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| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Franklin |
| Settled | 1762 |
| Incorporated | 1785 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Open town meeting |
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| - Total | 24. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. This is a list of Massachusetts counties, consisting of the 14 Massachusetts counties Franklin County is a non-governmental County located in the U An Open town meeting is a form of municipal legislature typical in the New England region of the United States. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 1 sq mi (62. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²) |
| - Land | 23. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi (61. 0 km²) |
| - Water | 0. 5 sq mi (1. 3 km²) |
| Elevation | 1,364 ft (416 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 351 |
| - Density | 14. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/sq mi (5. 8/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 01367 |
| Area code(s) | 413 |
| FIPS code | 25-58335 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0618174 |
| Website: http://www.rowe-ma.gov/ | |
Rowe is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 413 is the area code for Western Massachusetts. It is the largest area code by land area covered in the state extending from the western state line to the Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states Franklin County is a non-governmental County located in the U The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 351 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The Springfield Metropolitan Area is the region that is socio-economically tied to the city of Springfield Massachusetts.
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History
Rowe was the site of fishing and foraging for local Native American tribes. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The area was first visited by white settlers in 1744, and was the site of a fort to guard against raids. In 1762, the town lands were purchased by the Rev. Cornelius Jones, who named it "Myrifield" after the Greek word for "thousand. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly " The town had enough settlers by 1785 to have it incorporated as a town, renamed by the Massachusetts General Court presumably for John Rowe, a prominent Boston merchant. The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled The General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Rowe grew around mills on the river, but also had other industries, including sulfur, talc and soapstone mining. In the late 1880s, with the addition of the railroad along the river, the town became a small resort town, but this and most industry eventually dried up, leaving the town fairly rural until the 1950s. At that point, with the "baby boom" underway, Rowe became the site of Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station, the first nuclear power plant in New England, near the Sherman Dam along the Vermont border. Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station ( Decommissioned) was a Nuclear power plant in Rowe Massachusetts, that operated from 1960 to 1992 Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions The plant was in operation from 1960 to 1992, and the plant is now completely decommissioned, with the nuclear waste set to be transported to Yucca Mountain's containment facilities upon their completion in 2020. [1]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 1 square miles (62. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²), of which, 23. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 square miles (61. 0 km²) of it is land and 0. 5 square miles (1. 3 km²) of it (2. 16%) is water. Rowe lies along the northern border of Franklin County and Massachusetts, bordered by Windham County, Vermont to the north and along the western border of the county with Berkshire County. Windham County is a County located in the US state of Vermont. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. For the Royal County of Berkshire UK see Berkshire Berkshire County is a non-governmental County located on the western The town is bordered by Whitingham, Vermont to the north, Heath to the east, Charlemont to the south, and Florida and Monroe to the west. Whitingham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Heath is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Charlemont is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Florida is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Monroe is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Rowe is located 23 miles west-northwest of Greenfield, 53 miles north-northwest of Springfield, and 112 west-northwest of Boston. Greenfield is a city in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
Rowe lies along the eastern bank of the Deerfield River, which is dammed near the Vermont border to form the Sherman Reservoir. Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The town also has two other large bodies of water, the Upper Bear Swamp Reservoir and Pelham Lake, which feeds Pelham Brook, a tributary of the river. The town is hilly, with two main ridges on either side of Pelham Brook. Near the southwest corner of town is Negus Mountain, along the western ridge, and along the eastern ridge lies Todd Mountain and Adams Mountain, the highest point in town. Much of the land southeast of Pelham Lake is part of the Pelham Lake Park, which extends to the mountains. There are also two small units of Monroe State Forest in town.
Rowe is one of a handful of small towns in Massachusetts which has no state highways. (Nearly half of these towns are on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, with the majority of the rest in Central and Western Massachusetts. Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both ) The nearest state highways are Route 8A, which runs through neighboring Heath, and Route 2 (the Mohawk Trail), which runs through Charlemont and Florida. Route 8A refers to two separate north-south State highways in western Massachusetts. Route 2 is a major east-west State highway in Massachusetts. Along with Route 9 and Route 20 to the South these highways are the main alternatives The Mohawk Trail began as an Native American trade route which connected Atlantic tribes with tribes in Upstate New York and beyond The nearest interstate, Interstate 91, passes through the center of the county, near the junction of the Deerfield River and the Connecticut River. Interstate 91 (abbreviated I-91) is an Interstate highway in the New England section of the United States. The Connecticut River is the largest River in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border A short section of railroad tracks leading westward to the Hoosac Tunnel passes through the southwest corner of town, but the town is otherwise not served by rail, bus or air service. The Hoosac Tunnel (also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel) is a 4 The nearest bus and small air service is in North Adams, the nearest Amtrak service is in Pittsfield, and the nearest national air serivce can be reached at Albany International Airport in New York. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Albany International Airport is an airport of entry serving Albany, New York.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 351 people, 154 households, and 105 families residing in the town. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population By population, Rowe ranks 24th out of the 26 cities and towns in Franklin County, and 344th out of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. The population density was 14. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9 people per square mile (5. 8/km²), which ranks 24th in the county and 345th in the Commonwealth. There were 209 housing units at an average density of 8. 9/sq mi (3. 4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99. 72% White, 0. 28% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 14% of the population.
There were 154 households out of which 22. 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59. 1% were married couples living together, 5. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31. 8% were non-families. 26. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 28 and the average family size was 2. 75.
In the town the population was spread out with 19. 7% under the age of 18, 4. 3% from 18 to 24, 21. 1% from 25 to 44, 36. 2% from 45 to 64, and 18. 8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 90. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93. 2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $41,944, and the median income for a family was $53,750. Males had a median income of $32,143 versus $28,438 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,134. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country None of the families and 2. 8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 3. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those over 64.
Government
Rowe employs the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a board of selectmen. An Open town meeting is a form of municipal legislature typical in the New England region of the United States. The Board of Selectmen is commonly the executive arm of Town Governments in the New England region of the United States. The town has a police station, which also patrols neighboring Monroe, as well as a fire station, a library connected to the regional library network, and a post office, all of which are located near the Town Hall at the center of town. The nearest hospital, North Adams Regional Hospital, is located in North Adams.
On the state level, Rowe is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the First Berkshire district, which includes the northern portion of Berkshire County as well as several towns in northwest Franklin County. The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is part of the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and the western portions of Hampshire and Franklin Counties. The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the Bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [3] The town is patrolled by the Second (Shelburne Falls) Station of Troop "B" of the Massachusetts State Police. The Massachusetts State Police ( MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ' Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement [4]
On the national level, Rowe is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by John Olver of Amherst since June of 1991. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Massachusetts's first congressional district is in western and central Massachusetts. John Walter Olver (born September 3 1936) American politician has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley Massachusetts is represented in the United States Senate by senior Senator Ted Kennedy and junior Senator John Kerry. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator
Education
Rowe's school system is a sub-system in the nine-town Mohawk Trail Regional School District, which serves much of western Franklin County. Town students attend the Rowe Elementary School from pre-kindergarten through sixth grades, and all students in the district attend Mohawk Trail Regional High School in Buckland. Mohawk Trail Regional High School is located on Route 112 in Buckland Massachusetts, United States. Buckland is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. There is a private academy in neighboring Charlemont, and other private and religious schools in nearby North Adams. North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
The nearest community college, Greenfield Community College, is located in Greenfield. Greenfield Community College is a two-year Community College in Greenfield Massachusetts. The nearest state college is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, and the nearest state university is the University of Massachusetts Amherst. History Founded in 1894 as North Adams Normal School offered first instruction at postsecondary level in 1897 changed name in 1932 to State Teachers College of North Adams The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The nearest private college is Williams College in Williamstown, with several others located southeast in the Northampton area. Williams College is a highly selective private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Points of interest
- Rowe Camp and Conference Center is a Unitarian Universalist organization in operation since 1924. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit, offering a variety of summer camp options for youth, as well as adult conferences and retreats. 501(c is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code ( listing 28 types of Non-profit organizations exempt from some federal Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries The term retreat has several related meanings all of which have in common the notion of safety or temporarily removing oneself from one's usual environment in order to become immersed [5]
References
- ^ Town of Rowe, Massachusetts - A Brief Town History
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ List of Massachusetts Legislators by City and Town
- ^ Station B-2, SP Shelburne Falls
- ^ Rowe Camp and Conference Center
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