Millers Falls, Massachusetts

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Millers Falls is a census-designated place and village located in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The population was 1,072 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
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[edit] Geography

Millers Falls is located at 42°34′45″N, 72°29′36″W (42.579154, -72.493414)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (3.26%) is water.

[edit] History

Millers Falls was first established as an agricultural community in 1824 as Grout's Corner, named after first settler Martin Grout (1790-1865). However in the 1860s the local growth of railroads greatly enhanced the area's importance, as the New London Northern Railroad bought the Amherst & Palmer railroad in 1864 and in 1866 extended its line to a connection with the Vermont & Massachusetts at Grout's Corner. With this new railroad juncture, the abundant water power at Grout's Corner made it the perfect place to establish mills. Its present name comes from the Millers Falls Manufacturing Company (later the Millers Falls Company), established on the Millers River in 1868 and famed for its fine hand tools.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,072 people, 439 households, and 273 families residing in the village. The population density was 465.1/km² (1,198.1/mi²). There were 472 housing units at an average density of 204.8/km² (527.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.18% White, 0.28% African American, 1.03% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.12% of the population.

There were 439 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the village the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $37,337, and the median income for a family was $41,711. Males had a median income of $34,886 versus $24,375 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,768. About 1.8% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.