Place:Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Name
Monson
Alternate names
Monson Center     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25002368)
Type
Town
Coordinates
42.1°N 72.317°W
Located in
Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Monson (pronounced ) is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,359 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on the village of Monson Center, please see the article Monson Center, Massachusetts.

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Monson was first settled in the year 1715 and was officially incorporated in 1775. Monson was largely a mill town until just recently when most of the mills in town closed down due to poor business. Monson also had a large granite quarry that was opened by Rufus Flynt later owned by his oldest son William Flynt and was closed around 1935.

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