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Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,247. [ 14] Located 8 miles (13 km) north of Springfield, Holyoke is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area, one of the two distinct ...
The Holyoke Mall location subsequently reopens as a Filene's. [178] 1996 – July 6: A memorial plaque is dedicated at the site of the 1946 Mount Tom crash, with many small pieces of the B-17 still being found by that time. [179] 1997 – Holyoke Gas & Electric launches its first fiber optics communications services. [77]
As of the 2010 United States Census, [2] there were 39,880 people, 15,361 households, and 9,329 families residing in the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The population density was 723.6/km 2 (1,874/mi²). There were 16,384 housing units at an average density of 277.2/km 2 (718.6/mi²). The City of Holyoke has in its history, had a uniquely ...
November 6, 1957. p. D11. Holyoke voters actually picked two mayors. Atty. Samuel Resnic won the two-year term starting next Jan. 1. Paul L. Brougham was victor in the special election to complete the unexpired term of Mayor Edwin Seibel, who died in September. ^ Feinberg, Mark (November 10, 1957).
One of the earliest maps of Holyoke, as "Ireland, or 3 d Parish of Springfield", often corrupted as "Ireland Parish", 1827. While the earliest settlers of Springfield would largely be of Yankee English stock, the first of the residents of the 3rd Parish of West Springfield were Irish immigrants who began settling in the region before the construction of the dam and industrialization that ...
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans ( French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), [ a] predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills. By 1900, 1 in 3 people in Holyoke were of French ...
September 12, 2008. The North High Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the downtown area of Holyoke, Massachusetts. When first added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district encompassed North High Street, between Dwight and Lyman Streets. This part of High Street was built between 1850 ...
01040. Area code. 413. MACRIS ID. HLY.W. The Flats is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located to the east of the city center, adjacent to the downtown. Although it lies at one of the lowest elevations in Holyoke, its name derives not from topography but from the brick tenement "flats" which characterized its architecture throughout ...