Headnote

BERKSHIRE COUNTY, situated on the western border of Massachusetts. Area, 1,400 square miles. Seat of justice, Lenox. Pop. in 1840, 41,745; in 1850, 49,591. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Massachusetts

Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, situated on the western border of Massachusetts. Area, 1,400 square miles. Seat of justice, Lenox. Pop. in 1840, 41,745; in 1850, 49,591.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 40.
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