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Main Street, Monson MAPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History · Monson Center

48% of Monson Center’s homes were built before 1940

4 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1887 on.

4on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Monson Center’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monson Center are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18877 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1979. Watch Monson Center change.Old housesHalf of Monson Center’s homes were built before 1950.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monson Center’s history is told.

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On the map

Monson Center on the map, 1887 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Monson Center. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Monson Center on the 1887 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1893 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1919 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1946 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1953 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1967 USGS mapMonson Center on the 1979 USGS map1887Palmer sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Monson Center.

The story so far

Monson Center, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monson Center yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Monson Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Monson in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Monson Center had a population of 1,952. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,107 to 1,952 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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On the National Register

4 historic places in Monson Center

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Monson Center

Nobody well known was born in Monson Center itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dr. SeussAmerican children's author and cartoonist · b. 1904
Kurt RussellAmerican actor · b. 1951
Timothy LearyAmerican psychologist · b. 1920
Richard F. HeckAmerican chemist · b. 1931
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Chloë SevignyAmerican actress · b. 1974
Lucy StoneAmerican abolitionist and suffragist · b. 1818

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.