Tarbell Brook

For the stream in Broome County, see Tarbell Brook (New York).

Tarbell Brook is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km)^[1] stream located in southwestern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Millers River, itself a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.

Tarbell Brook
Tarbell Brook in Winchendon, Massachusetts
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Location
Country	United States
States	New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Counties	Cheshire, NH, Worcester, MA
Towns	Rindge, NH, Fitzwilliam, NH, Winchendon, MA
Physical characteristics
Source	Pearly Lake
• location	Rindge, NH
• coordinates	42°46′8″N 72°4′7″W
• elevation	1,007 ft (307 m)
Mouth	Millers River
• location	Winchendon, MA
• coordinates	42°41′15″N 72°4′54″W
• elevation	837 ft (255 m)
Length	10.1 mi (16.3 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Robbins Brook
• right	Sip Pond Brook, Spud Brook

Tarbell Brook rises in the western part of Rindge, New Hampshire, at the outlet of Pearly Lake,^[2] and flows south to the Damon Reservoirs. The brook then passes into Winchendon, Massachusetts, reaching the Millers River approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of the town center.

History

It bears the name of Lieutenant Samuel Tarbell (1744-1828), a Revolutionary War Minuteman who settled in Rindge with his wife Beatrice Carter in 1773, soon thereafter building a watermill at the outflow of Pearly Lake (formerly known as Tarbell Pond). Although the mill is long gone, Tarbell's Cape Cod style house nearby still presides over Route 119.

See also

• New Hampshire portal

• List of rivers of Massachusetts
• List of rivers of New Hampshire

References

1. New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
2. "Tarbell Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.