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SOUTH HADLEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOUTH See also:HADLEY , a township of See also:Hampshire See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the See also:Connecticut See also:river, about 12 M. N. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (1900), 4526, of whom 1119 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 4894. See also:Area, 18.5 sq. m. There are no See also:steam See also:railways, but an electric See also:line connects South Hadley and South Hadley Falls with the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford and the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railways at See also:Holyoke. The See also:village of South Hadley, or the Center, lies at the south See also:base of See also:Mount Holyoke, about 4 M. from Holyoke and about 3 M. from South Hadley Falls; it is the seat of Mount Holyoke See also:College. South Hadley Falls are connected with Holyoke by a See also:bridge across the Connecticut river. The falls of the river afford See also:water-See also:power for See also:paper See also:mills, See also:cotton and woollen mills, and saw mills. South Hadley was originally a See also:part of the township of Hadley, but in 1753 the See also:district of South Hadley was established, and in 1775 incorporated as a See also:separate township.

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