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Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pittsfield
Year Organized: 1760
Square Miles: 931 |
Court House: 76 East Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201-5304
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
For the English county of Berkshire
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Berkshire County was formed in 1761 out of Hampshire County. County seat: Pittsfield. (Originally of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony which was organized into counties in 1643.) Berkshire County is the western most county in
Massachusetts. It extends from north to south across the western portion of Massachusetts, with the state of New York to
its west, the state of Vermont to the north, and the state of Connecticut to the south.
Of the 14 Massachusetts counties, Berkshire County is one of seven that exists today only as a historical
geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 2000.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 946 square miles (2,451 kmē), of which, 931
square miles (2,412 kmē) of it is land and 15 square miles (39 kmē) of it (1.58%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Bennington County, Vt.
- Northeast: Franklin County
- East: Hampshire County
- Southeast: Hampden County
- South: Litchfield County, Conn.
- Southwest: Dutchess County, N.Y.; Columbia County, N.Y.
- Northwest: Rensselaer County, N.Y.
Cities and Towns:
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- Adams |
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- Alford |
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- Becket |
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- Charlemont |
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- Cheshire |
town |
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- Clarksburg |
town |
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- Dalton |
town |
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- Egremont |
town |
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- Florida |
town |
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- Great Barrington |
town |
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- Hancock |
town |
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- Hinsdale |
town |
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- Lanesborough |
town |
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- Lee |
town |
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- Lenox |
town |
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- Monterey |
town |
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- Mount Washington |
town |
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- New Ashford |
town |
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- New Marlborough |
town |
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- North Adams |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Otis |
town |
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- Peru |
town |
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- Pittsfield
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- Richmond |
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- Sandisfield |
town |
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- Savoy |
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- Sheffield |
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- Stockbridge |
town |
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- Tyringham |
town |
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- Washington |
town |
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- West Stockbridge |
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- Williamstown |
town |
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- Windsor |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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