Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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Location in Massachusetts
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1739 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Massachusetts | ||
| County : | Berkshire County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 17 ′ N , 73 ° 19 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,276 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 38.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 61.4 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 59.4 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 60 m | ||
| Postal code : | 01262 | ||
| Area code : | +1 413 | ||
| FIPS : | 25-67595 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0618274 | ||
| Website : | www.townofstockbridge.com | ||
Stockbridge is a city in the western US state of Massachusetts . In the United States Census 2010, the city in Berkshire County had 1,947 inhabitants (2000: 2,276).
Geography and traffic
According to the United States Census Bureau , Stockbridge has a total area of 61.4 km². The city sits on the Housatonic River and is surrounded by the wooded Berkshire Mountains . Numerous lakes and swamps surround the city, such as Mohawk Lake in the west, Agawam Lake in the south, Lake Averic in the northwest and Lake Mahkeenac in the north.
Stockbridge is on Interstate 90 , known as the Massachusetts Turnpike , which runs from Boston to Albany . The main railway line is the Housatonic Railroad from Pittsfield to Great Barrington . The nearest major airport is Albany International Airport, about 70 km away .
history
Stockbridge is first mentioned in 1739 when a mission for the Housatonic , a Mahican tribe , was established here. The place was given to the tribe as thanks for their support in the French and Indian wars against the French. Reverend John Sergeant from Newark was the first missionary in Indian Town , as the place was first called in 1737. On June 22, 1739 Indian Town was officially named Stockbridge after the town of Stockbridge in Hampshire , England .
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Although the Massachusetts government promised the Indian land was not for sale, that promise was later broken. In the American Revolutionary War , the Stockbridge Indians fought on the side of the Americans. Even so, the tribe had to leave their home in Massachusetts and were relocated to Stockbridge , New York State. The Indian land became the property of white settlers. With the construction of the railroad in 1850, Stockbridge became a summer retreat for rich people from the nearby cities. Numerous large houses called Berkshire Cottages were built in the period before the First World War .
Attractions
In addition to the Berkshire Botanical Garden , the Naumkeag estate with its also noteworthy garden and the Mission House of the missionary John Sergeant are worth seeing.
Personalities
The place is also the home of well-known artists, for example the sculptor Daniel Chester French , who created the famous Lincoln statue in Washington, DC , and the painter Norman Rockwell , whose works were mainly created in Stockbridge and to whom a museum is dedicated.
Sons of the city
- Benjamin Pond (1768–1814), lawyer and politician
- Thomas C. Chittenden (1788–1866), lawyer and politician
- Henry W. Dwight (1788–1845), politician
- Cyrus W. Field (1819-1892), businessman
- Joseph Choate (1832–1917), lawyer and diplomat
- Stephen Dudley Field (1846-1913), inventor
- Robert Reid (1862–1929), painter
- Allen T. Treadway (1867-1947), politician
- Martin Richard Hoffmann (1932–2014), Minister of the Army
Trivia
Stockbridge is "scene of the crime" ( "scene of the crime") in the song Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census 2010 ( Memento from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ A b English Wikipedia: Stockbridge, Massachusetts