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Otis, Massachusetts

Otis, Massachusetts
Town
Benton Pond, East Otis
Benton Pond, East Otis
Official seal of Otis, Massachusetts
Seal
Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Coordinates: 42°11′35″N 73°05′32″W / 42.19306°N 73.09222°W / 42.19306; -73.09222Coordinates: 42°11′35″N 73°05′32″W / 42.19306°N 73.09222°W / 42.19306; -73.09222
Country United States
State Massachusetts
County Berkshire
Settled 1735
Incorporated (as Loudon) 1773
Incorporated (as Otis) June 13, 1810
Government
 • Type Open town meeting
Area
 • Total 38.0 sq mi (98.5 km2)
 • Land 35.6 sq mi (92.1 km2)
 • Water 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Elevation 1,220 ft (372 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,612
 • Density 45/sq mi (17.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 01253
Area code(s) 413
FIPS code 25-51580
GNIS feature ID 0619422
Website www.townofotisma.com

Otis is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,612 at the 2010 census.

For geographic and demographic information on East Otis, which is part of the town of Otis, see East Otis, Massachusetts. The numbers reported in that article are included in the figures below.

Officially incorporated in 1810, the town was created when the unincorporated town of Loudon annexed the adjacent District of Bethlehem in 1809. It was named after Harrison Gray Otis, an influential lawyer, financier, and politician in revolutionary Massachusetts. General Henry Knox passed through the town in January 1776, bringing cannons from Fort Ticonderoga in New York to aid in ending the Siege of Boston, a route now known as the Knox Trail. The town was a farming community, with several small mill industries growing along the waterways, and today is mostly rural with some tourism.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.0 square miles (98.5 km2), of which 35.6 square miles (92.1 km2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), or 6.55%, is water. Otis lies along the eastern border of Berkshire County with Hampden County, bordered by Becket to the north, Blandford to the east, Tolland to the southeast, Sandisfield to the south, and Monterey and Tyringham to the west. Otis is 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Pittsfield, 30 miles (48 km) west-northwest of Springfield, and 116 miles (187 km) west of Boston.


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