Baconville

Baconville is a hamlet in Town of Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts. Baconville is situated nearby to the hamlet Sirius Community, as well as near Pratt Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Orient and East Leverett Cemetery.

Mount Orient

Peak

Mount Orient, 955 feet, is a south-facing high point on an upland plateau overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Pelham, Massachusetts. Although the summit is wooded, a lower, south-facing ledge of exfoliating metamorphic rock provides views of the Holyoke Range and the east-central Pioneer Valley. Mount Orient is situated 2½ miles southwest of Baconville.

East Leverett Cemetery

Cemetery

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East Leverett Cemetery is situated 2½ miles west of Baconville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shutesbury and Pelham.

Shutesbury

Village

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Shutesbury is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,717 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts. Shutesbury is situated 2½ miles northeast of Baconville.

Pelham

Village

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Pelham is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,280 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is shared with Amherst. Pelham is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pelham is situated 3 miles southeast of Baconville.

Pelham Town Hall Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Pelham Town Hall Historic District encompasses the remaining municipal portion of the center of Pelham, Massachusetts as laid out between 1738 and 1743. Pelham Town Hall Historic District is situated 3 miles southeast of Baconville.

Baconville

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Baconsville”
Category: locality
Location: Town of Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.42315° or 42° 25′ 23″ north

Longitude

-72.44175° or 72° 26′ 30″ west

Elevation

965 feet (294 metres)

Open location code

87J9CHF5+77

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158862202

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4929550

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