Lenox | |
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Motto(s): En La Rose, Je Fleurie (French) "In the Rose, I Flowered" (Flourished) | |
Coordinates: 42°21′23″N 73°17′07″W / 42.35639°N 73.28528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
County | Berkshire |
Settled | 1750 |
Incorporated | 1767 |
Government | |
• Type | Open town meeting |
Area | |
• Total | 21.7 sq mi (56.1 km2) |
• Land | 21.2 sq mi (55.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
Elevation | 1,200 ft (366 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,095 |
• Density | 240/sq mi (91/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
ZIP Code | 01240 |
Area code | 413 |
FIPS code | 25-34970 |
GNIS feature ID | 0618269 |
Website | www |
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is in Western Massachusetts and part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,095 at the 2020 census.[1] Lenox is the site of Shakespeare & Company and Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lenox includes the villages of New Lenox and Lenoxdale, and is a tourist destination during the summer.