Deerfield, Massachusetts
Pocumtuck | |
|---|---|
 Post office in Deerfield | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "New England as you hope to find it" | |
 Location in Franklin County in Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 42°32′42″N 72°36′16″W / 42.54500°N 72.60444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Franklin |
| Settled | 1673 |
| Incorporated | October 22, 1677 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Open town meeting |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.4 sq mi (86.6 km2) |
| • Land | 32.4 sq mi (83.9 km2) |
| • Water | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,090 |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (59/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Code | 01342 |
| Area code | 413 |
| FIPS code | 25-16670 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0618162[1] |
| Website | www |
| [2][3][4][5][6] | |
Deerfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Settled near the Connecticut River in the 17th century during the colonial era, the population was 5,090 as of the 2020 census.[7] Deerfield is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area in western Massachusetts, lying 30 miles (48 km) north of the city of Springfield.
Deerfield includes the villages of South Deerfield and Old Deerfield, which is home to two museums: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and Historic Deerfield, Inc. Historic Deerfield is designated as a National Historic Landmark district, and the organization operates a museum with a focus on decorative arts, early American material culture, and history. Its eleven house museums offer interpretation of society, history, and culture from the colonial era through the late nineteenth century. The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association operates Memorial Hall Museum, which opened in 1880, as well as the Indian House Memorial Children's Museum and Bloody Brook Tavern. The site of early 18th century colonial battles including the Raid on Deerfield, the town is a center of heritage tourism in the Pioneer Valley.
Deerfield has numerous schools, including Deerfield Academy, a private secondary preparatory school; Frontier Regional High School; Deerfield Elementary; and two separate private junior boarding schools, Bement School, which is co-ed, and Eaglebrook School, which is a school for boys.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deerfield, Massachusetts
- ^ Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America, pp. 23-24. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. Washington DC.: Government Printing Office, 1952.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20040207114730/http://www.state.ma.us:80/bsb/images/Deerfield.jpg. Archived from the original on February 7, 2004. Retrieved February 7, 2004.
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- ^ Rotman, Deborah (July 25, 2009). "3: The Village, Families and Archaeological Assemblages in this Study". Historical Archaeology of Gendered Lives (1 ed.). New York: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-387-89668-7. Archived from the original (Ebook) on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
(advertising slogan of Historic Deerfield, Inc., seen on a sign in the Hartford/Bradley International airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut 1999)
- ^ "Massachusetts Historic Deerfield". Visit New England Online. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Deerfield town, Franklin County, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.