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Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
New Ashford is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
The town has mostly been a non-urban farming community, with several mills ever set up in the town.
Beginning in 1916, New Ashford had the distinct ion of casting the first vote in United States Presidential Elections, as Dixville Notch, New Hampshire does today.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 13.5 square miles (34.9 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.10%, is water. It is the third-smallest town in Berkshire County by territory area.
New Ashford is 11 miles (18 km) north of Pittsfield, 57 miles (92 km) northwest of Springfield, and 140 miles (230 km) west-northwest of Boston (although, like much of the Berkshires, it is closer to both Hartford and Albany than its own state capital).
To the east, Mount Greylock State Reservation rises, with the mountain itself peaking just northeast of the town.
The peak of Saddle Ball Mountain, a part of the range, lies inside the easterly part of town and is the highest point in town, reaching 3,220 feet (980 m) above sea level.
The town is positioned between two small-town airports, Harriman and West Airport in North Adams and Pittsfield Municipal Airport.
New Ashford is the second least-populated town in Berkshire County, and fourth-smallest town in Massachusetts (ahead of Mount Washington, Monroe and Gosnold).
The populace density was 18.2 citizens per square mile (7.0/km ), making it fourth-smallest in the county and ninth-smallest in the Commonwealth by populace density.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town uses the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a board of selectmen and a town administrator.
On the state level, New Ashford is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the First Berkshire District, represented by Gailanne M.
In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is part of the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, represented by Ben Downing, which includes all of Berkshire County and Hampshire and Franklin counties. The town is patrolled by the Fourth (Cheshire) Station of Barracks "B" of the Massachusetts State Police. On the nationwide level, New Ashford is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by Richard Neal of Springfield since January 2013.
Massachusetts is presently represented in the United States Senate by Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey.
The nearest state college is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, and the nearest state college is the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): New Ashford town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts".
"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
Populations of Cities, Towns, &c.
Senators and Representatives by City and Town Municipalities and communities of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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