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Belchertown (previously known as Cold Spring and Belcher's Town)〔(CIS: Unincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities )〕 is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,649 at the 2010 census. The town includes the census-designated place of Belchertown. Belchertown is best known for being the site of the Belchertown State School. ==History== In 1716, the equivalent lands were sold by Connecticut Colony to residents who reside in present day Connecticut and Massachusetts.〔(Vermont: The Green Mountain State )〕 Some of these lands were granted to Jonathan Belcher, the future Royal Governor of Massachusetts.〔http://www.belchertown.org/departments/history/bhistory.htm〕 Belchertown was first settled in 1731 and was officially incorporated in 1761 as Cold Spring, later the name was changed to Belcher's Town, and then Belchertown. In 1816, part of Belchertown was combined with part of the town of Greenwich, Massachusetts, to form Enfield, Massachusetts. In 1938, Enfield and Greenwich were two of the four towns that were disincorporated to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir, and the northwest part of Enfield was merged back into Belchertown. The Belchertown State School for mentally disabled residents was located in the town for 70 years, from 1922 until its closing in 1994 amid revelations of poor conditions and inhumane treatment of its residents. The property has since been under consideration for redevelopment housing, business and agricultural use. The University of Massachusetts in neighboring Amherst employs more Belchertown residents than any other enterprise or institution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belchertown, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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