Carver Town Hall is located at 108 Main Street, Carver, MA 02330. Phone: 508‑866‑3400.
Neighborhoods
Carver
Cole Mill
East Carver
Huckleberry Corner
North Carver
Shutleff Corner
South Carver
Warerview Village
Wenham
Beginnings [1]
This town was first settled by white people about 1638. It was for many years part of the Town of Plymouth. It was first set off from Plymouth in June 1707, forming a part of the Town of Plympton, which was incorporated as a new town in June of that year. Carver continued to be a part of Plympton until June 9, 1790, when it was incorporated by the name it still bears.
Carver is located approximately 38 miles from Boston.
Historic Timeline [2]
1660 – First permanent white resident of Carver has house at Lakenham, now North Carver
1723 – First lumber mill in Carver built by John Cole
1732 – Pope's Point Furnace, iron works, begins operation
1760 – Charlotte's Furnace begins construction in present-day South Carver
1772 – Carver's first church, South Meeting House, is established
1790 – Carver set off from Plympton as separate town; takes name from Massachusetts governor John Carver
1823 – Second church built in North Carver, later King Phillip's Hall
1824 – Baptist Church built
1849 – Construction of second school building for Lakenham
1859 – Congregational Church built
1892 – Railroad completed from Middleboro to Plymouth, with a stop in North Carver
1895 – Carver Public Library established.
1897 – First high school classes in Carver held at Town Hall
1905 – Population of town reaches 1,410
1912 – Some 2,400 acres in Carver are used to grow cranberries
1913 – Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church begins construction
1930 – Passenger service discontinued on railroad line
1970s – Route 3 extended to Plymouth
1977 – Carver Master Plan completed
1980 – Lakenham Historic District established
1981 – Subdivision by-law updated
1982 – Savery Historic District established
1983 – Interstate 495 extended to Wareham, providing access to and from Carver
1988 – Carver High School opens; town is no longer part of regional school district in Plymouth
1990s – Commuter rail stations built in Middleboro and Kingston to provide transportation to Boston
Dean Dudley, Historical Sketches of Towns in Plymouth and Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts, D. Dudley & Company, Publishers, Boston, 1873.
Town of Carver, Master Plan 2001, Section 5, Historical and Cultural Resources, www.carverma.org, accessed July, 2011.