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Blandford, Massachusetts
2000
Population: 1,214
Area:
51.7 sq mi
Population
Density: 23.5 / sq mi
Accessible
by: Route 23
Attractions:
Blandford
Ski Area, Executive
Paintball, Blandford Country Club, Blandford State Forest,
Chester-Blandford State Forest, Tolland State Forest
Scots-Irish settlers came to the Hidden Hills in the early 1730s, bringing with them their experience of cultivating difficult, rocky soil from the Scottish Highlands. Today, even a short stroll through the outreaching woods from the town will pass the refuge of farms abandoned, such as stone walls and cellar holes, for the promise of better land in New York or further west.
People come from all over to the Blandford Fairgrounds on Labor Day Weekend, which hosts the Blandford Fair, an event full of games and classic New England sparkle for the entire family.
We
welcome submissions of facts, stories and information
about the hilltowns.
If you have any knowledge to share,
please email us.
For
more information about Blandford see their
Commonwealth
Communities Page
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