EASTON MA FACTOID:

Other than Easton Learning Adventures Preschool, there are currently no private schools located within Easton. However, there is discussion as of July 2009 to construct a private Catholic school in the center of town. Easton is home to Stonehill College.

Easton was first settled in 1694 and was officially incorporated in 1725. In 1694, the first settler, Clement Briggs established his home near the Easton Green. In 1711, the Taunton North Purchase area became Norton, and in 1713, the sixty-nine families settled in Easton and hired Elder William Pratt as their first minister. Prior to the settlers' establishment, the area was occupied by Native Americans as a hunting area and a burial ground.