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Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Chicopee is Indian named, the word signifying "cedar tree" or a birch bark place.
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In 1636, William Pynchon purchased land from the Agawam Indians on the east side of the Connecticut River and moved from Roxbury to Springfield to found the first settlement in the area that comprises the territory of today's Chicopee Center (Cabotville). Both Cabotville and the Falls began as manufacturing centers (villages).
According to local historian Charles J. Seaver, the area above the falls was first settled in 1660. The land purchased from the Indians was divided into districts. Nayasett (Nipmuc for "at the small point - angle") was the name given to Chicopee Center and Chicopee Falls. kids.kiddle.co
Chicopee includes: Chicopee Falls, Fairview, Sand Hill, Willimansett, and Aldenville.
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- 1652 - Chicopee is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - April 29, 1848 - Chicopee is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
1854 - Fire at Chicopee - Four Lives Lost.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Friday, July 28. A dwelling-house, belonging to A. Bullens and occupied by two Irish families, near the Junction Depot, at...Read MORE...- 1854 - Chickopee
Chickopee, a post-township in Hampden county, Massachusetts, about 45 miles W. S. W. from Worcester. Population, 8291.
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. - 1873 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. Burning of the Chicopee Mills, Massachusetts - Loss $500,000.
SPRINGFIELD, April 15. - One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at 10:45 o'clock last night, in Mill No. ...Read MORE... - April 18, 1890 - Chicopee becomes a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - Chicopee Massachusetts, 1890
Chicopee is an important manufacturing town situated on the eastern side of Connecticut River, in Hampden County, and about 100 miles west of Boston, ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Chicopee
Chicopee, chik'o-pe, a post-village constituting part of Chicopee city, Hampden co., Mass., is on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, at the mouth...Read MORE... - 1898 - POLES KILLED BY COAL GAS.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 20. - Kasimir Obara and Szymon Galuszka, two Poles, were found dead in bed this morning in the parochial residence...Read MORE... - 1900 - CHICOPEE. FIRE IN RINER’S CLOTHING STORE.
A fire broke out last night about 10:10 in Mendel Riner’s clothing store at 20 Springfield street, Market square. The flames started in the rear part ...Read MORE... - 1900 - CHICOPEE. PAINT-SHOP BURNED.
The paint-shop of M. I. Fuller, on Pine street, at the Falls, was almost totally destroyed by fire about 8:15 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Fuller...Read MORE... 
The Falls, Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Postcard- 1903 - CHICOPEE BRIDGE BURNED.
Wooden Way Across the Connecticut Destroyed by Fire.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 12. - The old wooden bridge across the Connecticut River between...Read MORE... 
1907 Springfield Street looking North, Chicopee, Mass.
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Chicopee, a city of Hampden co., Mass., on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, at the mouth of the Chicopee, and on the Boston and Maine R., 4...Read MORE... 
Administration Building, Our Lady of the Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.
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 (Chicopee Falls) - The Falls, Chicopee Falls, Mass.)
The Falls, Chicopee Falls, Mass.
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 (Chicopee Falls) - 1907 Springfield Street looking North, Chicopee, Mass.)
1907 Springfield Street looking North, Chicopee, Mass.
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Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
 (Chicopee Falls) - Administration Building, Our Lady of the Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.)
Administration Building, Our Lady of the Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.
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1652 - Chicopee is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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April 29, 1848 - Chicopee is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1854 - Chickopee
Chickopee, a post-township in Hampden county, Massachusetts, about 45 miles W. S. W. from Worcester. Population, 8291.
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.
1854 - Fire at Chicopee - Four Lives Lost.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Friday, July 28. A dwelling-house, belonging to A. Bullens and occupied by two Irish families, near the Junction Depot, at... Read MORE...
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1873 - DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. Burning of the Chicopee Mills, Massachusetts - Loss $500,000.
SPRINGFIELD, April 15. - One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at 10:45 o'clock last night, in Mill No. ... Read MORE...
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Chicopee Massachusetts, 1890
Chicopee is an important manufacturing town situated on the eastern side of Connecticut River, in Hampden County, and about 100 miles west of Boston, ... Read MORE...
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April 18, 1890 - Chicopee becomes a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1895 - Chicopee
Chicopee, chik'o-pe, a post-village constituting part of Chicopee city, Hampden co., Mass., is on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, at the mouth... Read MORE...
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1898 - POLES KILLED BY COAL GAS.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 20. - Kasimir Obara and Szymon Galuszka, two Poles, were found dead in bed this morning in the parochial residence... Read MORE...
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1900 - CHICOPEE. PAINT-SHOP BURNED.
The paint-shop of M. I. Fuller, on Pine street, at the Falls, was almost totally destroyed by fire about 8:15 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Fuller... Read MORE...
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1900 - CHICOPEE. FIRE IN RINER’S CLOTHING STORE.
A fire broke out last night about 10:10 in Mendel Riner’s clothing store at 20 Springfield street, Market square. The flames started in the rear part ... Read MORE...
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1903 - CHICOPEE BRIDGE BURNED.
Wooden Way Across the Connecticut Destroyed by Fire.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 12. - The old wooden bridge across the Connecticut River between... Read MORE...
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1916
Chicopee, a city of Hampden co., Mass., on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, at the mouth of the Chicopee, and on the Boston and Maine R., 4... Read MORE...
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