337 topographic sheets and 76 fire insurance atlases across 12 places.
174 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks · 159 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1885 to 1933.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Springfield, Mass., 1838 to 1851. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Springfield, Mass., 1851 to 1946. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
![Land ownership map, 1831 - A plan of West Springfield : [Massachusetts]](assets/locview_2007626187.jpg)
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 18,356 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 3,193 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 39 of these 159 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
School
named once, in the 1924 atlas
Appears in 1924
Read elsewhere as Junior High School.
Church
named once, in the 1902 atlas
Appears in 1902
Read elsewhere as Second Congregational Church.
Opera House
1885 to 1902, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as De Grays Opera House; Wells Opera House.
School
1892 to 1918, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1892 1896 1902 1918
Read elsewhere as Public School.
School
named once, in the 1902 atlas
Appears in 1902
Read elsewhere as Public School.
School
named once, in the 1917 atlas
Appears in 1917
Read elsewhere as Davis Public School.
School
named once, in the 1920 atlas
Appears in 1920
Read elsewhere as Public School.
Church
named once, in the 1891 atlas
Appears in 1891
Read elsewhere as First Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1920 atlas
Appears in 1920
Read elsewhere as First Baptist Church.
Church
1911 to 1919, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodist Episcopal Church, 4.
Church
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1910 atlas
Appears in 1910
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1918 atlas
Appears in 1918
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church.
Church
1891 to 1906, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1891 1896 1902 1906
Read elsewhere as St. Paul's Universalist Church; St. Pauls Universalist Church; St.Paul's Universalist Church.
Mill
1887 to 1902, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1887 1892 1896 1902
Read elsewhere as Cushman, S. F., Woolen Mills; Cushman, S. F., Woolen-mills; S. F., Woolen Mills.
Hotel
1891 to 1906, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1891 1896 1902 1906
Read elsewhere as Massowanno Hotel.
Bank
1887 to 1918, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as National Bank Building; Saving Bank Building.
Church
1906, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Mary's Catholic Church; St.Thomas Catholic Church.
Shop
1886 to 1891, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Brooks & Woodward, Wagon Shop.
Church
1885 to 1891, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Catholic Church of the Holy Name.
Works
1892 to 1896, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Hutchinson, L., Wagon Works.
Mill
named once, in the 1896 atlas
Appears in 1896
Read elsewhere as Grist Mill 22.
Mill
1887 to 1892, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Reynolds, R. M. & T., Woolen Mills.
Mill
1911 to 1918, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Ricketts & Shaw, Woolen Mill.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,163 of them, burning about 1,093 acres. 83 started naturally and 5 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 524 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 377 |
| Natural | 83 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 321 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | TEKOA MTN |
| 8 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 51 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WYBEN |
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 35 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge | MT TOM |
| 20 June 2020 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | SHAKER FARMS FIRE |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 24 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 24 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Natural | 13 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 912 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 209 injuries and about $239,756,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 494 |
| Hail | 239 |
| Flood | 78 |
| Flash Flood | 39 |
| Lightning | 31 |
| Tornado | 19 |
| Heavy Rain | 11 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Westfield | 3 killed, 200 hurt, $227,600,000 | A supercell thunderstorm developed over western Massachusetts. This storm strengthened and produced a long-lived, very significant tornado that did extensive damage across southwest and south central Massachusetts.||This storm will be noted not only for its intensity, but also for the length of the continuous damage path, approximately 38 miles, 31 of which were in Hampden County. The tornado was also very wide at some points, reaching a maximum width of one half mile.||The tornado first touched down in the Munger Hill section of Westfield with damage mainly limited to trees, many uprooted and snapped. The roof of Munger Hill Elementary School was also damaged. The tornado rapidly intensified as it moved into West Springfield and caused extensive damage to industrial buildings and homes. Several buildings had their roofs removed by the tornado, a few structures collapsed, and several multi-story buildings lost their upper stories. ||The tornado then crossed the Connecticut River adjacent to the Memorial Avenue bridge and into the city of Springfield. Here the tornado produced extensive damage to the south side of the downtown area with many homes destroyed. In addition, commercial brick buildings sustained major damage. Roofs were removed from many of these large commercial structures. The tornado also produced severe structural damage to townhomes and apartments near Springfield College. The tornado continued moving east into the Island Pond section of Springfield, where Cathedral High School and St. Michael's Academy sustained significant damage and many homes in this part of the city were completely destroyed.||The tornado continued to move east through Wilbraham near the Wilbraham/Hampden town line producing nearly complete deforestation and significant damage to nearby structures.||Widespread damage occurred in Monson as the tornado moved directly through the center of town. Many houses were completely destroyed and significant damage was done to commercial and residential buildings. The roof of Monson High School was destroyed. Forested parts of town experienced nearly complete deforestation and in some locations the bark was stripped from the tree trunks.||The tornado moved across the Brimfield State Forest where it reached its maximum width of approximately one half mile. Additional significant damage occurred both to structures and forested areas for many miles through Brimfield before crossing into Worcester County just south of Route 20.||Three fatalities were directly attributable to the tornado, two in West Springfield and one in Brimfield. A thirty-nine year old woman in West Springfield was killed when her house collapsed on her while she sheltered her 15 year old daughter in the bathtub. Also in West Springfield, a twenty-three year old man was killed when his van was crushed by a falling tree. A fifty-two year old woman in Brimfield was killed when the trailer home she was living in was thrown 35 feet into the air. In addition, two hundred people were treated for injuries sustained in the tornado.||It was estimated that 1400 houses and at least 78 businesses were either damaged or destroyed. Of these 1400 houses, roughly 300 of them had been completely destroyed, including about 200 in Springfield, 51 in Monson, 39 in Brimfield, and 13 in Wilbraham. Two hundred residential buildings were condemned and more than 300 rental units were lost throughout western Massachusetts. ||Two public schools in Springfield and one in Westfield were severely damaged by the tornado. At least two parochial schools were also destroyed. The students attending these schools were temporarily assigned to other area schools for the remainder of the school year. Public school students will begin the 2011-2012 school year in modular buildings on the site of their former school buildings and parochial students will be travelling to temporary locations, some outside their home city.||Nearly 10,000 acres of woodlands were destoyed with the Massachusetts Forest Landowners Association estimating a clean up cost of $3.6 million. This is included in the property damage estimate. In Springfield alone, 7500 mature trees were uprooted or destroyed.||Shelters that opened across western Massachusetts on June 1, sheltered a total of 330 residents for a total of 30 days.||President Obama issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Hampden County shortly after the tornado.||The Massachusetts Division of Insurance reported that 9500 insurance claims were completed by residents as a result of the June 1 tornadoes, adding up to $175 million worth of damage. This included 5000 personal insurance claims totalling $135 million, 3500 automobile claims totalling $20 million, and 1000 commercial property claims totalling $20 million. These damage amounts are also included in the property damage estimates with this event.||Property damage estimates, injuries, and fatalities are a total for the entire June 1 episode with the majority of the damage and all of the injuries and fatalities directly related to this long track EF3 tornado. The remainder of the property damage listed on this event can be attributed to one of the other 3 tornadoes that occurred in western Massachusetts on June 1. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Springfield | 2 hurt, $10,000 | A tree on Interstate 91 near the Massachusetts Turnpike was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car, puncturing the windshield. A 61 year old man and a 57 year old woman were injured. Rescuers had to cut through the tree before they could get to the people in the car. The man was able to climb out by himself once the tree was out of the way, but the woman had to be extricated. This also blocked both southbound lanes of Interstate 91 bringing traffic to a complete stop. |
| May 2008 | Lightning | Southwick | 2 hurt | Two brothers were hospitalized after lightning struck the ground directly in front of them. Their injuries were non life threatening. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willimansett | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Trees on Fuller Road, Route 33, Westover Road, James Street, Leo Drive, and Prospect Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. The Home Depot on Route 33 sustained significant damage to sheds and other outdoor displays. A tree was downed onto a trailer on Edbert Street, injuring one person. The person sustained minor injuries only (mainly abrasions). The Department of Conservation and Recreation reported that about 150 trees in Chicopee State Park were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1979 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 1 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Monson | 1 hurt | A local television station reported that a 16 year old boy was indirectly struck by lightning. Lightning struck the ground and traveled into the metal garage door that the boy was touching. He was transported to the hospital for observation but was reported to be fine. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Palmer | 1 hurt | Lightning injured a person in Palmer. The injuries were reported to be minor. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Ludlow | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | West Springfield | $3,000,000 | Quarter to half dollar size hail fell on Main Street, accumulating up to two inches in spots. A car on Fairview Avenue was damaged with numerous hail dents. There were also several reports of nickel size hail in the area of Riverdale Road. About 500 cars at the Balise family of car dealerships were damaged. Damage ranged from minimal to extensive. Further damage was found two weeks later, when heavy rain fell through small holes in the roof of Chestnut Middle School, resulting in water damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbraham | $1,500,000 | A microburst occurred near Wilbraham resulting in significant tree damage. Hundreds of trees were downed, some across roads, others into buildings. Ten to twenty roads or portions of roads were closed at any one time, thanks to trees and power lines down across them. The greatest concentration of wind damage was located in Wilbraham along an approximately 2 mile long path that extended from just north of Springfield Street across the Country Club of Wilbraham to just beyond Tinkham Road. Based on tree damage, the strongest winds were estimated to have been between 90 and 100 mph and occurred over a path that averaged 250 yards extending to 600 yards at its widest point along Springfield Road. Outside of this path, wind damage was less significant but still occurred for a half a mile on either side of the strongest wind core. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Mundale | $1,000,000 | After receiving five to six inches of rain associated with Tropical Storm Irene, Granville Road in Westfield washed out. Route 202 and Union Street were closed due to flooding from the Westfield River. Houses on Ellsworth Street were evacuated due to the flooding on the Westfield River. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longmeadow | $400,000 | A wet microburst occurred between 459 PM and 5 PM EDT in Longmeadow, MA. According to the Emergency Management Director, about 200 trees were downed. Damage cost about $400,000 to clean up. The damage began just west of Route 5 and was maximized in the section of town near Longmeadow Brook and Frank Smith Road. A few trees were down onto houses. There were no injuries reported. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Springfield | $275,000 | no account filed |
| August 1966 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 1956 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | West Springfield | $200,000 | After receiving three to eight inches of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Irene, flooding resulted in the closure of Route 20 in West Springfield at Sibley Avenue. |
| August 1996 | Flood | Holyoke | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Lightning | Palmer | $165,000 | Lightning struck the former Gales Newsstand building in Palmer at the corner of Main and Central Streets, setting the building on fire. The building was lost and the building next door was threatened but saved. No one was injured. Damage amount taken from the value of the building from the assessor's office. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smith Highlands | $140,000 | Damaging winds peeled two roofs off of neighboring apartment buildings in Holyoke's Flats neighborhood, at the intersection of West Street and East Dwight Street. A total of 140 residents ended up being displaced/homeless (47 families). Bricks from one of the buildings crashed onto West Street, damaging several cars. Some wooden support beams also rained onto the streets below. Amazingly, no injuries were reported. Damage figures approximate only. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | $100,000 | A storm survey team from the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA confirmed that a microburst occurred in the town of Agawam. There were two areas of straight line wind damage. One was in the area of Harvey Johnson Blvd where several trees were downed, a few onto houses. The more significant area of damage was the area around Meadow Street where 40 to 50 trees were uprooted and 6 to 12 vehicles were crushed by the fallen trees. Wires were downed in both areas. There were no reports of significant structural damage or injuries or fatalities. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Highlands | $100,000 | Numerous roads in Holyoke were flooded, rendered impassable, and subsequently closed. These included the following streets: Hampden, Northampton, Sargent, Howard, Senator, Beech, and Cherry Streets, Route 202 near the hospital, Southampton Road, and Ridgewood and Columbus Avenues. The Holyoke fire department responded to 28 water related incidents. Included in these incidents were: sinkholes and washouts on Ridgewood and Columbus Avenues and seven automobiles flooded. |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Agawam | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Monson | $98,000 | Three to four inches of rain fell in about 2 hours resulting in the overflowing of several brooks. One of these was Chicopee Brook, which forced the closure of Route 32/Palmer Road. Three roads were washed out and in need of repairs due to the flooding. These include Beebe Road, Palmer Road, and Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street and Beebe Road were closed and Fenton Road was open in only one lane. In addition, a few basements were flooded. In total, nine roads were closed but all were reopened to emergency vehicles and local traffic by 6 pm. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Vining Hill | $80,000 | Three houses in Southwick were flooded. In Westfield, Mainline Drive was flooded at its intersection with Route 20. Portions of Union and Notre Dame Streets were also closed because of flooding. A house on East Mountain Road was flooded with 30 inches of water and two cars in the driveway were flooded. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Longmeadow | $75,000 | In Longmeadow, Bliss Road was flooded and impassable as well as the Big Y parking lot. A few cars were stuck in the flood waters. Williams Street from Peoples Bank west to Wilkin Drive was flooded with two feet of water. Dwight Road was flooded with up to two and a half feet of water. At points, water was above the hoods of vehicles that tried to drive through the water. Converse Street was flooded with about 12 inches of water from Burbank Road to Blueberry Hill Road. Hazardville Road near Maple Road was flooded with 2 feet of water. Merryweather Road was flooded with nearly 2 feet of water from Williams Street south to Glenbrook Lane. Numerous cars were stalled out or stuck in water they tried to drive through. Avondale Road was partially washed out with a sinkhole on the side of the road. Mill Brook Drive in East Longmeadow was flooded with two feet of water. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Springfield | $75,000 | Trees and wires on Berkshire Avenue, Locust, Paramount, Stuart and Brewster Streets, Wellfleet Drive, Memorial Drive, and several other streets in the Indian Orchard neighborhood were downed by thunderstorm winds. Trees fell on houses on Paramount and Brewster Streets. A person was trapped in the house on Paramount Street, but was uninjured. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Springfield | $75,000 | Multiple utility poles and trees were downed across West Springfield and Agawam, including several utility poles along Route 5 in West Springfield. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingleside | $60,000 | A microburst caused extensive tree damage along a path from Chicopee Street to the Westover Golf Club. At 4:10 PM EDT, the ASOS at Westover Airport (KCEF) recorded a gust of 72 mph. A tree was down on cars on Chicopee St. Trees and wires were down on Beverly St. and Deslories Ave. A tree was down on a house at Pendelton Ave and Deslories Ave., with extensive damage to the house. Trees were down on Garland Ave. and Granby Road. A tree, wires and a utility pole were down on Billings St. In the Dover Complex Condos, 15 large trees were blown down. Three units had trees through the roof, with one unit having the tree land in a bedroom, missing a person by two feet on Woodbridge Road. Numerous shingles were blown off roofs. Some roads impacted in the condo complex included Honeysuckle Drive, Applewood Drive, Meadowlark Drive, Lynwood Drive. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfield | $60,000 | Trees and wires were downed on Root Road by thunderstorm winds. Three mobile homes were badly damaged and deemed uninhabitable when several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2016 | Flood | Chester | $50,000 | Portions of Abbott Hill Road were washed away. One mile north of Old Chester Road, a portion of Skyline Trail was washed out. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Blandford | $50,000 | In Blandford, several large limbs were blown down on North Blandford Road and a tree was downed onto wires on Russell Stage Road. A tree and wires were downed on Woronoco Road in Russell. In Huntington, several trees were downed on Bromley Road, a tree was downed across Route 66, and wires were downed on Searle Road. In West Springfield, a tree was downed on Route 20 not far from the Westfield line. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Mundale | $50,000 | In Westfield, several cars were stuck in flood waters near Westfield Industrial Park Road. Several water rescues occurred. East Mountain Road, North Elm Street, and Meadow Street were flooded with cars stuck in the flood waters. Canal Drive was closed after flooding caused a section of the road to collapse. In Holyoke, a section of Northampton Road was washed out. Lyman, Walnut, Cabot, and Commercial Streets were all flooded. A car was submerged at the intersection of Cabot and Commercial Streets, occupants had to be rescued. Route 5 (or Riverdale Street) in West Springfield was flooded. In Chicopee, Broadway at Saint James Avenue was closed because of flooding. Meadow Street and Meeting House Road also were flooded. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Springfield | $50,000 | Trees were downed onto several houses on Grochmal Avenue in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield. These trees fell in such a way that people were trapped inside the houses. No one was injured. Several trees in the area were also uprooted. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monson | $50,000 | Many trees were downed on Main Street, including some that fell on houses. Wires on Boston Road also were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Springfield | $50,000 | Large trees were downed onto two houses and a car. The houses were on Quincy Street. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highlands | $50,000 | Trees on Lyman Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. A wall in an abandoned, already structurally weak warehouse also was downed by the winds. A tree on Meadow Street split in half and toppled onto a house and a car. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $50,000 | Large trees throughout town were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southwick | $50,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds throughout much of Southwick, temporarily closing 14 roads. A barn at the intersections of Routes 10 and 202 was also damaged by the wind. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | East Springfield | $50,000 | A lightning strike ignited an attic fire at a house on Locust Street. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Springfield | $50,000 | The Automated Surface Observing System at Barnes Municipal Airport (KBAF) recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. In addition, many trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds, including a four foot diameter oak tree on Morgan Road in West Springfield. On City View Avenue in West Springfield, a tree and utility pole were downed, blocking the road. Two power poles were downed near the intersection of East Elm Street and Riverdale Road. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Granville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Tolland | $45,000 | A National Weather Service survey team concluded that a weak, narrow, but relatively long tornado occurred during the evening on Sunday, August 2 in western Massachusetts. It began in the southeast part of Sandisfield (Berkshire County), moved northeast across northwest Tolland (Hampden County), and lifted in the southern portion of Blandford (Hampden County). Damage was mainly to trees but some minor home damage occurred in Sandisfield. The EF-Scale rating was EF-0, with estimated maximum wind speeds of 80 mph. The tornado was on the ground in a mainly continuous path for a little more than 8 miles, with a maximum width of approximately 100 yards.||The tornado began in Sandisfield, just west of South Main Street. Some tree damage was observed on Carpenter Lane and on South Main Street at and just north of the Mile 4 marker. A home there had its upper window blown in, shingles ripped off, and the portico was lifted upward, enabling the supporting post to be shifted outward. Some corn stalks were flattened and a neighbor's fence was blown down. ||In Tolland, trees were observed to be blown down in various directions from East Otis Road to the west shore of Twining Pond, where drone footage provided by an amateur radio operator showed a couple of dozen trees blown down in a narrow swath. Continuing to the northeast, many trees were downed on Belden Road and on a narrow portion of Schoolhouse Road just north of Belden Road. The damage became sporadic as it ended with some wires downed in Blandford, just west of the north end of the Cobble Mountain Reservoir. One tree was observed down near the Blandford Highway Department on Otis Stage Road (Route 23). |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludlow | $45,000 | Thunderstorm winds brought down power lines in Ludlow. |
| June 2012 | Lightning | Armory | $40,000 | A house on Dartmouth Street was struck by lightning and caught fire. Most of the damage was to the roof. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $35,000 | Large trees and limbs at Holyoke College were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $35,000 | Multiple trees on Cottage and Garden Streets and Roosevelt and Berkshire Avenues were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Flood | Springfield | $30,000 | At 1:11 PM EST, water was reported entering basements on the 1300 block of Main Street in Springfield. |
| June 2018 | Lightning | Gillett Corner | $30,000 | At 7:10 PM EST, lightning caused a structure fire at 58 Congamond Road in Southwick. The fire started in the attic and then spread. Two residents were able to escape without injury. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longmeadow | $30,000 | Multiple trees and wires were downed throughout town. |
| December 2010 | Flood | Westfield | $30,000 | Great Brook flooded out of its banks flooding Shaker Road and Crescent Circle. Yards and homes in the area were flooded and sandbags were requested by the residents. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Springfield | $30,000 | Trees and wires were downed along Route 20 in West Springfield and in Springfield. A large tree was downed onto a house on Forest Park Avenue in Springfield. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southwick | $30,000 | Numerous trees, limbs, and wires were downed throughout Southwick and Westfield, including on Route 57 and South Longyard and Sunnyside Roads in Southwick. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Westfield | $30,000 | Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding across portions of Hampden county. In Palmer, a police car was stuck in flood waters on Chudy Street. Several other civilian cars were stuck in flood waters on another street. In Westfield, at least one road was washed out, including the Route 202 underpass, which was deemed impassable and closed. In Ludlow, many streets were flooded with some cars abandoned. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Park | $25,000 | In Springfield, a tree was down on a vehicle and wires were down on Hartwick Street. A power pole was downed onto a house on Eleanor Road and wires were down a few homes away on Eleanor Road. Wires were also down on Blodgett Street. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | $25,000 | Many trees were downed on North Road in Westfield. A tree was also downed on Russell Road in Montgomery, and a tree fell onto wires in Holyoke. In Southwick, numerous trees and wires were downed on Concord Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highlands | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds brought down large limbs and wires along Route 5 in Holyoke. Two trees were downed in Springfield, one off Boston Road and the other off Page Road. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 147 workings inside this county. 59 still produce and 88 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 42 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 19 |
| Stone, Dimension | 12 |
| Emery | 12 |
| Silica | 10 |
| Talc-Soapstone | 9 |
| Brick Clay | 9 |
| Flagstone | 9 |
| Clay | 8 |
| Mica | 5 |
| Iron | 3 |
| Feldspar | 2 |
| Aluminum | 2 |
| Iron, Emery | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome-Magnetite Mine | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Pit | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cozzens Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Hampden Marble Quarry Series | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Feldspar | |
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron, Emery | Occurrence | 1875 | |
| W. New England Smelting Works Inc | Copper | Producer | ||
| Westfield Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Westfield Quarry Plants L & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bay State Refining Co--Chicopee, Ma | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | Feldspar, Mica | |
| Chicopee Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron, Emery | Past Producer | ||
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Producer | Mica | |
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kaolin Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Kaolin Quarry | Brick Clay | Producer | ||
| Osburn Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Osburn Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Chrome-Magnetite Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| Hampden Marble Quarry Serpentine Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Macia Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| Melvin Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| Melvin Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | ||
| Northern Chester Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| Old Emery Mine | Emery | Producer | 1885 | |
| Old Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Serpentine Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Serpentine Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Snow Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| Snow Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | ||
| Wright Emery Mine | Emery | Producer | 1885 | |
| Wright Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | ||
| Arkose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arkose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arkose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Granby Quarry No 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| John S Lane and Son Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Banas S & G Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Banas Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Baxter Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bruschi Brothers | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chase Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cheniers Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cheniers Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dug Hill Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Great Brook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hi-Way Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J J Raczka Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| J.J. Raczka Sand and Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| John S Lane and Son Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Johns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jurczyk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Construction Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lizak's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyons Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Machados Pit & Bruschi Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Monson Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Monson Sand and Gravel Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Moore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Wilbraham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Wilbraham Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ondrick Industries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Palmer Bituminous Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Palmer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palmer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palmer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pochassic Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southwick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Southwick Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Southwick Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tobias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Truck Crane Service Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Union Street Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Westfield Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Westfield Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 5,925 of them, by kingdom 2,189 fungi, 2,125 plantae, 1,489 animalia, 84 chromista, 30 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by NY, BPI, YPM, F, NCU, VT among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1822 | Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb. | Plantae | Norwich | Emmons | NY 252468 |
 | 1831 | Carex bromoides Willd. | Plantae | not stated | Collector unknown | NY 2252429 |
 | 1831 | Panax quinquefolius L. | Plantae | Blandford | Collector unspecified | NY 198573 |
 | 1836 | Carex vesicaria L. | Plantae | not stated | Collector unknown | NY 2309416 |
 | 1836 | Carex vestita Willd. | Plantae | not stated | Collector unspecified | NY 2309721 |
 | 1838 | Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia | Plantae | Northampton. | L. DeWette | NY 2524010 |
 | 1838 | Kalmia latifolia var. latifolia | Plantae | Northampton. | L. DeWette | NY 2524301 |
 | 1838 | Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl. | Plantae | Northampton. | L. DeWette | NY 4132705 |
King's Handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a Series of Monographs, Historical and Descriptive devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 4 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyoke City | Brightside, Elmwood, Highland Park, Highlands, Holyoke, Ingleside, Mountain Park, Oakdale, Rock Valley, Smiths Ferry, Springdale | 53,461 words | 196 | |
| Springfield City | Athol Junction, Brightwood, East Forest Park, East Springfield, Fiberloid, Forest Park, Indian Orchard, Liberty Heights, McKnight and Bay, North End, Old Hill, Pine Point, Sixteen Acres, South End, Springfield, The X, Upper Hill | 126,411 words | 57 | |
| Westfield City | East Farms, Hampton Ponds, Hampton Village, Little River, Mundale, Owen District, Springfield Hill, Trainfield, West Farms, Westfield, Wyben | 57,538 words | 90 | |
| Wilbraham Town | Butlerville, East Wilbraham, Mileoak Corner, North Wilbraham, Red Bridge, Wilbraham | 113,986 words | 122 |
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 12 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Agawam Town city · 01001 · On Cooley Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Chester town · 01011 · On Walker Brook · Chester quadrangle
36 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Chicopee city · 01013 · On Crowfoots Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Chicopee city · 01020 · On Abbey Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
East Longmeadow town · 01028 · Near McCarthy Hill · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 1 atlas
Holyoke city · 01040 · Near Crafts Hill · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Longmeadow town · 01106 · On Wheel Meadow Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Ludlow town · 01056 · By Indian Leap · Ludlow quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Monson town · 01057 · On Conant Brook · Monson quadrangle
33 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Palmer Town city · 01069 · On Chicopee Brook · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Springfield city · 01144 · On Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Fire insurance: 18 atlases
Westfield city · 01085 · On Little River · Mount Tom quadrangle
43 sheets, 1886 to 1998
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Chicopee city · 01020 · On Crowfoots Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Tannery Brook · Mount Tom quadrangle
43 sheets, 1886 to 1998
Granville town · 01034 · On Phelon Brook · West Granville quadrangle
39 sheets, 1887 to 1997
Palmer Town city · 01069 · On Chicopee Brook · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Springfield city · 01107 · On Piper Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Wilbraham town · 01095 · On Twelvemile Brook · Ludlow quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Ludlow town · 01056 · By Indian Leap · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Southwick town · 01077 · Near Millers Hill · Southwick quadrangle
42 sheets, 1887 to 1997
Tolland town · 01034 · Near Sunset Hill · Tolland Center quadrangle
39 sheets, 1888 to 1997
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Bagg Brook · Mount Tom quadrangle
43 sheets, 1886 to 1998
Chester town · 01011 · Near Cherry Tree Hill · Chester quadrangle
36 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Russell town · 01071 · On Roaring Brook · Woronoco quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1998
Brimfield town · 01010 · Near North Nichols Mountain · Monson quadrangle
33 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Westfield city · 01085 · On Brickyard Brook · Mount Tom quadrangle
43 sheets, 1886 to 1998
Springfield city · 01118 · On North Branch Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01104 · On Poor Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Wilbraham town · 01095 · On Calkins Brook · Ludlow quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01030 · Near Liswell Hill · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Brimfield town · 01010 · On Foskett Mill Stream · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Springfield city · 01104 · On Fuller Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01108 · On Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · Near Mount Dumplin · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Southwick town · 01077 · On Johnson Brook · Southwick quadrangle
42 sheets, 1887 to 1997
Granville town · 01034 · On Trumble Brook · West Granville quadrangle
39 sheets, 1887 to 1997
Holyoke city · 01040 · Near Crafts Hill · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Southwick town · 01077 · On Slab Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01001 · On Tarkill Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01151 · By Indian Leap · Springfield North quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01030 · Near Liswell Hill · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01104 · On Bagg Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Westfield city · 01085 · On Great Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01109 · On North Branch Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · Near Mount Dumplin · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Piper Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Wilbraham town · 01095 · Near Rattlesnake Peak · Hampden quadrangle
38 sheets, 1887 to 1985
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Block Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Montgomery town · 01085 · Near Lizzie Mountain · Woronoco quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1998
Agawam Town city · 01001 · On Block Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Blandford town · 01008 · On Wheeler Brook · Blandford quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1998
Springfield city · 01107 · On Piper Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01001 · On Block Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Holyoke city · 01040 · Near Crafts Hill · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01109 · On North Branch Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · Near Kings Mountain · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · On Dumplin Brook · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Paucatuck Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
No longer a settlement
Springfield city · 01109 · On North Branch Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Chicopee city · 01020 · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
No longer a settlement
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Piper Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Holyoke city · 01040 · Near East Mountain · Mount Tom quadrangle
43 sheets, 1886 to 1998
Chicopee city · 01013 · On Crowfoots Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Ludlow town · 01056 · On Higher Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Springfield city · 01119 · On Schnelock Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Tolland town · 01034 · Near Burgess Mountain · Tolland Center quadrangle
39 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Holyoke city · 01040 · Near Little Mountain · Mount Holyoke quadrangle
44 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Springfield city · 01105 · On Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Monson town · 01057 · On Conant Brook · Monson quadrangle
33 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Westfield city · 01085 · On Pond Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01001 · On Tarkill Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Paucatuck Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · On Chicopee Brook · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Springfield city · 01108 · On Entry Dingle Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Palmer Town city · 01069 · Near Kings Mountain · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Tolland town · 01034 · Near Goff Ledges · Tolland Center quadrangle
39 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Springfield city · 01109 · On North Branch Mill River · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Agawam Town city · 01030 · On White Brook · West Springfield quadrangle
48 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Brimfield town · 01010 · On Blodgett Mill Brook · Palmer quadrangle
35 sheets, 1887 to 1985
Westfield city · 01085 · Near Grindstone Mountain · Woronoco quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1998
Granville town · 01034 · Near Ore Hill · West Granville quadrangle
39 sheets, 1887 to 1997
West Springfield Town city · 01089 · On Piper Brook · Springfield South quadrangle
50 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Chicopee city · 01013 · On Tannery Brook · Springfield North quadrangle
44 sheets, 1886 to 1985
Russell town · 01071 · Near Birch Hill · Blandford quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1998
The vanished settlements of Hampden County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
50 topographic sheets and 18 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1970
35 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1958
43 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1947
44 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1950
33 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1941
44 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1956
37 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1906 to 1948
50 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1911 to 1931
50 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1920 to 1940
36 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1910 to 1933
44 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1891
Each is a separate federal document with its own page: a survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word. There are too many to list here without burying the rest of this page.
The complete index for Hampden County, and the vanished settlements.
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