ARCHIVE
Welcome to the Mt. Washington archive of photographs and documents of the Mountain. Much important Mountain historical material is in family collections. With the permission of the owners, we are digitizing those materials and mounting them in the archive. The records of our local history will continue to exist through the years
Turkey on the road at Pennyroyal Arms! Circa 1900
HISTORY
Mount Washington was first settled by Europeans in 1692 and was officially incorporated in 1779. As of the census of 2000, there were 130 people, 64 households, and 36 families residing in the town. The name of the town is a tribute to George Washington, who at the time of incorporation was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
THE CULTURE
Mount Washington employs the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a board of selectmen and administrative assistant. The town has no post office (it is served by the Egremont post office). The town has a small library which is connected to the regional library system.
LAND
The town is the smallest town of the 32 cities and towns in Berkshire County, and the third-smallest of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts (only Monroe and Gosnold are smaller).
