West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachusetts  Hampden County  West Springfield

Town Clerk
26 Central St West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone: 413-263-3012 Fax: 413-263-3046 Email: [mailto:ofrizzell@west-springfield.ma.us ofrizzell@west-springfield.ma.us] Website

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


 * Catskill Road from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York 1750s
 * King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina 1650s
 * Old Connecticut Path from Boston, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut 1630
 * Hampden and Berkshire Turnpike  from near Springfield, MA to the Becket Turnpike  at Becket, MA; toll booths open from 1829 to 1852; now I-90.
 * Connecticut River ancient pathway