History of Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA

Ludlow, Massachusetts
Hampden county. This town lies N. of Wilbraham, and is separated from it by Chickopee river. It is 84 miles W. by S. from Boston and 10 N.E. from Springfield. Incorporated, 1774. The Chickopee here is a large stream, and adds much to the beauty of the place. There are two cotton mills in the town, and manufactures of palm-leaf hats and ploughs: total value, in one year, $160,850. Population, 1837, 1,329.

Ludlow was once a part of Springfield, and was probably named after one of Oliver Cromwell's generals, who publibhed valuable memoirs of his life and times.

There is a factory village on the Chicopee, but the town is essentially agricultural.

Distance from Springfield, 10 miles; from Boston, 84.

This town was incorporated in 1774. The first Congregational minister settled here was Rev. Antipas Steward, who was ordained in 1793. He resigned in 1803, and died in 1814, aged 80 years. His successor, Rev. Ebenezer B. Wright, settled here in 1819. Mr. Wright resigned in 1835, and was succeeded the same year by Rev. David R. Austin. Besides the Congregational, there is now, in the central part of the town, a Methodist church.

This is principally an agricultural town; the greater part of the inhabitants live scattered about on their farms. There is, however, a flourishing little village on the Chicopee river, which forms the southern boundary of this town, dividing it from Wilbraham and Springfield. Jenks' cotton factories, two in number, are at this place. The village lies on both sides of the Chicopee. In 1837, there were in this town 2 cotton mills, having 10,000 spindles; 500,000 lbs. of cotton were consumed; 1,600,000 yards of cotton goods were manufactured, valued at...

Ludlow, a post-township of Hampden county, Massachusetts, on the right bank of the Chickopee river, about 9 miles N. E. from Springfield, contains a thriving village of its own name. Population, 1186.

Ludlow is a farming town lying in the northern side of the eastern section of Hampden County, 90 miles from Boston. Chicopee bounds it on the west, Granby and Belchertown on the north, the latter and a northeastern projection of Wilbraham on the east, and the body of the last-mentioned town, with Springfield, on the south. The assessed area is 15,969 acres, including 5,637 acres of woodland.

The geological structure is sienite, upper conglomerate, and ferruginous gneiss; and there is a valuable quarry of red sandstone on the right bank of the Chicopee River. The land in the northeastern and eastern sections rises into three beautiful eminences, known as Facing Hills Rock, High Hill and Minechoag Mountain. The Chicopee River, here a lively and beautiful stream, washes the southeastern and the southern border of the town. Higher Brook and its tributaries drain the central, northern and northeastern sections of the town; reaching the Chicopee River in the next town west. Chapin's...

Ludlow, or Jenks'ville, a post-village in Ludlow township, Hampden co., Mass., on the Springfield, Athol & Northeastern Railroad, 7 miles N.E. of Springfield. It has a church, and manufactures of crashes, grain-bags &c. The township is bounded S. by Chicopee River. It has 3 churches, and a pop, (1890) of 1939.