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Chesterfield, Hampshire, MA
Chesterfield was first settled in 1760 and was officially incorporated in 1762. It was named after the Earl of Chesterfield. wikipedia
Chesterfield includes: Bisbee, Bofat Hill, and Ireland Street.
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- 1760 - Chesterfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1762 - Chesterfield is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, Massachusetts
Hampshire county. A township of rough, elevated land, 97 miles W. from Boston and 11 W.N.W. from Northampton; watered by a branch of Westfield river. It has a good water power, 1 woolen mill, 2 tanneries, some curious minerals, and a water course, worn very deep through ...Read MORE... - 1845 - CHESTERFIELD. [Pop. 1,132. Inc. 1762.]
This town was chiefly granted to soldiers in the Narraganset and Canada wars.
Chesterfield is a mountainous district, and is watered by the north branch of Westfield river.
Its soil is well adapted for grazing, and its hills are covered with valuable sheep.
Beryls,...Read MORE... - 1854 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, a post-township of Hampshire county, Massachusetts, 90 miles W. of Boston, watered by a branch of Westfield river. Population, 1014.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - Chesterfield Massachusetts, 1890
Chesterfield is a pleasant town in the northwestern part Hampshire County, about 100 miles west of Boston. It is noted for its great variety of minerals. It is bounded north by Cummington, northeast on a zigzag line by Goshen, east by the latter and Williamsburg, south by Westhampton and...Read MORE... - 1895 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, a post-hamlet of Hampshire co, Mass., in Chesterfield township, about 25 miles N.N.W. of Spring field. It has a lumber-mill. The township is drained by the Westfield River. Pop. 746.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
The Gorge, West Chesterfield
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Street looking South, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Chesterfield, a post-hamlet of Hampshire co., Mass., in Chesterfield township (town), 25 miles NNW. of Spring field. The town is drained by the Westfield River. Pop. of the town in 1900, 611.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
General Store and Post Office, Chesterfield, Mass.
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 - The Gorge, West Chesterfield)
The Gorge, West Chesterfield
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Street looking South, Chesterfield, Mass.)
Street looking South, Chesterfield, Mass.
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 - General Store and Post Office, Chesterfield, Mass.)
General Store and Post Office, Chesterfield, Mass.
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1760 - Chesterfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1762 - Chesterfield is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, Massachusetts
Hampshire county. A township of rough, elevated land, 97 miles W. from Boston and 11 W.N.W. from Northampton; watered by a branch of Westfield river. It has a good water power, 1 woolen mill, 2 tanneries, some curious minerals, and a water course, worn very deep through ... Read MORE...
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1845 - CHESTERFIELD. [Pop. 1,132. Inc. 1762.]
This town was chiefly granted to soldiers in the Narraganset and Canada wars.
Chesterfield is a mountainous district, and is watered by the north branch of Westfield river.
Its soil is well adapted for grazing, and its hills are covered with valuable sheep.
Beryls,... Read MORE...
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1854 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, a post-township of Hampshire county, Massachusetts, 90 miles W. of Boston, watered by a branch of Westfield river. Population, 1014.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Chesterfield Massachusetts, 1890
Chesterfield is a pleasant town in the northwestern part Hampshire County, about 100 miles west of Boston. It is noted for its great variety of minerals. It is bounded north by Cummington, northeast on a zigzag line by Goshen, east by the latter and Williamsburg, south by Westhampton and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chesterfield
Chesterfield, a post-hamlet of Hampshire co, Mass., in Chesterfield township, about 25 miles N.N.W. of Spring field. It has a lumber-mill. The township is drained by the Westfield River. Pop. 746.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Chesterfield, a post-hamlet of Hampshire co., Mass., in Chesterfield township (town), 25 miles NNW. of Spring field. The town is drained by the Westfield River. Pop. of the town in 1900, 611.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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