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Place Name
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Berkshire County
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Pronunciation
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BUHRK-shir
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Pittsfield
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Population
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139,352 (1990)
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°22'N
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Longitude
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73°13'W
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Berkshire
(BUHRK-shir), county (
946 sq mi/2,450 sq km; 1990 pop.
139,352), W Mass., bordering Vt., N.Y., and Conn.;  Pittsfield;
42°22'N 73°13'W. Embraces most of the Berkshire Hills; popular
summer and winter resort area, with mfg. towns. Textile prods., paper
mills, plastics prods., metal prods., industrial machinery, search and
navigation equip., electronic capacitors. Livestock; hay, fruit,
nursery prods.; dairying. Mt. Greylock
(3,491 ft/1,064 m), highest point in Mass., is
near North Adams. Rivers include Housatonic, Hoosic, and Farmington. In
N, Hoosac RR Tunnel pierces the Hoosac Range. Appalachian Trail
traverses co. (N-S). Formed 1761.
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