Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Town
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Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Coordinates: 42°17′15″N 73°19′15″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Berkshire
Settled	1734
Incorporated	1739
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area [1]
• Total	23.7 sq mi (61.3 km^2)
• Land	22.7 sq mi (58.9 km^2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2.4 km^2)
Elevation	842 ft (257 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,018
• Density	85/sq mi (33/km^2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01262
Area code	413
FIPS code	25-67595
GNIS feature ID	0618274
Website	www.townofstockbridge.com

Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Stockbridge is the home of "Alice's Restaurant". It became well known in a song by Arlo Guthrie, on an album he made in 1967.^[3] The words to the song say the town of Stockbridge has "three stop signs, two police officers and one police car".

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
2. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stockbridge town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
3. Sally Moore (29 March 1976). "Alice's Restaurant Is Alive and Well in Stockbridge, Mass. but An Exasperated Alice Is Moving on". People Magazine archive. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.