Official seal of Richmond, Massachusetts Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
State Massachusetts Richmond is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
The region around Richmond was settled as part of the town of Stockbridge in 1756.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 19.0 square miles (49.2 km2), of which 18.7 square miles (48.4 km2) is territory and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 1.71%, is water. Richmond is bordered on the north by Hancock and Pittsfield, on the east by Lenox, on the south by Stockbridge and West Stockbridge, and on the west by Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
Massachusetts Route 41 passes from north to south through the town, and Route 295, the state's highest-numbered state route, continues from Route 41 to the corresponding New York state route.
The nearest municipal airport is Pittsfield Municipal Airport, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) away, and the nearest airport serving nationwide flights is Albany International Airport, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of the town.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. The town rates 16th out of the 32 suburbs in Berkshire County, and 304th out of 351 in the Commonwealth by population.The populace density was 84.6 citizens per square mile (32.7/km ), placing it 14th in the county and 293rd in the Commonwealth.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 35.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
On the state level, Richmond is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the Second Berkshire district, represented by Paul Mark, which covers central Berkshire County, as well as portions of Hampshire and Franklin counties.
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 First (Lee) Station of Barracks "B" of the Massachusetts State Police. On the nationwide level, Richmond is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by John Olver of Amherst from June 1991 to 2013 when Olver retired and redistricting put Richard Neal in the 1st district.
Massachusetts is presently represented in the United States Senate by Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey.
Richmond has one school, Richmond Consolidated School, which serves students in town from preschool through 8th grades.
Richmond has an arrangement to send its high school students to Pittsfield High School, Monument Mountain Regional High School, or Taconic High School.
The nearest state college is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and the nearest college is the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Richmond town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts".
Richmond, Massachusetts - The Berkshire - Web "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
American Fact - Finder, All County Subdivisions inside Massachusetts.
"Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1.
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950.
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1920.
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions: 1880 and 1890.
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
State of Massachusetts Table No.
Populations of Cities, Towns, &c.
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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