Williamstown, Massachusetts Williamstown, Massachusetts Official seal of Williamstown, Massachusetts Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 7,754 at the 2010 census. A college town, it is home to Williams College, the Clark Art Institute and the Tony-awarded Williamstown Theatre Festival, which runs every July and August.
Its strategic locale bordering Dutch colonies in New York led to its settlement, because it was needed as a buffer to stop the Dutch from encroaching on Massachusetts. Fort West Hoosac, the westernmost blockhouse and stockade in Massachusetts, was assembled in 1756.
The town was incorporated in 1765 as Williamstown as stated to the will of Col.
He bequeathed a momentous total to the town on the condition that it were titled after him and started a no-charge school.
The Mount Greylock Range is the dominant geographic feature, best seen from the west in South Williamstown.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 46.9 square miles (121.4 km2), of which 46.8 square miles (121.1 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.27%, is water. Located in the Berkshires, Williamstown is drained by the Hoosic River.
Williamstown is the northwesternmost town in Massachusetts.
The town is bordered on the north by Pownal, Vermont, on the east by Clarksburg, North Adams and Adams, on the south by New Ashford and Hancock, and on the west by Berlin and Petersburgh, New York.
State border and is where Taconic Trail State Park is located.
Brodie Mountain rises to the south of town, and Mount Greylock State Reservation is situated in the southwest corner of town, with the peak of Mount Greylock and its subsidiary peak Mount Fitch just over the line in Adams.
The highest point in town is at 3,320 feet (1,010 m) above sea level, just 0.2 miles (0.32 km) west of the summit of Greylock.
The Appalachian Trail skirts the town twice, near the southeast corner of town and again along the North Adams border.
To the northeast, Pine Cobble lies along the Clarksburg town line, and to the north lies the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.
Route 7 passes from north to south through the town, crossing into Vermont to the north and New Ashford to the south.
Massachusetts Route 2 begins in the town, starting from New York State Route 2 at the Petersburg Pass, then combining with Route 7 for a stretch before heading east into North Adams.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. See also: Williamstown (CDP), Massachusetts Williamstown is the fourth-largest town in Berkshire County, and rates 189th out of the 351 metros/cities and suburbs in Massachusetts by population.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 15.3% under the age of 18, 27.5% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $51,875, and the median income for a family was $67,589.
Williamstown is governed by the open town meeting form of government, and is governed by a board of selectmen and a town manager.
The town has its own police department and a volunteer fire department.
On the state level, Williamstown is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Representative Gailanne Cariddi of the First Berkshire district, which covers northern Berkshire County, as well as portions of Franklin County.
In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is represented by Senator Benjamin Downing of the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and Hampshire and Franklin counties. The town has its own elementary school, Williamstown Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.
The town is home to Mount Greylock Regional High School, which also serves the neighboring suburbs of New Ashford, Lanesborough and portions of Hancock.
Williamstown is also home to Pine Cobble School, a private school serving students from pre-kindergarten through ninth grade, as well as Buxton School, a private co-educational boarding school serving high-school students.
Williamstown is home of Williams College, an elite, private liberal arts college.
The nearest improve college is Berkshire Community College, positioned in Pittsfield.
The nearest enhance college is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in neighboring North Adams, and the nearest University of Massachusetts is the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Town bus service is provided by Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) to and from North Adams and Pittsfield.
Daily intercity bus service to Williamstown is directed by Peter Pan Lines to and from New York City, and intermediate suburbs and metros/cities along the way.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Williamstown town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts".
"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"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).
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
State of Massachusetts Table No.
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