Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Brief History

 * Egremont, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office PO Box 56 S Egremont, MA 01258 Phone: 413-528-0182 x 11 Fax: 413-528-5465 Email: [mailto:tegremont@egremont-ma.gov tegremont@egremont-ma.gov] Website

Adjacent Towns
Berkshire Co.:  Alford | Great Barrington | Mount Washington | Sheffield | New York: Columbia Co.:  Copake | Hillsdale

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Albany Post Road from New York City to Albany, New York 1669
 * Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Ancram (NY) Turnpike 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Connecticut to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Turnpike  (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.
 * Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Greenwood Road 1799 from Hartford, Connecticut to Albany, New York
 * Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike 1826
 * Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Massachusetts to Albany, New York
 * Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike 1809
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Hudson River, an ancient pathway