[Thanks to Linda Smith for transcribing this chapter]
CHAPTER LIII.
Marshfield Hills.
The name of Marshfield Hills was given and secured in place of East Marshfield by the author in the year, 1890.
The officials of the railroad were induced to change the name of the station, and that of the post office was changed by the authorities in Washington. The reason for the change was because the letters were frequently missent to East Mansfield, instead of East Marshfield, also packages and freight. Other names were proposed, one by the railroad authorities, "Rexham," another desired to call it "Prospect Heights," but it was argued with the railroad officials and our Congressman at Washington, that we did not want to lose the name of Marshfield, for the latter was identified with Webster and Winslow, and was know and recognized away from here as the home of those eminent men. Marshfield Hills was accepted, and the name soon became a popular one at the Hills and elsewhere.
The "Hills" is a very appropriate one to our village, for extensive hills are numerous. There are very desirable sites for residences, as an extended view of the ocean is had from them, also of Cape Ann, and those seaport towns, Gloucester, Marblehead and others.