Bondsville, Massachusetts
human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
Bondsville is an area and former census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Palmer in Hampden County in the western part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The population of the CDP was 1,876 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after Emelius Bond who first secured the water rights of the Swift River in 1846 to form the Bond Village Manufacturing Company.
History
Born in 1800 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, Emelius Bond arrived in what would become Bondsville in 1830 and started a mill that utilized the water power of the Swift River. The Bond Village Manufacturing Company was later granted the legal rights to the waters of the Swift River in 1846. Later, the company would be purchased and become known as the Boston Duck Company which produced fabrics and specialized in fabric for raincoats. The Boston Duck Company closed its doors in 1941 where the building and many of its mill houses were auctioned off. In October 1968, the entire complex which stood over much of Main Street, was destroyed in a multi-day massive fire.
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