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North Adams
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city in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- Commonwealth
- Massachusetts
- County
- Berkshire
- Incorporated
- 1878 (Town)
- Type
- Mayor-council city
- Mayor
- Jennifer Macksey
- Total
- 20.61 sq mi (53.39 km )
- Land
- 20.35 sq mi (52.70 km )
- Water
- 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km )
- Elevation
- 705 ft (215 m)
- Density
- 637.0/sq mi (245.95/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01247
- Fips code
- 25-46225
- Gnis feature id
- 0607610
- Website
- www .northadams-ma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 12,961 as of the 2020 census. Best known as the home of the largest contemporary art museum in the United States, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams has in recent years become a center for tourism, culture and recreation.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North Adams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.