Williamsburg, Massachusetts

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Williamsburg, Massachusetts is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its historic mill village character and location within the scenic Pioneer Valley region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
adjacentTo Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
surface form: Ashfield, Massachusetts

Chesterfield, Massachusetts
Conway, Massachusetts
Hatfield, Massachusetts
Northampton, Massachusetts
Westhampton, Massachusetts
Whately, Massachusetts
areaCode 413
censusDesignation town
characterizedBy historic mill village character
climate humid continental climate
country United States of America
county Hampshire County, Massachusetts
governmentType New England town
hasAnnualTownMeeting yes
hasElementarySchool Anne T. Dunphy School
hasHighway Massachusetts Route 143
Massachusetts Route 9
hasHistoricDistrict Haydenville Historic District
Williamsburg Center
surface form: Williamsburg Center Historic District
hasHistoricEvent Williamsburg dam failure of 1874
hasHistoricIndustry paper mills
textile mills
woodworking mills
hasLibrary Meekins Library
hasLocalGovernmentBody Board of Selectmen
surface form: Board of Selectmen of Williamsburg, Massachusetts
hasVillage Haydenville, Massachusetts
Williamsburg Center
isPartOf Hampshire County, Massachusetts
knownFor historic mill village architecture
scenic landscape
small-town character
landUse forested hills
residential
small-scale agriculture
locatedIn Pioneer Valley
Western Massachusetts
locatedInMetropolitanArea Springfield, Massachusetts
surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
locatedOnRiver Mill River (Massachusetts)
surface form: Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts tributary)
namedFor William Pynchon
observesDaylightSavingTime yes
partOf New England
postalCode 01096
regionType rural
schoolDistrict Hampshire Regional School District
state Massachusetts
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Pioneer Valley contains Williamsburg, Massachusetts
Hampshire County, Massachusetts containsSettlement Williamsburg, Massachusetts
Edward L. Thorndike placeOfBirth Williamsburg, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States
Whately, Massachusetts borders Williamsburg, Massachusetts