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Welcome to Belchertown ...Belchertown is located in Hampshire County<1>. We aren't confident of the location of Belchertown, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2> The pronunciation of Belchertown: belch-er-town<3> Belchertown was settled in 1731 and was incorporated in 1761. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Belchertown has a population of 15,135 people<4> (see below for details). Belchertown is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Belchertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Belchertown lies within the (413) area code. The ZIP code for Belchertown: 01007<6> Websites for Belchertown ...Official Website: www.belchertown.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Belchertown had an population of 15,135 people. This is an increase of 3.32% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Belchertown had a population of 14,649 people (which is 9.27% of the total population of Hampshire County). This makes Belchertown the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Belchertown represents 0.22% of the population of Massachusetts (which has 6,547,629 people), making it the state's 131st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 14,649 people, the population of Belchertown increased 12.96% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,968 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Belchertown. Communities near Belchertown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Belchertown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Belchertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Belchertown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Belchertown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belchertown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Belchertown. See our Newspapers Page for Belchertown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belchertown ...Looking for more information about Belchertown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Belchertown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Belchertown. Adding Belchertown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Belchertown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Belchertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Belchertown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Belchertown. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Belchertown: www.belchertown.org/ The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/ Footnotes ...
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