History of Florida, Massachusetts, USA

Florida, Massachusetts
Berkshire county. A mountainous township, 125 miles W. by N. from Boston, 27 N.N.E. from Lenox, and 7 E. from Adams. Florida is watered by Deerfield river and exhibits some fine Alpine scenery. Population, 1837, 457. Inc. 1805.

This mountainous town has an irregular surface, and a severe climate. It is composed of several grants.

Deerfield River forms the eastern boundary.

The inhabitants depend upon the produce of their dairies, and the raising of cattle.

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

Florida, a post-township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. Population, 661.

FLORIDA, a township in Berkshire co., in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 7 m. E of Adams. Pop. 441.

Florida is a mountainous and wooded town in the northeastern part of Berkshire County, intersected by the Fitchburg Railroad, whose station at Hoosac Tunnel, near Deer-field River, on the eastern line, is 135 miles from Boston. The territory is quite irregular in form, the western part extending to the Vermont line, while the square township of Monroe lies between the latter and the eastern part of Florida; on the east are Rowe and Charlemont; Savoy bounds it on the south, and North Adams on the west. The assessed area is 14,253 acres. Of this, 8,643 acres are forest, consisting of hard and soft wood (spruce and hemlock) in about equal proportions. The underlying rock is calcareous gneiss and the Quebec group, with talcose slate; while flint bowlders are numerous. The town is finely watered by the Deerfield River, which forms a large portion of the eastern line, separating it from Rowe; by Fife Brook, which flows from the northwest to southeast through the midst of the town; and by...

Florida, a post-township of Berkshire co, Mass, is bounded on the E. by the Deerfield River, and traversed by the Hoosac Tunnel. It contains a village named Hoosac Tunnel, on the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, 7 miles E. of North Adams. It has a church. Pop. in 1890,456.