South Hadley is a New England town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,196 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
South Hadley is home to Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley High School, and the Berkshire Hills Music Academy.
== History ==South Hadley was an inhabited mostly by Native American Tribes area. http://www.hampshirecountyhistory.com/southhadle...
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South Hadley is a New England town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,196 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
South Hadley is home to Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley High School, and the Berkshire Hills Music Academy.
== History ==South Hadley was an inhabited mostly by Native American Tribes area.
http://www.hampshirecountyhistory.com/southhadley/barber/index.html “History And Antiquities of Every Town In Massachusetts” by John Warner Barber, 1848.] (edited excerpt) A separate town meeting was held in 1753 (1733?), and the town was officially split and incorporated in 1775 (1773?).
The town is the home of the nation's first successful navigable canal as well as the oldest continuing institution of higher education for women.
The Civil War Monument in the center of the Commons was given to South Hadley by William H. Gaylord in the 1900s. The Gaylords also donated the Gaylord Memorial...
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