Local History Room Information:
Town of South Hadley History:
South Hadley was an uninhabited area of Hadley from 1659 until 1721 when the first English settlers arrived from Hadley.[3] A separate town meeting was held in 1753, and the town was officially split and incorporated in 1775.[3][4]
The town is the home of the nation's first successful navigable canal[5] as well as the oldest continuing institution of higher education for women - Mount Holyoke College.
Information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Hadley,_Massachusetts
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Links to Help with your South Hadley History Search:
Digital Commonwealth : South Hadley Page
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Internet Archive: Archive.org
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Library of Congress: loc.org
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Massachusetts Historical Commisssion: Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
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Mt. Holyoke College Archives and Special Collection Guides: Guides
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