History of Windsor, Massachusetts, USA

Windsor, Massachusetts
Berkshire county. This town is situated on the ridge of high lands which divides the waters of the Housatonick and Connecticut. Branches of the Housatonick and Westfield rivers rise here. There are some good fish ponds in the town, but no important streams. The surface of the town is much broken, but the soil is warm and finely adapted for grazing. There are some excellent farmers in Windsor, and the productions of the dairy and of cattle are considerable. In 1837 there were 7,157 sheep in the town, principally of the Saxony and Merino breeds. Their wool weighed 21,387 lbs., and sold for $10,521. This town is remarkable for the longevity of its inhabitants; which is doubtless owing to the purity of its air and water.

Windsor contains beds of serpentine and soapstone. It is 117 miles W. by N. from Boston, 18 N.N.E. from Lenox, and 12 E.N.E. from Pittsfield. Incorporated in 1771. Population, 1837, 887.

This town was at first called Gageborough, in honor of the last British Governor of the Province; but, just after the Revolution commenced, the name was changed to Windsor.

Windsor originally contained a part of Cheshire,

Branches of the Housatonic and Westfield River rise within a few rods of each other. On the Housatonic, is a beautiful fall of water.

The soil is various, but is best adapted to grazing. Distance from Lenox, 18 miles ; from Boston, 120.

Windsor, a post-village in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 110 miles W. by N. from Boston, contains several churches. Population of the township, 897.

Windsor is situated in the northeastern part of Berkshire County, about 150 miles from Boston, and 12 miles from Pittsfield and 7 from Dalton by highway. The last two afford the nearest railway stations. The villages are Windsor Hill (Windsor P.O.) at the centre, and East Windsor (P.O.), or Jordanville, in the extreme southeast.

Savoy bounds this town on the north; Plainfield and Cummington, on the east; Peru and Hinsdale, on the south; and Dalton and Cheshire on the west. The farms are reported in the State census as containing 23,204 acres, of which 7,306 acres were woodland. The assessed area is 21,795 acres. The township is about seven miles in length and five in breadth. The geological structure is calcareous gneiss and the Quebec group, in which abound the minerals, zoisite, actinolite and rutile. The general surface is not greatly varied in altitude, yet there are several considerable elevations, of which the most prominent is Windsor Hill, near the centre, which bears a...

Windsor, or Windsor Hill, a post-hamlet in Windsor township, Berkshire co., Mass., on an elevated site, about 13 miles E.N.E. of Pittsfield. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 624.

Windsor, a post-township (town) of Berkshire co., Mass., about 13 miles ENE. of Pittsfield. Pop. in 1900, 507.