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Berkshire County is a non-governmental county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 located on the western
Western Massachusetts

Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley....
 edge of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. As of 2000, the population was 134,953. Its largest city and county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 is Pittsfield
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield is the largest city in and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County....
. The Berkshire Hills
The Berkshires

The Berkshires , located in the western parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut, is both a specific highland geologic region and a broader associated cultural region....
 are centered on Berkshire County.

he 14 Massachusetts counties
List of counties in Massachusetts

This is a list of Massachusetts counties, consisting of the 14 Massachusetts counties. Massachusetts has abolished seven of its fourteen county governments, leaving five counties with county-level local government and two, Nantucket County, Massachusetts and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with combined county/city government....
, Berkshire County is one of seven that exists today only as a historical geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 2000.






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Berkshire County is a non-governmental county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 located on the western
Western Massachusetts

Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley....
 edge of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. As of 2000, the population was 134,953. Its largest city and county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 is Pittsfield
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield is the largest city in and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County....
. The Berkshire Hills
The Berkshires

The Berkshires , located in the western parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut, is both a specific highland geologic region and a broader associated cultural region....
 are centered on Berkshire County.

Law and government

Of the 14 Massachusetts counties
List of counties in Massachusetts

This is a list of Massachusetts counties, consisting of the 14 Massachusetts counties. Massachusetts has abolished seven of its fourteen county governments, leaving five counties with county-level local government and two, Nantucket County, Massachusetts and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with combined county/city government....
, Berkshire County is one of seven that exists today only as a historical geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 2000. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council or commissioner. However, communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services. The towns of Berkshire County have formed such a regional compact known as the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission.

See also the .

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the county has a total area of 946 square miles (2,451 km˛), of which, 931 square miles (2,412 km˛) of it is land and 15 square miles (39 km˛) of it (1.58%) is water.

Adjacent counties

  • Bennington County, Vermont
    Bennington County, Vermont

    Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2000, the population was 36,994. Its has the unusual distinction of having two shire towns ....
     (north)
  • Franklin County
    Franklin County, Massachusetts

    Franklin County is a non-governmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 71,535. Its largest community and county seat is Greenfield, Massachusetts....
     (northeast)
  • Hampshire County
    Hampshire County, Massachusetts

    Hampshire County is a non-governmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 152,251. Its largest community and county seat is Northampton, Massachusetts....
     (east)
  • Hampden County
    Hampden County, Massachusetts

    Hampden County is a non-governmental county located in the Pioneer Valley of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2004, the population was 461,228....
     (southeast)
  • Litchfield County, Connecticut
    Litchfield County, Connecticut

    Litchfield County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut and is the core of Upstate Connecticut. Litchfield County also has the least population density among Connecticut's counties....
     (south)
  • Columbia County, New York
    Columbia County, New York

    Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 63,094. The county seat is Hudson, New York....
     (west)
  • Rensselaer County, New York
    Rensselaer County, New York

    Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 152,538. Its name is in honor of the family of Killiaen Van Rensselaer, the original Netherlands owner of the land in the area....
     (northwest)


Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 134,953 people, 56,006 households, and 35,115 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density

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 was 145 people per square mile (56/km˛). There were 66,301 housing units at an average density of 71 per square mile (27/km˛). The racial makeup of the county was 95.02% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 1.99% Black
Race (United States Census)

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 or African American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.15% Native American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.99% Asian
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.04% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.59% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.23% from two or more races. 1.69% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino
Race (United States Census)

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 of any race. 16.5% were of Italian
Italian people

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, 16.4% Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, 10.8% French
French people

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, 10.3% English
English people

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, 8.0% Polish, 7.1% German, 5.8% American
United States

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 and 5.1% French Canadian
French Canadian

French Canadian refers to a nation or ethnic group of French people Kinship and Descent that originated in Canada, New France during the period of French colonization of the Americas beginning in the 17th century....
 ancestry according to Census 2000. 94.1% spoke English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, 1.6% Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 and 1.1% French
French language

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 as their first language.

There were 56,006 households out of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.00% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.30% were non-families. 31.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.40% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,047, and the median income for a family was $50,162. Males had a median income of $36,692 versus $26,504 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the county was $21,807. About 6.50% of families and 9.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.30% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the last two U.S. Presidential elections, Berkshire County was Massachusetts's second-bluest county
Red counties and blue counties

Red counties and blue counties are County whose residents predominantly vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party , respectively, in local, state, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and U.S....
 behind Suffolk County
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Suffolk County is a county of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 689,807. Its county seat is Boston, Massachusetts....
, which consists primarily of Boston. In 2004
United States presidential election, 2004

The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President of the United States....
, the Bay State's native son John Kerry
John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
 carried Berkshire by a massive 47.4% margin over incumbent George W. Bush
George W. Bush

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, with Kerry winning his home state by 25.2% over Bush. In 2008
United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. It was the 56th consecutive wikt:quadrennial United States United States presidential election....
, the county voted for Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 by an even wider 52.6% margin over John McCain
John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
, with Obama winning by 25.7% over McCain statewide.

History

Berkshire County was originally inhabited by the Mahican
Mahican

The Mahicans are an Eastern Algonquian Native Americans in the United States, originally settling in the Hudson River Valley , many then moving to Stockbridge, Massachusetts after 1780, before the remaining descendants moved to northeastern Wisconsin during the 1820s and 1830s....
 (Muh-he-ka-neew) Native American tribe, until the early 1700’s when the first English settlers and frontiersmen appeared around this time and began setting up farms and homesteads. On April 25th 1724 “The English finally paid the Indians 460 pounds, 3 barrels of cider, and 30 quarts of rum for what is today Berkshire County” (page 5. Wood, David H. Lenox Massachusetts Shire Town. Published by the town of Lenox, 1969). This deal exempted modern Sheffield
Sheffield, Massachusetts

Sheffield is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Stockbridge
Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in Western Massachusetts Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Richmond
Richmond, Massachusetts

Richmond is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 and Lenox
Lenox, Massachusetts

Lenox is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, which were collected at various other dates into English territory.

In the 1800s many of the towns of Berkshire County became popular with the country's elite as they built what they called "cottages" throughout the country side. The gilded age ended in the early twentieth century with the income tax, World War 1, and the Great Depression. In the 1900s many of these cottages were torn/burned down, became prep schools, or were left uninhabited.

Today the Berkshires is known throughout the east coast and even throughout the country as the summer home of the Boston Symphony orchestra. It's viewed as a place to relax, from Tanglewood to the Norman Rockwell museum.

Cities, towns, and villages

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*Adams
Adams, Massachusetts

Adams is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Alford
    Alford, Massachusetts

    Alford is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Becket
    Becket, Massachusetts

    Becket is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Cheshire
    Cheshire, Massachusetts

    Cheshire is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Clarksburg
    Clarksburg, Massachusetts

    Clarksburg is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Dalton
    Dalton, Massachusetts

    Dalton is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Dalton is considered by some to be a suburb of the nearby city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts....
  • Egremont
    Egremont, Massachusetts

    Egremont is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Florida
    Florida, Massachusetts

    Florida is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Great Barrington
    Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    Great Barrington is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    • Housatonic
      Housatonic, Massachusetts

      Housatonic is a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
       (a village of Great Barrington)*
    • Van Deusenville (a village of Great Barrington)*
  • Hancock
    Hancock, Massachusetts

    Hancock is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Hinsdale
    Hinsdale, Massachusetts

    Hinsdale is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Lanesborough
    Lanesborough, Massachusetts

    Lanesborough is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    • Berkshire (a village of Lanesborough)*
  • Lee
    Lee, Massachusetts

    Lee is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Lenox
    Lenox, Massachusetts

    Lenox is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    • Lenox Dale
      Lenox Dale, Massachusetts

      Lenox Dale is a village in Lenox, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States at the border of the town of Lee, Massachusetts, along the Housatonic River....
       (a village of Lenox)*
  • Monterey
    Monterey, Massachusetts

    Monterey is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
     Shares services with Great Barrington
  • Mount Washington
    Mount Washington, Massachusetts

    Mount Washington is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • New Ashford
    New Ashford, Massachusetts

    New Ashford is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • New Marlborough
    New Marlborough, Massachusetts

    New Marlborough is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • North Adams
    North Adams, Massachusetts

    North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Otis
    Otis, Massachusetts

    Otis is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Peru
    Peru, Massachusetts

    Peru is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 821 at the 2000 census....
  • Pittsfield
    Pittsfield, Massachusetts

    Pittsfield is the largest city in and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County....
  • Richmond
    Richmond, Massachusetts

    Richmond is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Sandisfield
    Sandisfield, Massachusetts

    Sandisfield is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Savoy
    Savoy, Massachusetts

    Savoy is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Sheffield
    Sheffield, Massachusetts

    Sheffield is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
     Shares services with Great Barrington
    • Ashley Falls (a village of Sheffield)*
  • Stockbridge
    Stockbridge, Massachusetts

    Stockbridge is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in Western Massachusetts Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    • Glendale (a village of Stockbridge)*
    • Interlaken (a village of Stockbridge)*
  • Tyringham
    Tyringham, Massachusetts

    Tyringham is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
     Shares many services with Lee
  • Washington
    Washington, Massachusetts

    Washington is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
     Shares services with Lenox
  • West Stockbridge
    West Stockbridge, Massachusetts

    West Stockbridge is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • Williamstown
    Williamstown, Massachusetts

    Williamstown is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west....
  • Windsor
    Windsor, Massachusetts

    Windsor is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
*: Villages are census divisions, but have no separate legal existence from the towns they are in.

  North: Bennington County, Vermont
Bennington County, Vermont

Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2000, the population was 36,994. Its has the unusual distinction of having two shire towns ....
 
West: Rensselaer County, New York
Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 152,538. Its name is in honor of the family of Killiaen Van Rensselaer, the original Netherlands owner of the land in the area....
 Berkshire County East: Franklin County, Massachusetts
Franklin County, Massachusetts

Franklin County is a non-governmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 71,535. Its largest community and county seat is Greenfield, Massachusetts....
West: Columbia County, New York
Columbia County, New York

Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 63,094. The county seat is Hudson, New York....
 East: Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Hampshire County is a non-governmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 152,251. Its largest community and county seat is Northampton, Massachusetts....
East: Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Hampden County is a non-governmental county located in the Pioneer Valley of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2004, the population was 461,228....
  South: Litchfield County, Connecticut
Litchfield County, Connecticut

Litchfield County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut and is the core of Upstate Connecticut. Litchfield County also has the least population density among Connecticut's counties....
°		 
°: There is also a southern border with Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The United States Census 2000 lists the population as 280,150, but the United States Census Bureau gives an estimate of 292,706 residents for the 12-month period ending July 1, 2007....
, however this is in a forested area and there is no direct access to Berkshire County.

See also

  • USS Berkshire County (LST-288)
    USS Berkshire County (LST-288)

    USS Berkshire County was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Berkshire County, Massachusetts, she was the only U.S....


External links

  • (Berkshire Vacation Site)
  • (news web site)
  • (A Web site]
  • (A Blog]
  • (weekly newspaper]
  • (daily newspaper)
  • Wall & Gray. 1871 . . Counties - , , , , , , ,, , . Cities - , , , , , , , , , . . These 1871 maps of the Counties and Cities are useful to see the roads and rail lines.
  • Beers,D.G. 1872 Atlas of Essex County . Click on the map for a very large image. Also see detailed map of .