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Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hampshire County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Northampton
Year Organized: 1662
Square Miles: 529 |
Court House: 99 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060-3175
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
For the English county of Hampshire
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Hampshire County is a non-governmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Hampshire County was formed in 1662 out of Middlesex County, an original county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
which organized counties in 1643. Like a number of Massachusetts counties, Hampshire County exists today only as a
historical geographic region and a judicial district and has no county government.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 545 square miles (1,413 kmē), of which, 529
square miles (1,370 kmē) of it is land and 16 square miles (42 kmē) of it (3.01%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Franklin County
- East: Worcester County
- South: Hampden County
- West: Berkshire County
Cities and Towns:
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- Amherst |
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- Belchertown |
town |
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- Chesterfield |
town |
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- Cummington |
town |
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- Easthampton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Goshen |
town |
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- Granby |
town |
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- Hadley |
town |
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- Hatfield |
town |
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- Huntington |
town |
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- Middlefield |
town |
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- Northampton
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Seat) |
city |
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- Pelham |
town |
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- Plainfield |
town |
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- South Hadley |
town |
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- Southampton |
town |
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- Ware |
town |
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- Westhampton |
town |
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- Williamsburg |
town |
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- Worthington |
town |
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,
act locally." |
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