Greenfield is a city in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,456 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Community College, the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Franklin County Fair. The city has a Main Street Historic District containing fine examples of Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian architecture. Greenfield is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pocumtuck Indians first settled and originally inhabited the Greenfield area. Native American artifacts found... in the area have been dated as originating between 7,000 to 9,000 years BC. The Pocumtucks planted field crops and fished the rivers, but were wiped out as a tribe by the Mohawks in 1664. Thereafter, the newly unoccupied area—being the eastern terminus of the Mohawk Trail, a principal route for Native American trade traveling west into New York—was colonized by the English in 1686 as part of Deerfield. In 1753 Greenfield was set off from Deerfield and incorporated as a separate town, named for the Green River.
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| County: | Franklin County |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 18,168 |
| Area: | 21.9 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Greenfield, Massachusetts, East Greenfield, East Greenfield, Massachusetts |