Place:West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Name	West Stockbridge
Alt names	Queensborough	source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25000568
	District of West Stockbridge	source: 1774 name
Type	Town
Coordinates	42.333°N 73.367°W
Located in	Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States (1774 - )
See also	Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States	1774 Parent

Contained Places

Cemetery: South Cemetery; West Center Cemetery

West Stockbridge was founded in 1774 as the District of West Stockbridge. Its parent town was Stockbridge.

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Modern West Stockbridge

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West Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town had a population of 1,343 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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West Stockbridge was first settled in 1766 and was officially incorporated in 1774. The town grew out of Stockbridge, formerly known as Indiantown, and was originally called Queensborough. The area was part of the disputed border between Massachusetts and New York, which eventually left the town in its current state. The town grew as five separate villages (West Center, West Stockbridge, Freedleyville, Rockdale and Williamsville), with West Stockbridge growing the largest because of the railroad, which hauled iron ore and marble. The town had an ironworks in Williamsville, founded by Colonel Elijah Williams, and the furnace smokestack is the only part which remains of the works.

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