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Ashfield is a 40 square mile town in the Berkshire foothills in the southwestern corner of Franklin County. The town was originally named Huntstown in 1736 as a land grant plantation, but was incorporated under its present name in 1765 under the auspices of Lord Thurlow of Ashfield, England.
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read more about Ashfield, MA Real EstateBernardston is a rural commercial center abutting the Vermont border and located on the primary corridor between Greenfield and Vermont. The town is known for its mountain peaks and its black slate quarries which supplied local gravestone carvers in the early 19th century.
The town was settled...
read more about Bernardston, MA Real EstateThe Town of Buckland is a small rural predominately farming community with a population of less than 2,000 people. It is a member of a regional school district comprised of nine towns. There is some light manufacturing, and its downtown business district, known as Shelburne Falls, is a shared...
read more about Buckland, MA Real EstateCharlemont is a highland town with peaks like Pocumtuck Mountain as high as 1872 feet. The town is on the Mohawk Trail, the primary Indian route between the Hudson River Valley and the Connecticut River Valley, and was the site of forts built in 1744 as part of the line of defense to protect...
read more about Charlemont, MA Real EstateThe Town of Colrain abuts the Vermont state line several miles northwest of Greenfield, the northern terminus of the Connecticut River Valley, and just north of the Mohawk Trail. It was settled by Scots-Irish immigrants in the mid-17th century who named their settlement after Lord Coleraine of...
read more about Colrain, MA Real EstateHome of one of the few remaining covered bridges in Massachusetts, Conway was first settled in 1760 and incorporated in 1767. The town is a small rural community which was named in honor of General Henry Conway, who supported the repeal of the Stamp Act in Parliament.
Conway has an abundant water...
read more about Conway, MA Real EstateThe Town of Deerfield is an historic rural suburban center on the primary corridor between Northampton and Greenfield in the Connecticut River Valley. It was the earliest community settled in Franklin County. Because of its strategic location, the town was subjected to repeated attacks from French...
read more about Deerfield, MA Real EstateThe Town of Erving is a highland industrial town on the primary corridor between Boston and Greenfield. The land that constitutes the town was purchased by John Erving in 1752 and was consequently named after him. The community has been the home of the Erving Paper mills since 1905 and the factory...
read more about Erving, MA Real EstateThe Town of Gill offers education, recreation and quiet, peaceful living opportunities within its 15 square miles. The rural character of the town has been preserved, even though the last 50 years has seen a transition from a farming community to a bedroom community. The fewer than 1600 inhabitants...
read more about Gill, MA Real EstateThe Town of Greenfield is a residential community located at the cross roads of Interstate 91, Route 2 and the famous Mohawk Trail in Western Massachusetts, 98 miles from Boston. There are airports nearby and travel to New York City, Springfield, Brattleboro, Vt., Keene, New Hampshire and Montreal,...
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