Official Name: | Blandford, Massachusetts |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Label: | Blandford |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Massachusetts |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hampden |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Blandford |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.98 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.98 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.15 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 363 |
Population Density Km2: | 121.84 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 315.65 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 442.4 |
Coordinates: | 42.1803°N -72.9294°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 01008 |
Area Code: | 413 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 25-06050 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0608279 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Blandford is a census-designated place that comprises the populated center of the town of Blandford in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 393 at the 2010 census,[2] out of 1,233 in the entire town of Blandford. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Blandford CDP is in the east-central part of the town of Blandford, at the junction of Massachusetts Route 23 and North Street. The CDP extends approximately 0.5miles north, west, and south from the town center and approximately east along Route 23. Interstate 90, the Massachusetts Turnpike, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, although there is no direct access to the community from the turnpike. Blandford sits at an elevation of 442.4order=flipNaNorder=flip at the eastern edge of the Berkshires.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3sqkm, all land.[2]