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The county, created in May 1662, encompassed all of western Massachusetts until 1731. It was named for Hampshire, England. Amherst is the home of Amherst College (founded 1821), the University of Massachusetts (founded 1863), and Hampshire College (founded 1965) and was the lifelong home of poet Emily Dickinson.
History [ edit] Hampshire County was constituted in 1662 from previously unorganized territory comprising the entire western part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It included the original towns of Springfield, Northampton, and Hadley. The original Hampshire County also included territory that is now in modern-day Hampden County, Franklin ...
3 de abr. de 2008 · History of western Massachusetts. The counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire. Embracing an outline aspects and leading interests, and separate histories of its one hundred towns : Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. History of western Massachusetts.
5 de may. de 2024 · Guide to Hampshire County, Massachusetts ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
The Hampshire History contains brief histories of the twenty- one towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and a short intro- ductory essay describing the formation of the county. The commu- nity histories, written by local residents, first appeared as serial- ized articles in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
13 de may. de 2024 · Northampton, city, seat (1662) of Hampshire county, west-central Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Connecticut River, 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Springfield. The site, originally known as Nonotuck (an Algonquian word meaning “middle of the river”), was settled in 1654 and named for Northampton, England.
1662: Hampshire County established as one of three original counties in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1665: Northampton becomes the county seat. 1761: Amherst is incorporated as a separate town. 1774: Mount Tom in Holyoke witnesses Shay's Rebellion, a major uprising against perceived economic and civil rights injustices.
