Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Brief History
Quick Facts Boundary Changes
 * Action, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town
 * 3 July 1735: Established as a town, from part of Concord.
 * Archiac names of the municipality: Iron Work Farm, New Grant, Concord Village, Willard's Farms.
 * Section/Village names: Acton Center, East Acton, Ellsworth (extinct), North Acton, South Acton, West Acton
 * 11 December 1747: Boundaries between Acton and Concord established.
 * 28 April 1780: Part included in the district of Carlisle.

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

472 Main St Acton, MA 01720 Town Hall 472 MAIN STREET ACTON, MA 01720 Phone: 978-929-6620 Fax: 978-929-6340 Email: clerk@acton-ma.gov Website
 * Town Hall
 * Town Clerk

Adjacent Towns
Middlesex Co.:  Boxborough | Carlisle | Concord | Littleton | Maynard | Stow | Sudbury | Westford

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery Department 472 Main Street Acton, MA 02120

166 Central Street West Acton Records at Woodlawn Cemetery office Findagrave.com Carlisle Road Records at Woodlawn Cemetery office Findagrave.com 104 Concord Road Findagrave.com
 * Mount Hope
 * North Acton aka North Part
 * Woodlawn

Military Records

 * 1862 - list of deaths of Soldiers in the United States Army from Acton
 * 1863 - list of deaths of Soldiers in the United States Army from Acton
 * 1864 - list of deaths of Soldiers in the United States Army from Acton
 * 1992 - list of Veteran Burials in Acton in 1992
 * 1993 - list of Veteran Burials in Acton in 1993
 * 1994 - list of Veteran Burials in Acton in 1994

Vital Records
The town of Acton kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Acton kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)