MassachusettsA contributing property in the Agawam Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. This Connecticut River valley village began in the 18th century as a secondary farming settlement for second-generation Springfield residents, growing up along an existing thoroughfare where a series of inns catered to travelers and their trade. Its 18th- and 19th-century economy centered on mixed agriculture, with dairy farming especially successful, before improved trolley and automobile transportation transformed the farming village into an early-20th-century streetcar suburb. It is architecturally notable for a fine collection of Federal-style buildings alongside representative examples from Greek Revival through the bungalows of the early 1900s.
Agawam Center Cemetery
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Agawam Center Cemetery is a cemetery in Agawam, Hampden County. It is one of 14 cemeteries documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.0654, -72.6185 near Agawam. The nearest cataloged historic site is Campbell, W. C. House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Manley House, Bodurtha, H. K. House, and House at 95 Elm St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Agawam Center Cemetery, on Main Street, was established in 1795 as a central burying ground for the community of Agawam, then part of West Springfield. Its late 18th- and early 19th-century markers preserve the names of the town's founding farm families. The cemetery is a contributing property in a National Register historic district.
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