Place:Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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NameSandisfield
TypeTown
Coordinates42.1°N 73.133°W
Located inBerkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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Sandisfield is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 824 at the 2000 census.

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Sandisfield was first settled in 1750 as Housatonic Township Number 4, and was officially incorporated in 1762. It was most likely named for the Sandy Family, one of the original families in the town and namesake of the town's Sandy Brook. The town was mostly an agricultural setting in the earliest times, with rye fields and orchards filling the land. Sawmills grew up along the rivers, but most industry failed in the late nineteenth century, when a planned railway along the Farmington River fell through. The Record, a bi-weekly regional newspaper covering town news in Sandisfield and four neighboring towns, was published in Sandisfield from 1981 to 1985. Today the picturesque town is mostly rural, with some of the least densely populated parts of the state.

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