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Deerfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Settled near the Connecticut River in the 17th century during the colonial era, the population was 5,090 as of the 2020 census. [7] Deerfield is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area in western Massachusetts, lying 30 miles (48 km) north of the ...
Historic Deerfield is a museum dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and history of the Connecticut River Valley. Its historic houses, museums, and programs provide visitors with an understanding of New England 's historic villages and countryside. It is located in the village of Old Deerfield which has been ...
A portion of the original village of Deerfield has been preserved as a living history museum, Historic Deerfield; among its relics is a door bearing tomahawk marks from the 1704 raid. [76] [82] The raid is commemorated there on the weekend closest to February 29. Moving toward a more inclusive Historic Deerfield's yearly reenactment and ...
The most prominent interpretations of Deerfield's colonial history are by the prolific Deerfield historian George Sheldon, whose works were largely written in the backdrop of the "Indian Question". Bruchac argues that Sheldon "used bloody examples from Deerfield’s history as a rhetorical device to paint the Pocumtuck Indians and, by extension ...
The building that is now Memorial Hall was the first home of Deerfield Academy, built in 1798 and designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It remained a school until 1878. The building was designed to contain a museum, [1] making it one of the oldest museums in the United States. [2] In the original collection were geological specimens and ...
Portrait believed to be of John Williams, c. 1707. John Williams (10 December 1664 – 12 June 1729) [citation needed] was a New England Puritan minister who was the noted pastor of Deerfield from 1688 to his death. He and most of his family were taken captive in the Raid on Deerfield in 1704 during Queen Anne's War.
Deerfield is in southeastern New Hampshire, on the western side of Rockingham County.The town's western border is the Merrimack County line. The highest point in Deerfield as well as in Rockingham County is the summit of Nottingham Mountain, at 1,345 feet (410 m) above sea level, near the town's western border.
FIPS code. 36-19928. GNIS feature ID. 0978891. Website. Town of Deerfield Home Page. Deerfield is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 4,273 at the 2010 census. The Town of Deerfield is on the eastern border of the county and northeast of the City of Utica.