Whether called simply Berkshire, as Nathaniel Hawthorne did, or the Berkshires, as most of us mortals do, the land on the western edge of Massachusetts, extending from the southern edge of Vermont to the northern edge of Connecticut, the former* county of Berkshire, contains 30 towns, two cities and many smaller, less formal entities, such as Glendale, Housatonic, and Lenox Dale.
* On July 1, 2000, Berkshire county government ceased to exist; here’s the story.
Berkshire city and town homepages
The pages linked here are rudimentary homepages with image, historical sketch, and basic data for each city and town of the Berkshires.
- Cheshire Lake canoe trip, Sept. 2024
- Towns & cities in the Berkshires
- Adams, MA
- Alford, Mass.
- Becket, Mass.
- Cheshire, Mass
- Clarksburg, Mass
- Dalton, Mass.
- Egremont, Mass
- Florida, MA
- Great Barrington, MA
- Hancock, MA
- Hinsdale, Mass.
- Lanesborough, Mass.
- Lee, Mass
- Lenox, MA
- Monterey, Mass.
- Mt. Washington, Mass.
- New Ashford, Mass.
- New Marlborough, Mass.
- North Adams, MA
- Otis, Mass
- Peru, Mass.
- Pittsfield, Mass
- Richmond, MA
- Sandisfield, Mass.
- Savoy, Mass.
- Sheffield, Mass.
- Stockbridge, MA
- Tyringham, Mass.
- Washington, Mass.
- West Stockbridge, MA