Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census.[2]
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 Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts. | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′15″N 73°19′15″W / 42.28750°N 73.32083°WCoordinates: 42°17′15″N 73°19′15″W / 42.28750°N 73.32083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Berkshire |
| Settled | 1734 |
| Incorporated | 1739 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Open town meeting |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.7 sq mi (61.3 km2) |
| • Land | 22.7 sq mi (58.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 842 ft (257 m) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,018 |
| • Density | 85.26/sq mi (32.92/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Code | 01262 |
| FIPS code | 25-67595 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0618274 |
| Website | www |
Stockbridge is the home of "Alice's Restaurant". It became well known in a song by Arlo Guthrie, on an album he made in 1967.[3] The words to the song say the town of Stockbridge has "three stop signs, two police officers and one police car".
Stockbridge, Massachusetts Media
Mission House, built about 1740. Postcard c. 1908.
Stockbridge Town Offices in 1914 school building
The Village Street, Stockbridge, MA; from a c. 1910 postcard.
Monument to the Stockbridge Indians, Stockbridge, MA; from a 1905 postcard published by The Rotograph Company. The obelisk was erected in the 1870s to commemorate the Mahican burial ground.
Former Bancroft-Curtisville Hotel in Interlaken, one of Stockbridge's small villages
The Norman Rockwell Museum
Naumkeag Gardens c. 1908
References
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stockbridge town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ↑ Sally Moore (29 March 1976). "Alice's Restaurant Is Alive and Well in Stockbridge, Mass. but An Exasperated Alice Is Moving on". People Magazine archive. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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