Westhampton, Massachusetts
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Westhampton, Massachusetts |
| image_skyline | Westhampton Town Hall, MA.jpg |
| imagesize | 175px |
| image_caption | Westhampton Town Hall |
| image_seal | Seal of Westhampton, Massachusetts.png |
| image_flag | Flag of Westhampton, Massachusetts.png |
| image_map | Hampshire County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Westhampton highlighted.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location in Hampshire County in Massachusetts |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | United States |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Massachusetts |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Hampshire |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1762 |
| established_title2 | Incorporated |
| established_date2 | 1778 |
| government_type | Open town meeting |
| leader_title | |
| leader_title1 | |
| area_total_km2 | 70.9 |
| area_land_km2 | 70.4 |
| area_water_km2 | 0.5 |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| settlement_type | Town |
| population_total | 1622 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| elevation_m | 223 |
| elevation_ft | 730 |
| timezone | Eastern |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | Eastern |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| coordinates | |
| website | |
| postal_code_type | ZIP Code |
| postal_code | 01027 |
| area_code | 413 |
| blank_name | FIPS code |
| blank_info | 25-76380 |
| blank1_name | GNIS feature ID |
| blank1_info | 0618210 |
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History
Westhampton was first settled in 1762. Originally part of Northampton, Westhampton was officially incorporated on September 29, 1778. The first town meeting was held on November 19, 1778, at which the Reverend Enoch Hale, brother of American spy Nathan Hale, was chosen to be the town's first minister.
Westhampton is one of eight "dry" towns in the Commonwealth, meaning that the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited within its boundaries.
The town is home to the five-town Hampshire Regional High School, which serves the towns of Westhampton, Southampton, Williamsburg, Goshen, and Chesterfield.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau the town has a total area of 70.9 km2, of which 70.4 km2 are land and 0.5 km2, or 0.68%, are water. Westhampton is bordered by Southampton to the south, Huntington to the west, Chesterfield to the northwest, Williamsburg to the northeast, Northampton to the east, and Easthampton to the southeast.
Massachusetts Route 66 is the sole state highway through the town, leading east 9 mi to Northampton and west 5 mi to Knightville in the town of Huntington.
Demographics
| 1850|602 | 1860|608 | 1870|587 | 1880|563 | 1890|477 | 1900|469 | 1910|423 | 1920|305 | 1930|374 | 1940|403 | 1950|452 | 1960|583 | 1970|793 | 1980|1137 | 1990|1327 | 2000|1468 | 2010|1607 | 2020|1622 | 2022*|1620 | footnote=* = population estimate. Source: United States Census records and Population Estimates Program data. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,468 people, 542 households, and 422 families residing in the town. The population density was 54.1 PD/sqmi. There were 623 housing units at an average density of 23.0 per square mile (8.9/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.50% White, 0.34% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.
There were 542 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $60,089, and the median income for a family was $66,625. Males had a median income of $42,200 versus $35,809 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,360. About 1.9% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.
Voting in the 2008 presidential election was held at the Westhampton Town Hall. Of the 1,095 votes cast, 62% were for Sen. Barack Obama, in contrast to the 37% of votes that were cast for Sen. John McCain.
Notable people
- Otis Clapp, politician (Massachusetts state representative and member of the old Boston City Council), homeopath, pharmacist, publisher, bookseller, and U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau collector
- Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist of metalcore band Killswitch Engage
- Mordicai Gerstein, children's book illustrator
- Nathan Hale (journalist), an American journalist and newspaper publisher who introduced regular editorial comment as a newspaper feature
- Henry M. Loud, Michigan lumber magnate of the nineteenth century
- Sylvester Judd, Transcendentalist author of 1845's Margaret, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller
- Eliza A. Pittsinger, American poet of the nineteenth century
Notes
References
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- LaFrance, et al. "Local Color: Stories of Westhampton's First 225 Years". Gazette Printing Company (2003)
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- "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Westhampton town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts". U.S. Census Bureau.
- "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau.
- "Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision – GCT-T1. Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau.
- (December 1990). "1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts". US Census Bureau.
- (December 1981). "1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts". US Census Bureau.
- (1952). "1950 Census of Population". Bureau of the Census.
- "1920 Census of Population". Bureau of the Census.
- "1890 Census of the Population". Department of the Interior, Census Office.
- (1872). "1870 Census of the Population". Department of the Interior, Census Office.
- "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". [[United States Census Bureau]].
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- (1907). "Memorial Biographies of the New–England Historic Genealogical Society Volume VIII 1800–1889". New England Historic Genealogical Society Volume.
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