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HAMPDEN COUNTY, Massachusetts
*First created, in 1812, from Hampshire.
*County seat: Springfield.
Hampden County is located in the southwestern Massachusetts, with the state of Connecticut at its southern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Agawam, Brimfield, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Feeding Hills, Granville, Hampden, Holland, Holyoke, Indian Orchard, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Montgomery, Palmer, Russell, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham.

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Surrounding Counties 
(North = Top)
Hampshire County, MA
Berkshire County, MA Hampden County, MA Worcester County, MA
Hartford and Tolland Counties, Connecticut

Hampden County Communities
Agawam
  • Town of Agawam, MA
  • Agawam Public Library

    •        750 Cooper Street - Agawam, MA 01001-2177   Phone:  (413)789-1550.

    Brimfield
  • Brimfield Community Profile
  • Brimfield Public Library

    •        Main Street - Brimfield, MA 01010-0377
           Phone: (413) 245-3518  E-mail:  brimfield@cwmars.org

    Chester
  • Chester Community Profile
    • Chicopee
  • Chicopee City Hall
  • Chicopee City Clerk
    • East Longmeadow
  • East Longmeadow Community Profile
  • East Longmeadow, MA 01028
  • East Longmeadow Chamber of Commerce
  • East Longmeadow Public Library

    •    60 Center Square - East Longmeadow, MA 01028-2459  Phone:  (413)525-5432.
  • East Longmeadow Town Clerk

    •        Town Hall - 60 Center Square - East Longmeadow, MA 01028   Phone:  (413) 525-5400.
    Book Title:  "East Longmeadow Massachusetts, 1894-1994 : Centennial edition", Heather Ewell Huntley.  (Editor).  [East Longmeadow, Mass. : s.n.] : State College, PA : Jostens Printing & Publishing Division, 1994.
    Book Title:  "History of the Town of East Longmeadow",  prepared by the Town History Group to commemorate the Town's seventy-fifth anniversary, 1894-1969.  Springfield, Mass. : New England Blue Print Paper Company, 1969.

    Feeding Hills


    Granville
  • Granville Community Profile
  • Granville Public Library -  Hours

    •        Granby Road - Granville, MA 01034-9539
           Phone: (413) 357-8531  E-mail: granville@cwmars.org

    Hampden
  • Hampden Community Profile
  • Hampden, MA
  • Historical Data for Hampden, MA

    • Holland
  • Holland Community Profile
  • Holland Public Library  -  Hours

    •       Sturbridge Road - P.O. Box 9 - Holland, MA 01521-0009
          Phone:  (413) 245-3607   E-mail:  holland@cwmars.org

    Holyoke
  • Holyoke Community Profile
  • Holyoke, MA
  • The Holyoke Chronology
  • Holyoke Public Library

    •      335 Maple Street - Holyoke, MA 01040-4999     Phone: (413) 534-2211.

    Indian Orchard

    Longmeadow
  • Longmeadow Community Profile
  • Longmeadow, MA
  • The "Long Meddowe", 1638-1716:  a History by Michael F. Gelinas.
  • Richard Salter Storrs Library

    •      693 Longmeadow Street - Longmeadow, MA  01106   Phone: (413) 565-4181.

    Ludlow
  • Town of Ludlow, MA
  • Ludlow Community Profile
  • Hubbard Memorial Library

    •         24 Center Street - Ludlow, MA 01056-2795   Phone:  (413)583-3408.

    Monson
  • Monson Community Profile
  • Town of Monson Community Page
  • The Keep Homestead Museum

    •     35 Ely Road - Monson, MA 01057   Phone: (413) 267- 4137.
  • Monson Free Library & Reading Room Assoc.

    •       2 High Street - Monson, MA 01057-0350  Phone: (413) 267-3866.

    Montgomery
  • Montgomery Community Profile
    • Palmer
  • Palmer Community Profile
  • Town of Palmer Community Page
  • Palmer Public Library

    •       1455 North Main Street - Palmer, MA  01069  Phone: (413) 283-3330.

    Russell
  • Russell Community Profile

    • Southwick
  • Southwick Community Profile
  • Town of Southwick, Massachusetts
  • Southwick Public Library

    •         477 College Highway - Southwick, MA 01077-0319    Phone: (413) 569-1221.

    Springfield
  • Springfield Community Profile
  • City of Springfield, MA
  • Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau and Hampden County, Massachusetts.
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - in Springfield, MA.
  • College Basketball: The Roots - "...As the story goes, in 1891 the students from the YMCA's Training School in Springfield, Mass. were complaining of the gymnastics & calisthenics used in their physical training. One of the instructors, James Naismith (a Canadian) announced he would take care of the problem..." - by David Schwalbe, the American History guide on the miningco.com site.

    • Tolland

    Wales
  • Wales Community Profile
  • Wales Public Library  -  Hours

    •         Main Street - P.O. Box 243 - Wales, MA 01081-0243
            Phone: (413) 245-9072   E-mail: wales@cwmars.org

    West Springfield
  • West Springfield Community Profile - early settlement dates back to 1665, the town was formally established in 1774...
  • Town of West Springfield, MA
  • West Springfield Public Library

    •      200 Park Street. West Springfield, MA  01089   Phone: (413) 736-4561.

    Westfield
  • Westfield Community Profile
  • Westfield, MA
  • The Westfield River
  • Westfield Athenaeum Public Library

    •       6 Elm Street - Westfield, MA 01085-2997   Phone:  (413) 568-7833.

    Wilbraham
  • Wilbraham Community Profile
  • Town of Wilbraham, MA
  • Wilbraham, MA
  • History of Wilbraham, MA
  • Wilbraham Public Library

    •         Crane Park Drive - Wilbraham, MA 01095-1799   Phone: (413) 596-6141.
  • Additional Research Resources:
  • Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts web site.
  • Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Directory.
    • Professional  Research
    Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
    Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
    Printed resources for this page include:
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