Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Brief History
Timeline
 * Agawam, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997),
 * 17 May 1855: Incorporated as a town, from part of West Springfield
 * 2 May 1960: Bounds between Agawam and West Springfield restablished
 * 16 November 1971: Town charter adopted which established city form of government
 * Archiac name: Feeding Hills
 * Section/Villages within the town: Agawam Center, Feeding Hills, Hubbard Corners


 * Agawam, Massachusetts: a town history

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

Agawam Town Hall 36 Main St Agawam, MA 01001 Phone: 413-786-0400 x 215 Fax: 413-786-9927 Email: [mailto:clerk@agawam.ma.us clerk@agawam.ma.us] Website

Vital Records

 * Record of cases of midwifery, 1827-1882

Includes records of births in Suffield, Connecticut; South Hadley, Granby, Northampton, West Springfield and Agawam, Massachusetts.


 * Vital records [Agawam, Massachusetts], 1855-1905

Inventory of town and city archives of Massachusetts, no. 7, Hampden County, vol. 1, Agawam

Adjacent Towns
Hampden Co.:  Longmeadow | Southwick | Springfield | West Springfield | Westfield | Connecticut: Hartford Co.:  Suffield

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Agawam and Feeding Hills [Massachusetts] : five cemeteries for public use and two small private cemeteries

Agawam

Old North Burying Ground

City Directories

 * Springfield (Massachusetts) suburban directories

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 608970
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

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


 * Connecticut River a navigable river stretching from the border of Quebec, New Hampshire, and Vermont flowing south to through Connecticut into Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at Old Saybrook, Connecticut
 * 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
 * King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina 1650s
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * Old Connecticut Path  1630 from Boston, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike 1801-1829
 * Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bainbridge, New York