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September 13, 2011 Your News September 13, 2011 Fantastic YouTube Find: A Historical View of Main Street Westminster Kym Byrnes | Sep 13, 2011 | 0 Comments Gerry Wiseman created and posted this great video montage on YouTube.

To go along with the historical video montage, here are some highlights of Westminster's founding.

According to a History of Westminster written by former Westminser Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, William Winchester of England founded Westminster in 1764.

Winchester originally named the community "Winchester's Town" but in 1768 the town name was changed to Westminster because the mail was often accidentally delivered to the town of Winchester in Virginia, according to Dayhoff's article...

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