History of Becket, Massachusetts, USA

Becket, Massachusetts
An elevated farming township on the Green mountain range, in Berkshire county. Westfield, Farmington, and Housatonick rivers receive the waters of several ponds in this town. It has some small manufactures, and about 7,000 sheep. The town was incorporated in 1765, and lies 110 miles W. from Boston, 15 E.S.E. from Lenox, and 23 W. from Northampton. Population, 1837, 957.

Part of a district, called Bethlehem, was annexed to Becket in 1810. Becket is on the Green or Hoo&ack range, and a healthful region, though cold and not very fertile.

Distance from Lenox, 15 miles; from Boston, 120.

Becket, a post-township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, on the Western rail road, 135 miles W. by S. of Boston. Population, 1223.

Becket is a fine grazing town on the Hoosac branch of the Green Mountain range, on the easterly side of Berkshire County, 118 miles west from Boston. Its boundaries are Washington and Middlefield on the north, Chester on the east, Otis on the south, and Tyringham, Lee and Washington on the west.

Much of the surface is broken, and not available for cultivation. Benton Hill, in the north, is a commanding eminence; and Becket Mountain, in the west, a station in the Trigonometrical Survey, has an elevation of 2,194 feet above sea-level. Wadsworth Hill, in the centre, is the water-shed of Westfield and Farmington rivers; while a tributary of the Housatonic River rises in the western part of the town. The scenery is further diversified by several beautiful sheets of clear water, — Centre Lake, of 163 acres; Rudd Pond, 96 acres; Yokum Pond, 118 acres, and the smaller Shaw and Ward ponds. The climate is cool and bracing, and the people are noted for longevity; there being in 1885, out of a ...

Beck'et, or North Becket, a post-village of Berk shire co., Mass., in Becket township, on the Boston & Albany Railroad, 37 miles W.N.W. of Springfield. It has 2 churches, a graded school, a tannery, a basket-factory, a grist-mill, &c. Here is Becket Post-Office. The township is hilly, and presents attractive scenery. Pop. in 1890, 946.

Becket, or North Becket, a post-village of Berk shire co., Mass., in Becket township (town), on the Boston and Albany R., 37 miles WNW. of Springfield. It has a basket-factory, paper- and grist-mills, etc. Pop. of the town in 1900, 994.