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Welcome to American Alarms’ business and home security page for Stow, Massachusetts. This informational page provides important crime data along with additional information for those living in or considering moving to Stow.
According to the FBI Crime Database for Massachusetts’ 279 cities and towns, Stow was ranked 273rd in “Most Property Damage per 100,000” in 2013 improving from 205th in 2012. It was 262nd for “Most Burglaries per 100,000” improving from 120th in 2012.
Based in New England since 1971, we’ve worked in the Stow area for decades. We know the landscape and we have good relationships with local police and fire officials. Our team of employees (200 strong and growing) live in the communities we serve, this means our customers are our neighbors.
Stow was first settled by Matthew Boon and John Kettell around 1660. Coming from Gloucester and Charlestown, Massachusetts, these two men settled the land of the Tantamous (Jethro) Native Americans, called “Pompositticut.” Before it was incorporated in 1683, Stow was called Pompositticut Plantation. In 1686, its population of 37 settlers occupied a dozen or so farms.
The town of Stow is known for its apple orchards. As the 20th Century began, some Stow farmers turned to orchards, raising apples and other fruits. More than a dozen commercial orchards operated in the town. Today, there still working apple orchards operate in Stow that emphasize the “pick-your-own” experience. On some fall days as many as 10,000 people in search of the perfect apples converge on Stow from throughout New England.
The Boaz Brown House on Harvard Road was the home of Stow family at the time of the American Revolution. Silas Stow fought in the Revolution. It remained in the Stow family for nearly 200 years.
The Dr. Whitman House on Crescent Street was the home of Dr. Charles Whitman, one of Stow’s representatives on the Committee of Correspondence in 1773. He served as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, and was a signer of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780.
The Randall-Hale House on Sudbury Road was built by Stephan Randall. His grandson Abraham Randall, thought to have been born in the house, served in the Revolutionary army during the alarm of April 19, 1775.
Thomas Patrick Barrasso was born in Boston on March 31, 1965, but grew up in Stow. He won the NHL’s Vezina Trophy at age 18 in 1984 as a member of the Buffalo Sabres.
Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson), an author, was born in Stow on Novenmber 4, 1968. Andersom writes children’s books that range from picture books to young-adult novels. Anderson won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two “Octavian Nothing” books, historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston
Stow, MA, United States
Sales: 781-859-2400
Security Command Center:
781-859-2700
FAX: 781-648-0199
Technical Support: 781-859-2600
Accounting: 781-859-2500
Human Resources: 781-859-2300
Advanced Signal: 781-963-2024
Auburn Office: 508-753-1322
Electronic Alarms, RI: 401-737-2221
Manchester, NH Office: 603-627-2002
Wallingford, CT Office (Monitor Controls): 203-269-3591
Weymouth Office (Atlas Alarm): 781-337-8866