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Pittsfield (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 14 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -73.2333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Housatonic River; incorporated as town & named for English prime minister William Pitt 1761; industries include paper, plastics, textiles & foundry products; famous residents include Oliver Wendell Holmes, Herman Melville & Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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| Pittsfield (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1791 |
| Boston Plantation (C,V)
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| Pontoosuc (C,V)
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| Poontoosuck (C,V)
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| Wendells Town (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as the Pontoosuc Plantation ca. 1740s |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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