Welcome to Enfield ...
So far, we found very little information about Enfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Enfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Enfield, please Contact Us.
Enfield would have been located within present day Hampshire County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Enfield, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Enfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823. The community was inundated by the Quabbin Reservoir.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Enfield is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Enfield was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Enfield once stood is in the (413) area code.
Communities Also Named Enfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Enfield - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas (3), Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Enfield.
Communities near Enfield ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Enfield.
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Hampden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
- Chicopee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Chicopee is located in Hampden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
- Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
- Holyoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Holyoke is located in Hampden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,921 people
- Northampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
- Northampton is located in Hampshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
- Ludlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - South Hadley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley
- South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
- East Longmeadow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Longmeadow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow
- East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
- Easthampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton
- Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
- Belchertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belchertown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
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 Enfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Enfield.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Enfield. 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 Enfield.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Enfield. See our Newspapers Page for Enfield.
Adding Enfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Enfield 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 Enfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Enfield post office opened in 1823.
We also found Enfield in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Enfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Enfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Hampshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Enfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |