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Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
89historic places
—earliest paper
1662formed
162,308pop. 2020
61cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 89 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Amherst, Northampton, Hatfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Massachusetts is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hampshire titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 89 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

89 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Amherst Central Business DistrictAmherstDistrict1991
Amherst Central Business District (Boundary Increase)AmherstDistrict2011
Amherst West CemeteryAmherstSite2000
Baird HouseAmherstBuilding1985
Belchertown Center Historic DistrictBelchertownDistrict1982
Belchertown State SchoolBelchertownDistrict1994
Bisbee MillChesterfieldBuilding2005
Bradstreet Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict1997
Bryant, William Cullen, Homestead NHLCummingtonBuilding1966
Building at 8-22 Graves AvenueNorthamptonBuilding1985
Center CemeteryWorthingtonSite2004
Center CemeterySouthhamptonSite2013
Chesterfield Center Historic DistrictChesterfieldDistrict2008
Church Street Historic DistrictWareDistrict1986
Clarke School for the Deaf Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict2022
Conkey-Stevens HouseAmherstBuilding1979
Coolidge, Calvin, HouseNorthamptonBuilding1976
Cushman Village Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1992
Dickinson Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1977
Dickinson, Emily, House NHLAmherstBuilding1966
Dorsey-Jones HouseNorthamptonBuilding2005
East Village Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1986
Elm Street Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict2000
First Congregational ChurchSouth HadleyBuilding2020
Fort Hill Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict1989
Forty Acres and Its Skirts Historic DistrictHadleyDistrict2023
Gate CemeteryChesterfieldSite2009
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchAmherstBuilding2000
Goshen Town HallGoshenBuilding2018
Grove Hill MansionNorthamptonBuilding1982
Hadley Center Historic DistrictHadleyDistrict1977
Hadley Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)HadleyDistrict1994
Hatfield Center Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict1994
Haydenville Historic DistrictWilliamsburgDistrict1976
Hockanum Rural Historic DistrictHadleyDistrict1993
Huntington Village Historic DistrictHuntingtonDistrict1999
Ireland Street CemeteryChesterfieldSite2009
Lincoln-Sunset Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1993
Lockville Historic DistrictSouthamptonDistrict2001
Main Street Historic DistrictEasthamptonDistrict1986
Manse, TheNorthamptonBuilding1976
Middlefield Center Historic DistrictMiddlefieldDistrict2012
Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge DistrictMiddlefieldDistrict1980
Mill-Prospect Street Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict2002
Miss Florence DinerNorthamptonBuilding1999
Monson Developmental CenterMonsonDistrict1994
Mountain RestGoshenBuilding1983
Nashawannuck Mills Historic DistrictEasthamptonDistrict2015
North Amherst Center Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1991
North CemeteryWorthingtonSite2004
North Chester Historic DistrictChesterDistrict1996
North Hadley Historic DistrictHadleyBuilding1993
North Hatfield Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict1997
Northampton Downtown Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict1976
Northampton Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)NorthamptonDistrict1985
Northampton State HospitalNorthamptonDistrict1994
Northampton Veterans Administration Hospital Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict2012
Old ChapelAmherstBuilding2015
Old Mill Site Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict1982
Otis Company Mill No. 1WareBuilding1982
Our Mother of Sorrows Monastery and Retreat CenterWest SpringfieldBuilding2002
Parsons, Shepherd and Damon, Houses Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict2001
Pelham Town Hall Historic DistrictPelhamDistrict1971
Plainfield Center Historic DistrictPlainfieldDistrict2015
Pomeroy Terrace Historic DistrictNorthamptonDistrict2018
Porter-Phelps-Huntington HouseHadleyBuilding1973
Prospect-Gaylord Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1993
Ringville CemeteryWorthingtonSite2004
Ross FarmNorthamptonBuilding2008
Smith Alumnae GymnasiumNorthamptonBuilding1976
South Amherst Common Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict1995
South Hadley Canal Historic DistrictSouth HadleyDistrict1992
South Worthington Historic DistrictWorthingtonDistrict2005
Southampton Center Historic DistrictSouthamptonDistrict1991
Strong HouseAmherstBuilding1984
Town Farm, TheEasthamptonBuilding1996
US Post Office-Easthampton MainEasthamptonBuilding1986
US Post Office-South Hadley MainSouth HadleyBuilding1986
Upper Main Street Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict1994
Walker-Collis HouseBelchertownBuilding1982
Ware Center Historic DistrictWareDistrict1986
Ware Millyard Historic DistrictWareDistrict1986
Ware Town HallWareBuilding1986
Ware-Hardwick Covered BridgeWareStructure1986
West Chesterfield Historic DistrictChesterfieldDistrict2008
West Hatfield Historic DistrictHatfieldDistrict2005
Westside Historic DistrictAmherstDistrict2000
Williamsburg Center Historic DistrictWilliamsburgDistrict1980
Woodbridge Street Historic DistrictSouth HadleyDistrict1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hampshire was formed in 1662 (1662-05-07) from Northampton, Hadley, all territory within 30 miles), effectively covering entire western part of the province.

HAMPSHIRE created from Non-County Area 1 (towns of Springfield, Northampton, Hadley, and all territory within 30 miles), effectively covering entire western part of the province.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hampshire County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

162k94k26k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
59,68172,43226,48730,89737,82347,23258,82069,59972,46187,594103,229138,813152,251162,308

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Springfield Armory National Historic SiteNational Historic Site26.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

61 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 61 of 61 listed
NameLatLon
Allis Cemetery42.5337-72.95237
Aspen Grove Cemetery42.26536-72.24459
Bell Cemetery42.32973-72.98265
Bofat Cemetery42.37378-72.80476
Bridge Street Cemetery42.32586-72.62746
Brookside Cemetery42.26099-72.66837
Bryant Cemetery42.46612-72.94613
Converse Cemetery42.35245-72.90524
Damon Cemetery42.34557-72.83808
Dawes Cemetery42.46377-72.91477
Dwight Cemetery42.33179-72.45103
East Street Cemetery42.27225-72.64981
Evergreen Cemetery42.25902-72.57909
Gate Cemetery42.3926-72.88393
Goshen Cemetery42.44848-72.80593
Hebrew Cemetery42.35262-72.64145
Hillcrest Cemetery42.21408-72.36348
Holy Rosary Cemetery42.37042-72.55379
Holy Trinity Cemetery42.35763-72.63285
Ireland Street Cemetery42.36498-72.88429
Knights CemeteryNoneNone
Lake Vale Cemetery42.30224-72.43649
Main Street Cemetery42.26443-72.67858
Middlefield Center Cemetery42.3557-73.00432
Mount Carmel Cemetery42.26953-72.24869
Mount Cemetery42.41775-72.87476
Mount Hope Cemetery42.27914-72.40038
Munsell Cemetery42.33709-72.41332
North Cemetery42.40869-72.51328
North Cemetery42.42301-72.94677
North Cemetery42.4798-72.8726
North Hadley Cemetery42.39106-72.58085
Norwich Bridge Cemetery42.25505-72.86997
Notre Dame Cemetery42.23447-72.57763
Old Hadley Cemetery42.34424-72.60153
Old Leonard Cemetery42.36709-72.93261
Old Saint Williams Cemetery42.2587-72.24737
Park Street Cemetery42.33461-72.67446
Pine Grove Cemetery42.33449-72.98524
Plainville Cemetery42.37596-72.55494
Quabbin Park Cemetery42.27973-72.30855
Russellville Cemetery42.42017-72.57554
Saint Brigid's Cemetery42.37224-72.55015
Saint Brigids Cemetery42.27078-72.65923
Saint Mary Cemetery42.33758-72.6537
Saint Mary's Cemetery42.24754-72.243
Saint Marys Cemetery42.36365-72.69453
Saint Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery42.34653-72.66955
Saint Rose Cemetery42.22369-72.57314
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery42.25922-72.65437
Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Cemetery42.22629-72.87371
South Cemetery42.26869-72.38703
Southampton Center Cemetery42.23517-72.72709
Spring Grove Cemetery42.34874-72.67239
Torrey Cemetery42.36541-72.83092
Valley Cemetery42.38731-72.44234
Walnut Grove Cemetery42.26249-72.23684
West Cemetery42.3791-72.51817
West Farms Cemetery42.30209-72.7162
Wildwood Cemetery42.39039-72.51214
Wright Cemetery42.34861-72.97036
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Enfield42.31676-72.33286

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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