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Western Massachusetts, known colloquially as "western Mass," is a region in Massachusetts, one of the six U.S. states that make up the New England region of the United States. Western Massachusetts has diverse topography; 22 colleges and universities including UMass in Amherst, MA , with approximately 100,000 students; [ 1 ] and such ...
The Berkshires lie within the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. [5] Similarly, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Massachusetts (Griffith et al. 1994) has defined six ecoregions within this area: Taconic Mountains, Western New England Marble Valleys, Lower Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Highlands, Vermont Piedmont, and Berkshire ...
The Berkshire Hills, part of the Appalachian Mountains, in winter. Berkshire County (pronounced / ˈbɜːrkʃər /) is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,026. [2] Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield. [3]
A 1638 engraving depicting the Mystic massacre An English map of New England c. 1670 depicts the area around modern Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Relationships alternated between peace and armed skirmishes between colonists and local Native American tribes, the bloodiest of which was the Pequot War in 1637 which resulted in the Mystic massacre. [22]
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Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state in the United States with an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2 ). [1] It is bordered to the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, to the west by New York, to the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine. Massachusetts is the most populous New ...
Massachusetts is divided into five distinct numbering plan areas (NPAs), which are served by nine area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), organized as four overlay complexes and a single-area code NPA. Eastern Massachusetts has area codes 339, 351, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, and 978. Western Massachusetts has area code 413.
This map [clarification needed] shows towns colored by the date they were incorporated in Massachusetts since the founding of Plimoth Plantation in 1620. Many of the towns and future cities shown covering the area of their original incorporation have since been divided into two, three or in some cases several smaller municipalities.