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.
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]