full story ↓

What stands out about Windsor’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Windsor are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1767, 9 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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Start Windsor’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Windsor’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Timeline

Windsor, 1767 to 1933

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 18th century
  2. 1767
    FoundingWindsor is established
  3. 1789Born hereDaniel Sabin Butrick is born here
  4. 19th century
  5. 1808Born hereNoah K. Green is born here
  6. 1826Post officeThe Windsor post office opens
  7. 1852Post officeThe East Windsor post office opens
  8. 1894BuiltColeman Bridge is built
  9. 20th century
  10. 1933Post officeThe East Windsor post office closes
The story

How Windsor came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Windsor.

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Windsor was first settled in 1767 and was officially incorporated in 1771. The town was named for Windsor, Connecticut, where many of the settlers emigrated from. Originally, the town was named "Gageborough" in honor of British General Thomas Gage, but was changed due to the general's Revolutionary War affiliation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Windsor, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Windsor MA lg2010Windsor MA lgMA Route 9 eastbound in2009MA Route 9 eastbound inMA Route 9 eastbound entering2009MA Route 9 eastbound enteringEugene Moran WMA2009Eugene Moran WMAWindsor Welcome Sign2005Windsor Welcome Sign
On the National Register

1 historic place in Windsor

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
Coleman Bridge
Coleman Bridge, built 1894
Structures
Coleman BridgeBuilt 1894

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Windsor

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Daniel Sabin ButrickChristian missionary to Cherokee, civil rights … · b. 1789
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Noah K. GreenAmerican politician · b. 1808
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Windsor’s post office has been open since 1826. Another post office, East Windsor, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Windsor
1826–today
East Windsor
1852–1933
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East Windsor
Gone or out of use
Dubois Landing StripairportWindsor Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Windsor
BushEast WindsorShaw

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Cheshire5 historic placesA+Dalton7 historic placesA+PlainfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCummington1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Windsor’s history

What year was Windsor founded?

In 1767, according to Wikidata. Windsor’s post office opened in 1826.

What is on the National Register in Windsor?

One place: the Coleman Bridge (listed 2000).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.