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South Williamstown, now Five Corners, was formed out of the junction of four large parcels of land, and developed in the late 18th century as a stop on the main north-south stagecoach route (today United States Route 7). By the turn of the 19th century the village had a tavern, store, and cemetery, and the first church was built in 1808.
A view of the Mount Greylock Range from South Williamstown (from the west). The Hopper, a two-pronged hollow, is centered below the summit. Mount Greylock is part of an 11-mile-long (18 km) massif called the "Greylock Range" near the Hoosic River, which hooks around the mountain on its eastern and northern footings.
Williamstown is the fourth-largest town in Berkshire County, and ranks 189th out of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts by population. The population density was 179.7 inhabitants per square mile (69.4/km 2), ranking it 7th in the county and 264th in the Commonwealth.
October 6, 1983 The Mill Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing a well-preserved 19th century mill village in Williamstown, Massachusetts . It is located on Cole Avenue and other streets east of Cole and south of the Hoosac River , which provided the mill's power.
A considerable portion of the road is surrounded by the Mohawk Trail State Forest, a 6,400-acre (26 km 2) forest, known for its camping, and occasional encounters with bobcats and black bears. Within this area there is substantial acreage of old growth forest containing many of the tallest trees in Massachusetts as verified by the Eastern ...
Mount Greylock State Reservation is public recreation and nature preservation area on and around Mount Greylock, the highest point in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The park covers some 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) in the towns of Lanesborough, North Adams, Adams, Cheshire, Williamstown and New Ashford, Massachusetts. It was created in 1898 as ...
Sculpture and pond at Field Farm. Field Farm is a 316-acre (1.28 km 2) nature preserve and farm in Williamstown, Massachusetts, managed by the Trustees of Reservations.There are 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of hiking trails on the reservation, which pass by swamp land, a pond, and the "Caves Lot" which features underground channels that water had cut into the limestone there. [1]
Mountain Meadow Preserve is a 180-acre (73 ha) open space preserve located in the Berkshires and Green Mountains of northwest Massachusetts and adjacent Vermont in the towns of Williamstown and Pownal.