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Hinsdale, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Originally part of Northern Berkshire Township Number 2 and including all of Peru and parts of Middlefield and Dalton, the town was first settled in 1763 and officially incorporated as "Partridgefield" in 1771. Named for Oliver Partridge, one of the three purchasers of the town (along with Governor Francis Bernard), the Western Parish officially broke away from its eastern half and incorporated in 1804, renaming itself for the family of Rev. Theodore Hinsdale, who also owned an important woolen mill. The mill was the center of economic activity in town until the Great Depression, when it closed.

Hinsdale, along with neighboring Dalton, is home to two historic long-distance routes: the Appalachian Trail (a National Scenic Trail) and the Boston and Albany Railroad, on which operates the Lake Shore Limited passenger rail service that has run continuously from Boston to Chicago since 1897. The Hinsdale train depot located in the town center was closed in 1954, and the actual intersection of the two corridors lies at the also decommissioned train depot just north in Dalton.

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1763 - Hinsdale is settled

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1804 - Hinsdale is incorporated

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1845 - HINSDALE. [Pop. 955. Inc. 1804]
Hinsdale is composed of portions of Dalton and Peru, and was named after its first minister.

A source of the Housatonic waters the town, whose...Read MORE...
1854 - Hinsdale
Hinsdale, a post-township of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Western railroad, 143 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 1253.
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.
1871 - Boiler Explodes
A locomotive exploded its boiler near Hinsdale, on the Boston & Albany Railroad a few nights ago, scalding five men, two of whom, Engineer Hustard...Read MORE...
Hinsdale Massachusetts, 1890
Hinsdale is a farming town of varied and beautiful scenery in the eastern half of the middle section of Berkshire County, 143 miles west of Boston by ...Read MORE...
1895 - Hinsdale
Hinsdale, a post-village of Berkshire co., Mass., in Hinsdaie township, on the Boston & Albany Railroad, 45 miles N.W. of Springfield, and 8 miles E. ...Read MORE...
Hinsdale, Mass. Birdseye View
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Plunkett Reservoir
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Congregational Church
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Town Hall
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Hinsdale, Mass., Main Street
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Housatonic River, Hinsdale, Mass.
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1916
Hinsdale, a post-village of Berkshire co., Mass., in Hinsdale township (town), on the Boston and Albany R., 15 miles N W. of Springfield. Pop. of the ...Read MORE...
1927 - Flood
...Cellars were flooded, roads were under water and dams were reported near the breaking point at Hinsdale, Mass...
The Oelwein Daily Register
Iowa
November 4, 1927
Sunset Farm, Hinsdale, Mass.
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