West Springfield is a canal community like many of the communities in Hampden County. The canal was completed in 1839 and was named the Agawam Canal. The community became a town in 1774. This location was settled in 1655. Agawam would separate in 1855 and Holyoke in 1850.
Eastern States Exposition
EXTERNAL link to other town hikes
West Springfield Aqueduct Worker Housing – Covenant Community Church Parsonage – 112 Amostown Rd 1892
CHURCHES
Saint Thomas the Apostle Church Campus
West Springfield First Parish Church
Southwick Baptist Meeting House
Mittineague Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of West Springfield
CEMETERY
Meeting House Hill Cemetery (White Church Cemetery) – Elm Street nearly opposite Kings Highway 1808
Mount Calvary Cemetery – Dominican Monastery of the Mother of God