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Feature ID

608956

Name

Turners Falls

Class

Populated Place

Feature Code

Unincorporated Place

Location

Franklin County - Massachusetts

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Entry Date

February 24, 1974

*Elevation

73 meters / 240 feet

Designations

History

Named for Captain William Turner of Boston who led the massacre of the indians and fell here on May 19, 1676, (MGB 1932).

Description

2 mi E of Greenfield; Town of Montague.

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
70815	U5	1300	1300

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Peskeompskut	No	U.S. Geological Survey	US	Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981)	December 31, 1981	-	-	-	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Name	Date	Authority	Type

Filename

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	42.6042523, -72.5564777 / 42° 36' 15.31" N, 72° 33' 23.32" W	Greenfield	MA

Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Massachusetts	Franklin County

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