Originally Plantation Number 9. by the Court of Massachusetts Bay, Huntington has a colorful history, hinted at by the town's incorporation date of March 5th, 1855, decades later than the towns around it. The town was assembled from pieces of surrounding towns, which were grafted onto the town of Norwich, Murrayfield, and Knightville . The present village center sits on what was the meeting point of three towns and two counties. The location of the village created a tangle of jurisdictional confusion. With the coming of the railroad in the 1840s and the expansion of industry and population that came with it, the political difficulties that the boundaries presented became untenable.

The solution that resulted in the town we call home today was crafted by a Northampton attorney named Charles Huntington. Once the new town was incorporated, Mr. Huntington presented it with a gift that was the foundation of the town's library. After some discussion, the newly formed town voted to adopt the name of 'Huntington', in honor of its recent architect and benefactor.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.9 square miles (70 km²), of which 26.6 square miles (69 km²) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²) (1.00%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,174 people, 809 households, and 597 families residing in the town. The population density was 81.6 people per square mile (31.5/km²). There were 935 housing units at an average density of 35.1 per square mile (13.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.56% White, 0.41% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.28% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.84% of the population.

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