Welcome to Huntington, Massachusetts
N 42° 16.893 W 072° 49.503
18T E 679332 N 4683327
Welcome to Huntington, Massachusetts - "We Are One."
Waymark Code: WMA27E
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2010
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This welcome sign includes a scene that depicts the town during its early days, with a couple of farms buildings, including a silo, and a bridge crossing the small river that runs through the town.
The following information about the town of Huntington is from Wikipedia:
"Huntington is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Huntington, originally named Norwich, was first settled in 1769 and was officially incorporated in 1775. As Norwich, it was incorporated in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in 1773. Norwich was created from Murrayfield in 1773, and re-named Huntington in 1855."
The following information about the town's history is from the Town of Huntington website:
"Huntington has a colorful history, hinted at by the town's incorporation date of 1855, decades later than the towns around it. The town was assembled from pieces of surrounding towns, which were grafted onto the town of Norwich.
The present village center sits on what was the meeting point of three towns and two counties. The location of the village created a tangle of jurisdictional confusion. With the coming of the railroad in the 1840's and the expansion of industry and population that came with it, the political difficulties that the boundaries presented became untenable.
The solution that resulted in the town we call home today was crafted by a Northampton attorney named Charles Huntington. Once the new town was incorporated, Mr. Huntington presented it with a gift that was the foundation of the town's library. After some discussion, the newly-formed town voted to adopt the of name of 'Huntington', in honor of its recent architect and benefactor."