History of Clarksburg, Massachusetts, USA

Clarksburgh, Massachusetts
Berkshire county. A branch of Hoosick river passes through this mountainous township. It lies 125 miles W. by N. from Boston and 27 N. by E. from Lenox. Incorporated, 1798. Population, 1837, 386. Clarksburgh has a small cotton mill, 5 saw mills, and 255 sheep.

This town was named after the family of Clark, which is numerous in the settlement.

The mountain land is cold and rocky. A branch of the Hoosick waters the central part, but the principal resource of the inhabitants is lumber.

Distance from Lenox, 27 miles; from Boston, 125.

Clarksburg, a township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, 105 miles N. W. by W. from Boston. Population, 384.

Clarksburg lies in the form of a parallelogram, seven miles long and two and a half miles wide, at the northern border of Berkshire County, about 120 miles northwest of Boston. It is bounded on the north by Stamford, N. H., east by Florida, south by North Adams, and west by Williamstown. There are 78 farms, containing 8,546 acres. The dwelling-houses number 128; and these afford shelter for the 708 inhabitants, 160 of whom are voters.

The land is mountainous, having, for its formative rock, granite, Levis limestone, and Lauzon schist. Mount Hazen, northwest of the centre, rises to the height of 2,272 feet. Its latitude is 42° 44' north, and longitude 73° 9' west. Northam Brook courses down from its southern side into the Hoosac River; and the north branch of the latter, in the eastern part of the town, with its affluents, Hudson's Brook, Muddy Brook and Beaver Creek, furnishes motive power of much value.

The forests, which cover more than one half the area of the town, consist...

Clarksburg, a township of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Vermont line. Pop. 686. It contains Briggsville.

Clarksburg, a township .(town), of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Vermont line. Pop. in 1900, 943.