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Whately was first settled in 1672 as a northern section of Hatfield.The town peaceably petitioned for separation from the town because of its relatively long distance from the rest of Hatfield, and was officially incorporated in 1771, named by Governor Thomas Hutchinson for Thomas Whately, a Member of Parliament whose letter to Hutchinson would later be involved in the controversy which ...
The Whately Center Historic District encompasses the historic rural village center of Whately, Massachusetts.Located in the hills west of the Connecticut River and north of Northampton, the district consists of a stretch of Chestnut Plain Road, the main north-south route through the village, and a short stretch of Haydenville Road, which is roughly at the center of the district.
Southeast corner of town was part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. Deerfield: 1673: Land was granted to Dedham in return for giving up Natick. [6] Needham: 1711: Medway: 1713: Separated from Medfield. The land was granted to Dedham in 1649. [7] Bellingham: 1719: Walpole: 1724: Stoughton: 1726: Part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637 ...
The West Whately Historic District is a historic district encompassing over 700 acres (280 ha) of western Whately, Massachusetts.The area, located in the foothills of The Berkshires above the Connecticut River, has a long agricultural history, but also experienced a surge of industrial activity in the 19th century, of which only fragments remain.
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see List of municipalities in Massachusetts ) which is the smallest official form of government.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.9 square miles (80 km 2), of which 30.9 square miles (80 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (0.06%) is water. The town is located at the southwestern corner of Franklin County, with Hampshire County to the south and Berkshire County to the west.