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Agawam was founded around 1909, when its post office was built; the post office closed in 1918. [3]On 19 October 1915, two Rock Island Railroad trains collided head-on here, a southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train, resulting in seven fatalities and numerous injuries; engineer William Powell was blamed for the accident.
Agawam is a city [2] in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. [3] Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield.
Feeding Hills is a section of the city of Agawam, Massachusetts, United States, with its own ZIP Code (01030) and post office. Line Street in Agawam is generally accepted by residents as being the unofficial border. In the early to mid-19th century, a ditch was dug here to separate the two sections.
The Capt. Charles Leonard House is a historic house at 663 Main Street in Agawam, Massachusetts. Built in 1805, it is described as Agawam's finest Federalist building, and is attributed to architect Asher Benjamin. It is now owned by a local nonprofit organization, which uses the house to stage community events.
Agawam (grape), a hybrid grape variety and one of the so-called Rogers' Hybrids Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Agawam .
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Agawam, Massachusetts. Pages in category "People from Agawam, Massachusetts" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Agawam's center began to take shape in the early years of the 18th century. By 1750 the town center lay on one of the main roads connecting Northampton to Hartford, Connecticut, and the area became a significant rest stop along the way. It received significant development in the 1790s when the road was more formally laid out, private homes ...
The Agawam River is a 10.7-mile-long (17.2 km) [1] stream in southeastern Massachusetts, USA, that is part of the Wareham River estuary watershed. The Agawam River is named in honor of the peaceful Native Americans that helped the Massachusetts Bay Colony establish its first Connecticut River Valley settlement at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1636, and helped it to flourish while many of the ...