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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hampshire County is a historical and judicial county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Following the dissolution of the county government in 1999, county affairs were managed by the Hampshire Council of Governments, which itself ceased operations in 2019, due to a "fundamentally flawed, unsustainable operational model". As of the 2020 census, the population was 162,308. Its most populous municipality is Amherst, its largest town in terms of landmass is Belchertown, and its traditional county seat is Northampton. The county is named after the county Hampshire, in England. Hampshire County is part of the Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Together with Hampden County, Hampshire County municipalities belong to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 59,681
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1800 | 72,432
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1810 | 76,275
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1820 | 26,487
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1830 | 30,254
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1840 | 30,897
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1850 | 35,732
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1860 | 37,823
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1870 | 44,388
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1880 | 47,232
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1890 | 51,859
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1900 | 58,820
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1910 | 63,327
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1920 | 69,599
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1930 | 72,801
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1940 | 72,461
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1950 | 87,594
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1960 | 103,229
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1970 | 123,981
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1980 | 138,813
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1990 | 146,568
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Hampshire County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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