West Stockbridge, Massachusetts West Stockbridge, Massachusetts Official seal of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
West Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
The region was part of the disputed border between Massachusetts and New York, which eventually left the town in its current state.
The town interval as five separate villages (West Center, West Stockbridge, Freedleyville, Rockdale and Williamsville), with West Stockbridge burgeoning the biggest because of the barns , which hauled iron ore and marble.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 18.7 square miles (48.4 km2), of which 18.5 square miles (47.8 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 1.23%, is water. West Stockbridge is bordered on the north by Richmond, on the east by Stockbridge, on the south by Great Barrington, on the southwest by Alford, and on the west by Austerlitz and Canaan, New York.
West Stockbridge is 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Springfield, 132 miles (212 km) west of Boston, and 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Albany, New York.
To the northeast, West Stockbridge Mountain lies along the Stockbridge town line.
To the southwest, Tom Ball Mountain rises above the Alford town line, and Harvey Mountain rises on the state border.
Interstate 90, the Massachusetts Turnpike, crosses into the state in West Stockbridge.
Exit 1, which solely consists of a exit and easterly entrance, is positioned near the center of town, near the southern junction of Route 41 and Route 102, which begins on the state border in the village of State Line.
An abandoned rail line crosses through town, adjoining the active line in State Line and heading southward through town towards Great Barrington.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. By population, West Stockbridge rates 18th out of the 32 metros/cities and suburbs in Berkshire County, and 310th out of 351 metros/cities and suburbs in Massachusetts.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 31.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
West Stockbridge is a very rich town.
West Stockbridge employs the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a board of selectmen and an administrative assistant.
On the state level, West Stockbridge is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by the Fourth Berkshire district, which covers southern Berkshire County, as well as the westernmost suburbs in Hampden County.
In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is represented by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, 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, West Stockbridge 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 since June 1991.
Massachusetts is presently represented in the United States Senate by senior Senator Elizabeth Warren and junior Senator Ed Markey.
West Stockbridge is a member of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, along with Stockbridge and Great Barrington, which hosts all the district's schools.
Middle school students attend Monument Valley Regional Middle School, and high school students attend Monument Mountain Regional High School.
Prior to creation of the county-wide district, high school students in West Stockbridge attended the former Williams High School in Stockbridge.
There are private schools positioned in the close-by towns of Great Barrington and Lenox which are also open to students from the town.
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): West Stockbridge town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts".
West Stockbridge, Massachusetts - The Berkshire - Web "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).
"History - Williams High School, Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives (Stockbridge, Mass.) pgs.
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