Huntington (CDP), Massachusetts explained

Official Name:Huntington, Massachusetts
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Label:Huntington
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Massachusetts
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hampshire
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Huntington
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:12.28
Area Land Km2:11.99
Area Water Km2:0.29
Area Total Sq Mi:4.74
Area Land Sq Mi:4.63
Area Water Sq Mi:0.11
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:857
Population Density Km2:71.48
Population Density Sq Mi:185.14
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:115
Coordinates:42.2333°N -72.8794°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:01050
Area Code:413
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:25-31750
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0608324
Unit Pref:Imperial

Huntington is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main village in the town of Huntington in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 936 at the 2010 census,[2] out of a total town population of 2,180. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

The Huntington CDP is located in the southwestern corner of the town of Huntington. It is bordered to the northwest by the town of Chester, to the southwest by the town of Blandford, to the southeast by the towns of Russell and Montgomery, and to the northeast by the remainder of the town of Huntington. Montgomery Road, the Westfield River, and the Middle Branch of the Westfield former the boundary between the CDP and the rest of the town.[3]

The village of Huntington is in the center of the CDP, at the juncture of the Westfield River with its West Branch. U.S. Route 20 passes through the village, leading southeast down the Westfield River valley to the city of Westfield, and northwest up the valley of the West Branch 7miles to Chester and eventually to Lee. Massachusetts Route 112 leads north from Huntington up the Westfield River valley to Cummington.

The village of Norwich Bridge is in the northern part of the CDP, where Route 112 crosses the Westfield River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Huntington CDP has a total area of 12.2sqkm, of which 12sqkm are land and 0.2sqkm, or 2.22%, are water.[2]

References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. May 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Huntington CDP, Massachusetts. American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. August 10, 2017. https://archive.today/20200213111556/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2531750. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: TIGERweb: Hatfield CDP, Massachusetts. Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. August 10, 2017.