Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy
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Town Hall[edit | edit source]
Town Clerk[edit | edit source]
Agawam Town Hall
36 Main St
Agawam, MA 01001
Phone: 413-786-0400 x 215
Fax: 413-786-9927
Email: clerk@agawam.ma.us
Website
Historical Data[edit | edit source]
Establishment and former town name(s
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), WorldCat 49562661 FHL Collection.
17 May 1855: Incorporated as a town, from part of West Springfield
16 November 1971: Town charter adopted which established city form of government
Archiac name: Feeding Hills
Section/Villages within the town: Agawam Center, Feeding Hills, Hubbard Corners
2 May 1960: Bounds between Agawam and West Springfield restablished.
Town History[edit | edit source]
- Agawam, Massachusetts: a town history FHL Collection
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
- Record of cases of midwifery, 1827-1882 FHL Collection
Includes records of births in Suffield, Connecticut; South Hadley, Granby, Northampton, West Springfield and Agawam, Massachusetts.
- Vital records [Agawam, Massachusetts], 1855-1905 FHL Collection
Inventory of town and city archives of Massachusetts, no. 7, Hampden County, vol. 1, Agawam FHL Collection
City Directories[edit | edit source]
- Springfield (Massachusetts) suburban directories FHL Collection
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Cemeteries of Agawam and Feeding Hills [Massachusetts] : five cemeteries for public use and two small private cemeteries FHL Collection
Agawam
Old North Burying Ground
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Migration[edit | edit source]
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy included:[1]
- Connecticut River a navigable river stretching from the border of Quebec, New Hampshire, and Vermont flowing south to through Connecticut into Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut Genealogy
- Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike[2] 1812
- Ancram (NY) Turnpike[3] 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Genealogy to Catskill, Greene County, New York Genealogy
- Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy to Catskill, Greene County, New York Genealogy[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Catskill Turnpike (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.[9] [6] [10] [11]
- Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
- Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike[12] 1812
- Greenwood Road[13] 1799 from Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Genealogy to Albany, Albany County, New York Genealogy
- Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike[14] 1826
- Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy to Albany, Albany County, New York Genealogy
- Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike[15] 1809
- King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy to Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy 1650s
- Massachusetts 10th Turnpike[16] 1800
- Massachusetts 12th Turnpike[17] 1812
- Old Connecticut Path[18] [19] [20] 1630 from Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy to Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Genealogy
- Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
- Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike[21] 1801-1829
- Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Genealogy to Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York Genealogy
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Historical Societies[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. WorldCat entry; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Frederic J. Wood, The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), map between 56 and 57, and 168. Internet Archive version online.
- ↑ Isaac Huntting, History of the Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Dutchess County (Amenia, NY: Chas. Walsh, 1897), 99-101. Google Book edition.
- ↑ List of turnpikes in New York in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 6 November 2014).
- ↑ Ancram Turnpike in Routes in the Northeastern United States: Historic Trails, Roads and Migration Routes (accessed 6 November 2014). The Ancram Turnpike went from Springield, MA to Catskill, NY; and was called the Catskill Road.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Almira E Morgan, The Catskill Turnpike: A Wilderness Path (Ithaca, N.Y.: DeWitt Historical Society of Thompkins County, 1971), 5. Online digital copy.
- ↑ Catskill Turnpike in Routes in the Northeastern United States: Historic Trails, Roads and Migration Routes (accessed 6 November 2014). The Catskill Turnpike went west from Catskill, NY to Bath, NY; the east part was called the Susquehanna Turnpike.
- ↑ Huntting, 97-99.
- ↑ List of turnpikes in New York in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Anastassia Zinke, The Susquehanna Turnpike and America's Frontier History in Catskill Mountain Foundation (accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Joan Odess, The Susquehanna Turnpike (pdf accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 186-88.
- ↑ Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 348-49.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 203-205.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 166-67.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 76-78.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 79-80.
- ↑ Old Connecticut Path in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 October 2014).
- ↑ Wood, 25.
- ↑ Boston Post Road in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 October 2014).
- ↑ Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 363-64.
Adjacent towns: Hampden Co.: Longmeadow | Southwick | Springfield | West Springfield | Westfield | Connecticut: Hartford Co.: Suffield
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