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Berkshire County

county in Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Berkshire County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 1,434 Wikipedia views per month (county of massachusetts category, ranking #7 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Pittsfield[5]
  • Shares border with: Bennington County[6], Franklin County[7], Hampshire County[8], Hampden County[9], Litchfield County[10], Dutchess County[11], Columbia County[12], Rensselaer County[13], Northwest Hills Planning Region[14]
  • Named after: Berkshire[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Pittsfield[16], Adams[17], Alford[18], Becket[19], Cheshire[20], Clarksburg[21], Dalton[22], Egremont[23], Florida[24], Great Barrington[25], Hancock[26], Hinsdale[27], Lanesborough[28], Lee[29]
  • Commons category: Berkshire County, Massachusetts[30]
  • Inception: 1761[31]
  • Coordinate location: 42.396388888888886, -73.21[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Berkshire County, Massachusetts[33]
  • Population: 131,219[34], 131,257[35], 130,501[36], 130,120[37], 129,585[38], 127,828[39], 124,944[40], 129,026[41]
  • Topic has template: Template:Berkshire County, Massachusetts[42]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts[43]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Berkshire County, Massachusetts[44]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Berkshire County, Massachusetts[45]
  • Number of households: 54,786[46]
  • Demonym: Berkshirite[47]

Why It Matters

Berkshire County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Massachusetts United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Berkshire County, M
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Berkshire County, Massachusetts.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pr"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → berkshire-county, berkshire-county-mass
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: berkshire-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911876|berkshire county (#289911876)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Berkshire County, Massachusetts
    Named after → Berkshire
    Inception → —
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+37025'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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