WEST SPRINGFIELD
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 560
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
, a township of Hampden county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the Connecticut river, opposite Springfield
.
Pop
.
(189o) 5077; (1900) 7105 (1501 foreign- born); (1910) 9224
.
Area, about 18 sq. m
.
The township is served by the Boston & Albany railway, and by interurban
electric railways to Holyoke and Hartford
.
The principal villages are Merrick and West Springfield on the Connecticut river and Mittineague on the Westfield river
.
West Springfield was originally a part of Springfield
.
The first settlement was not made, however, until about 1653, and there were few settlers until after See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
See also: - PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
's War (1676)
.
In 1696 West Springfield was organized as a separate parish, and in 1774 was made a separate township
.
Holyoke was set off from it in 1860, and
Agawam in 1855
.
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