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Welcome to Locks Village ...

Locks Village is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locks Village, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Locks Village for more information about variations on the name of Locks Village.

Locks Village is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Locks Village lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Locks Village ...

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

  • Amherst
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Amherst is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
  • Northampton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Northampton is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
  • South Hadley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
  • Greenfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Franklin County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,241 people
  • Belchertown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
  • Athol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Athol is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
  • Ware
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ware is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
  • Montague
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montague is located in Franklin County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
  • Templeton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Templeton is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
  • Orange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange is located in Franklin County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 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 Locks Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Locks Village.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locks Village ...

Looking for more information about Locks Village? 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 Locks Village, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Locks Village.

Adding Locks Village to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Locks Village 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 (so far) for Locks Village was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Locks Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.