One of the ventures of the Boston Associates, Chicopee Massachusetts is a city built around several smaller former mill communities on its namesake, the Chicopee Massachusetts River.
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18 Facts About Chicopee Massachusetts
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Chicopee Massachusetts today goes by the nickname the "Crossroads of New England" as part of a business-development marketing campaign, one that West Springfield uses.
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Chicopee Massachusetts moved from the Town of Roxbury to Springfield to found the first settlement in the area that comprises the territory of today's Chicopee Center .
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Chicopee Massachusetts adopted the motto "Industriae Variae", which means "Various Industries".
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Chicopee Massachusetts's industries included cotton mills, woolen mills, textiles, brass and iron foundries, paper making, footwear factories, for leather boots and shoes, the first friction matches, and ship building.
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Chicopee Massachusetts was home to production of the first gasoline-powered automobile made in the United States, the Duryea.
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Chicopee Massachusetts was the first city west of Boston to form a publicly funded public library.
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Land sales in Chicopee Massachusetts were recorded in 1659, but apparently no homes were built immediately.
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Chicopee Massachusetts Street was part of the First Parish in Springfield.
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In total, Chicopee Massachusetts became four distinct commercial and political sub-divisions, each with its own ethnic makeup representing its own special interests and, much too frequently, in conflict with each other.
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French-Canadian factory workers from Chicopee Massachusetts Falls, Cabotville, and Holyoke began to build up the community.
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Villages of Cabotville, Chicopee Falls, Willimansett, and Fairview remained a part of Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1636 until 1848, when they were partitioned to form the Town of Chicopee.
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Chicopee Massachusetts Falls, Chicopee Massachusetts Center, Fairview, and Willimansett continued to develop.
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Chicopee Massachusetts is located 29 miles away from Hartford, 89 miles away from Boston, 90 miles from Albany and 140 miles from New York City.
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Chicopee Massachusetts is mostly a service economy with a mixture of small, local businesses and national chains.
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Since 2013, Chicopee Massachusetts has been home to the headquarters of the Chemex Corporation, makers of the Chemex pour-over coffeemaker, which has been produced with the same design since 1941.
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Chicopee Massachusetts is home to a handful of financial businesses as well including Alden Credit Union, The Polish National Credit Union and Chicopee Massachusetts Savings Bank.
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Chicopee Massachusetts has a multitude of Catholic schools that are operated under the Diocese of Springfield.
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