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Hampshire County
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county in Massachusetts, United States
Hampshire County is a county located in Massachusetts in the United States. It includes several towns and serves as an administrative division within the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- Named after
- Hampshire , England
- Seat
- Northampton
- Largest town
- Amherst
- Total
- 545 sq mi (1,410 km )
- Land
- 527 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 3.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 164,065
- Density
- 308/sq mi (119/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd
- Website
- visithampshirecounty.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hampshire
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Massachusetts
- Contains
- Worthington
- Capital
- Northampton
- Population
- 162308
- Area
- 1413
- Shares border with
- Berkshire County
- Official website
- www.hampshirecog.org
- Image
- Old Hampshire County Courthouse, Northampton MA.jpg
- Households
- 59607
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1662-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.3
- native label
- Hampshire County
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- Commons category
- Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- different from
- Hampshire County
- per capita income
- 36600
- P8168
- Prescott Township
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Encyclopedic overview
Hampshire County is a historical and judicial county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 162,308. Its most populous municipality is Amherst (due to seasonal student population; the largest year-round is Northampton, which is also its traditional county seat), and its largest town in terms of landmass is Belchertown. The county is named after the county Hampshire, in England. Hampshire County is part of the Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Together with Hampden County, Hampshire County municipalities belong to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hampshire County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.