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Longmeadow, Hampden, MA
Discovered by William Pynchon, a Puritan leader, in 1636, the long meadow was a perfect area for grazing, and it also contained may beavers.
Until 1645 the long meadow was in use as a common pasture, to be shared equally by all residents. At this time the land was divided into lots and given to specific families.
The first house was built in the meadows about 1649. Most of the landowners already had homes in Springfield. Indeed, what we today call "Longmeadow" remained part of Springfield until the early 1700’s.
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- 1644 - Longmeadow is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1783 - Longmeadow is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Massachusetts
Hampden county. This is a beautiful town with a fine soil on the E. side of Connecticut river, 97 miles S.W. by W. from Boston, 5 S. from Springfield, and 22 N. from Hartford, Ct. Incorporated, 1783. Population, 1837, 1,251. There are several tanneries in...Read MORE... - 1845 - LONGMEADOW. [Pop. 1,270 Inc. 1783.]
Longraeadow was originally a part of Springfield.
It lies on the eastern bank of the Connecticut, and is a very pleas- ant agricultural town.
Distance from Springfield, 4 miles ; from Boston, 97.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845 - 1854 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow, a post-township of Hampden co., Massachusetts, on the left bank of the Connecticut river, about 4 miles S. from Springfield. It is intersected by the New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield railroad. Population, 1252.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1890 Longmeadow Massachusetts
Longmeadow is a fine farming town in the southern part of Hampden County, about 102 miles southwest of Boston. It lies on the east shore of Connecticut River, which separates it from Agawam. Springfield bounds it on the north, Hampden on the east, and Somers and Enfield, in Connecticut, on the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., in Long Meadow township, on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, and on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 4 miles S. of Springfield. Pop of the township, 1467.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
1900 - IN AND ABOUT SPRINGFIELD. A BAD DAY FOR FOREST FIRES. A HARD FIGHT AT LONGMEADOW.
Many Acres of Woodland Burned Over - A Veteran's Home Destroyed.
The most extensive forest fire in Longmeadow for years raged yesterday, and the red light shooting up for miles in the east last evening showed that it was still burning. The fire was first discovered in the vicinity of Converse...Read MORE...
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Long Meadow, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., in Long Meadow township (town), on the E. bank of the Connecticut River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 4 miles S. of Springfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 811.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
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1644 - Longmeadow is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1783 - Longmeadow is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Massachusetts
Hampden county. This is a beautiful town with a fine soil on the E. side of Connecticut river, 97 miles S.W. by W. from Boston, 5 S. from Springfield, and 22 N. from Hartford, Ct. Incorporated, 1783. Population, 1837, 1,251. There are several tanneries in... Read MORE...
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1845 - LONGMEADOW. [Pop. 1,270 Inc. 1783.]
Longraeadow was originally a part of Springfield.
It lies on the eastern bank of the Connecticut, and is a very pleas- ant agricultural town.
Distance from Springfield, 4 miles ; from Boston, 97.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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1854 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow, a post-township of Hampden co., Massachusetts, on the left bank of the Connecticut river, about 4 miles S. from Springfield. It is intersected by the New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield railroad. Population, 1252.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1890 Longmeadow Massachusetts
Longmeadow is a fine farming town in the southern part of Hampden County, about 102 miles southwest of Boston. It lies on the east shore of Connecticut River, which separates it from Agawam. Springfield bounds it on the north, Hampden on the east, and Somers and Enfield, in Connecticut, on the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Long Meadow
Long Meadow, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., in Long Meadow township, on the E. bank of the Connecticut River, and on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 4 miles S. of Springfield. Pop of the township, 1467.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
1900 - IN AND ABOUT SPRINGFIELD. A BAD DAY FOR FOREST FIRES. A HARD FIGHT AT LONGMEADOW.
Many Acres of Woodland Burned Over - A Veteran's Home Destroyed.
The most extensive forest fire in Longmeadow for years raged yesterday, and the red light shooting up for miles in the east last evening showed that it was still burning. The fire was first discovered in the vicinity of Converse... Read MORE...
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1916
Long Meadow, a post-village of Hampden co., Mass., in Long Meadow township (town), on the E. bank of the Connecticut River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 4 miles S. of Springfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 811.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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