South Deerfield, Massachusetts

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South Deerfield is a census-designated place and village located in the town of Deerfield in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The population was 1,868 at the 2000 census.

Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

History

South Deerfield is sometimes thought of as the country bumpkin brother of Old Deerfield, home of Deerfield Academy. Famous for its slogan "Be Worthy of Your Heritage,' Deerfield Academy is often considered a blue blood school.

One can find retail and service establishments of many sorts in South Deerfield. There is a hardware store, video rental store (The Video Zone), a coffee shop GoNomad Cafè, a family restaurant (Wolfie's), various hair salons, a liquor store, the Tilton Library, a dive bar, an Italian restaurant, a pizza place (Antonio's Pizza), and a small, local brewery Berkshire Brewing Company.

Geography

South Deerfield is located at [42°28′37″N, 72°36′2″W] (42.476925, -72.600610)^{[Geographic references#1GR1]}.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.4 km² (3.3 mi²). 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (3.37%) is water. South Deerfield is drained by the Deerfield and Connecticut rivers.

Demographics

As of the census^{[Geographic references#2GR2]} of 2000, there were 1,868 people, 821 households, and 490 families residing in the village. The population density was 229.7/km² (594.3/mi²). There were 869 housing units at an average density of 106.9/km² (276.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.68% White, 0.80% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.86% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.25% of the population.

There were 821 households out of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the village the population was spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,984, and the median income for a family was $65,298. Males had a median income of $37,898 versus $33,661 for females. The per capita income for the village was $24,144. About 1.3% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

External links

[Town of Deerfield, Massachusetts Official Website]
* [Deerfield Academy]
* [Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation]
[Maps and aerial photos] Coordinates: [42.476925° -72.60061°]
* Street map from [Google Maps] or [Yahoo! Maps]
* Topographic map from [TopoZone]
* Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
* Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Windows Live Local]

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