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Welcome to Factory Village ...

So far, we found very little information about Factory Village. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Factory Village to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Factory Village, please Contact Us.


Factory Village would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Factory Village, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Factory Village: Factory Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Factory Village is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Factory Village was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Factory Village ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Factory Village - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Factory Village.

Communities near Factory Village ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Factory Village.

  • Amherst
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Amherst is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
  • Greenfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,241 people
  • Athol
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Athol is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
  • Brattleboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
  • Montague
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Montague is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Orange is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
  • Hadley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hadley is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
  • Deerfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerfield is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
  • Winchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinsdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hinsdale is located in Cheshire County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinsdale <4>

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 Factory Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Factory Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Factory Village. 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 Factory Village.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Factory Village. See our Newspapers Page for Factory Village.

Adding Factory Village to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Factory Village in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Factory Village was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Factory Village.

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 Factory Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Factory Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.