Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachusetts  Hampden County  Agawam



Town Hall
http://www.agawam.ma.us/ Agawam Town Hall 36 Main St Agawam, MA 01001

Establishment and former town name(s)
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

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

Boundary Changes
2 May 1960: Bounds between Agawam and West Springfield restablished.

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

Cemeteries

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

Directories

 * Springfield (Massachusetts) suburban directories

History

 * Agawam, Massachusetts: a town history

Maps

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

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