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Williamstown
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town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Berkshire
- Named after
- Ephraim Williams
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Total
- 46.9 sq mi (121.4 km )
- Land
- 46.8 sq mi (121.1 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.3 km )
- Elevation
- 636 ft (194 m)
- Density
- 160.7/sq mi (62.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01267
- Fips code
- 25-79985
- Gnis feature id
- 0619430
- Website
- williamstownma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Williamstown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Berkshire County
- Population
- 7513
- Area
- 121400000
- Elevation
- 194
- Shares border with
- Berlin
- Official website
- williamstown.ws
- Image
- Williamstown, MA - View along Route 2.JPG
- Households
- 2317
- Dialing code
- 413
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- Commons category
- Williamstown, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Williamstown, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01267
- P8168
- Ladislav Čierny
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Williamstown, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Williamstown, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1749-00-00
- per capita income
- 35585
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. Located in Berkshire County, the town is part of the Pittsfield metropolitan statistical area. The population was 7,513 at the 2020 census. A college town, it is home to Williams College, the Clark Art Institute and the Tony-awarded Williamstown Theatre Festival.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Williamstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.