FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT MONSON, MASSACHUSETTS
Monson was included in the area laid out in 1701 and named Brimfield. On April 25, 1760, Monson was made a district with local self-government. Monson was made a town with representation in the legislature on August 21, 1775.
COUNTY: Hampden
LOCATION: Southern Massachusetts; bordered on the north by Palmer,
on the east by Brimfield and Wales, on the west by Wilbraham
and Hampden, and on the south by the State of Connecticut.
Monson is 17 miles from Springfield, 40 miles from Worcester,
78 miles from Boston, and 157 miles from New York City.
POPULATION: 1960 – 6,712 1985 – 7,249 2000 – 8,359
1980 – 7,135 1990 – 7,197
DENSITY: 1960 – 150 persons per square mile
1975 – 165 persons per square mile
1980 – 159 persons per square mile
1985 – 161 persons per square mile
1990 – 161 persons per square mile
2000 – 186 persons per square mile
FORM OF
GOVERNMENT: Open Town Meeting
Annual Town Election – First Monday in April
Annual Town Meeting – Second Monday in May
VOTERS: As of December 31, 2007
Conservative 2
Democrat 1,686
Green Party USA 1
Green-Rainbow Party 8
Inter. 3rd Party 4
Libertarian 29
Republican 817
Working Families 3
Unenrolled* 2,904 *Formerly called
"Independents"
Total Voters: 5,454
TAX RATE: $11.92 per $1,000 of Valuation
FY 2008 TAXABLE VALUATION: $787,745,192.
Number of Parcels
Residential 2,804
Commercial/Industrial 170
Mixed Use 34
Land 1,073
Multi-Family 156
EXEMPT VALUATION: $91,877,100.
LAND AREA 44.84 square miles – 28,698 miles
ELEVATION: At first floor of Memorial Town Hall: 386.5 feet above mean Sea level
MILES OF HIGHWAY: 106
CLIMATE: 2007 Precipitation: 46.57 inches
High Month: April 7.16 inches
Low Month: Sept. 1.62 inches
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: Monson-Brimfield-Palmer Line
Latitude -42 degrees 08’ 37.08”
Longitude -72 degrees 16” 29.69”
Monson-Palmer-Wilbraham Line
Latitude -42 degrees 09’ 08.61”
Longitude -72 degrees 23’ 22.16”
Monson- Hampden-Stafford Line
Latitude -42 degrees 01’ 57.86”
Longitude -72 degrees 22’ 02.81”
Monson-Stafford-Wales Line
Latitude -42 degrees 01’ 53.97”
Longitude -72 degrees 16’ 16.03”
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