Belchertown, Massachusetts

Belchertown, Massachusetts
Town
Belchertown Common
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Nicknames:  B-town, Cold Spring
Location in Hampshire County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°16′37″N 72°24′05″W / 42.27694°N 72.40139°W / 42.27694; -72.40139
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Hampshire
Settled	1731
Incorporated	1761
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
• Select Board	Edward G. Boscher, Chair Ronald E. Aponte, Vice Chair Margaret D. Louraine, Clerk Jennifer D. Turner Lesa Lessard Pearson
• Town Administrator	Steve Williams
Area
• Total	55.4 sq mi (143.4 km2)
• Land	52.7 sq mi (136.6 km2)
• Water	2.6 sq mi (6.8 km2)
Elevation	613 ft (187 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,350
• Density	291.3/sq mi (112.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01007
Area code	413
FIPS code	25-04825
GNIS feature ID	0618196
Website	www.belchertown.org

Belchertown (previously known as Cold Spring and Belcher's Town)^[1] is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,350 at the 2020 census.^[2] The town includes the census-designated place of Belchertown. Belchertown was formerly the home of the Belchertown State School. The land on which the school sat is, as of 2016, being redeveloped for mixed uses including residential, commercial and recreational. This includes the 385-acre (156 ha) Lampson Brook Farm, used for community and sustainable agriculture, outdoor recreation, and wildlife preservation.