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Berkshire County is a county located on the western edge of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 134,953. Its county seat is Pittsfield. The Berkshire Hills are centered on Berkshire County.
First Baptist Church in Lanesborough Berkshire County was originally inhabited by the Mahican (Muh-he-ka-neew) Native American tribe, until the early 1700 s when the first English settlers and frontiersmen appeared around this time and began setting up farms and homesteads. On April 25th 1724 The English finally paid the Indians 460 pounds, 3 barrels of cider, and 30 quarts of rum for what is today Berkshire County This deal exempted modern Sheffield, Stockbridge, Richmond and Lenox, which were collected at various other dates into English territory. (page 5. Wood, David H. Lenox Massachusetts Shire Town. Published by the town of Lenox, 1969. and Wikipedia.org) ONLINE DATA BIRTHS BIOGRAPHIES CEMETERIES CENSUS DATA MARRIAGES MILITARY DATA Court Records: NAME CHANGES  DEATH RECORDS  OBITUARIES NEWSPAPER DATA HISTORY     Website Updates: 5 Mar 2008: Death Notice for WILLIAMS, DEWEY and MASON 24 September 2007: Name Changes 21 September 2007: Marriage notice for Noble/Shaw, 1 death notice for Mrs. Shaw 20 September 2007: Berkshire in the Civil War 18 September 2007: 1844 deaths, bio on Barnabas BIDWELL 17 Apr 2007: 1878 Deaths, Births, Marriage Notices added March 2007: MELLEN biography		Adjacent Counties Bennington County, Vermont (north) Franklin County (northeast) Hampshire County (east) Hampden County (southeast) Litchfield County, Conn. (south) Columbia County, NY (west) Rensselaer County, NY (northwest) Cities, Towns and Villages Adams Alford Becket Cheshire Clarksburg Dalton Egremont Florida Great Barrington Housatonic (a village of Great Barrington) Hancock Hinsdale Lanesborough Lee Lenox Monterey Mount Washington New Ashford New Marlborough North Adams Otis Peru Pittsfield Richmond Sandisfield Savoy Sheffield Stockbridge Tyringham Washington West Stockbridge Williamstown Windsor BACK TO THE STATE PAGE VISIT OUR NATIONAL SITE
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