Place Names of Hampshire County
The information here is taken from the United States Board on Geographic Names web site: (http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/). The entries have been edited for presentation here. Note that the first column of column entries may not line up with the columns below due to the length of some entries. "Map" is the 1:24,000 topographical map. Some terms have been abbreviated; most should be self evident. Less common terms include: Designated Place = DsgPl and Populated Place = PopPl; VFD/C = Volunteer Fire Department/Company; VRS = Volunteer Rescue Squad; (h*) = historical.