Place:Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Name
Montague
Alternate names
Montague Centre     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25001683)
Montague City     (Family History Library Catalog)
Type
Town
Coordinates
42.533°N 72.533°W
Located in
Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Montague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,489 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Montague, please see the articles on Lake Pleasant, Millers Falls, and Turners Falls.

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Montague was first settled in 1715 and was incorporated in 1754. The town has five villages within it: Montague Center, Montague City, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, and Lake Pleasant. The Turners Falls Canal through Montague was one of the first canals in the United States, and important in early transport along the Connecticut River, and Lake Pleasant was a prominent spiritualist campground.

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