Holyoke, Massachusetts

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Holyoke, Massachusetts is a historic industrial city in western Massachusetts known for its early planned mill town design and significant role in the paper manufacturing industry.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 413
borderedBy Chicopee, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Easthampton, Massachusetts
South Hadley, Massachusetts
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Westfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
country United States of America
county Hampden County, Massachusetts
demographicsHistoric large Irish-American community
significant Puerto Rican community
elevation approximately 95 m
governmentType mayor–city council government
hasCulturalEvent Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade
hasEducationalInstitution Holyoke Community College
Holyoke Public Schools
hasLandmark Holyoke Canal System
Holyoke City Hall
Holyoke Dam
Mount Tom State Reservation
Volleyball Hall of Fame
hasMountainRange Mount Tom Range
hasNickname Birthplace of Volleyball
Paper City
hasRiver Connecticut River
historicDistrict Holyoke Canal System Historic District
incorporationDate 1850
inventedAt Holyoke YMCA
inventorAssociated William G. Morgan
knownFor paper manufacturing industry
planned industrial mill town design
textile manufacturing history
locatedIn Western Massachusetts
locatedOn Connecticut River
majorIndustryHistoric hydropower generation
paper mills
textile mills
namedAfter Elizur Holyoke
partOf Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area
postalCode 01040
01041
powerInfrastructure Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities
settledDate 1745
sportHistory volleyball invented there in 1895
state Massachusetts
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportation Amtrak Vermonter serves nearby station in Holyoke
Interstate 91 passes through city

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Massachusetts
Pioneer Valley
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