Place:Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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NameLeverett
Alt namesLeverett Centersource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25001672
Leverett Centresource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25001672
South Leverettsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25001672
TypeTown
Coordinates42.45°N 72.5°W
Located inFranklin, Massachusetts, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Jackson Hill Cemetery
Inhabited place
North Leverett
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Leverett is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,865 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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The Town of Leverett is located on the traditional lands of the Pennacook and the Pocomtuc Nations.

Leverett is one of the southernmost towns of Franklin County, located west of Shutesbury and Wendell, east of Sunderland, south of Montague, and north of Amherst. Leverett was originally part of Sunderland (named Swampfield at that time).

The first non-indigenous settlement was established in 1750, and the settlers officially petitioned Sunderland to become their own town in 1774. The town was named for John Leverett, the twentieth Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1985, a Buddhist monastic order called Nipponzan Myohoji erected a large monument in Leverett. This structure, known as the New England Peace Pagoda, is considered the first of its kind in North America. Two historic Evangelical churches are also located in Leverett, North Leverett Baptist and Moores Corner Church which was founded by a protégé of Evangelist D.L. Moody.

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