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Pittsfield

city and county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Pittsfield is a city in the United States[1]. Pittsfield ranks in the top 5% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Berkshire County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Shares border with: Hancock[6], Lanesborough[7], Dalton[8], Washington[9], Lenox[10]
  • Named after: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Cava de' Tirreni[12], Ballina[13]
  • Postal code: 01201[14], 01202[15], 01203[16]
  • Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Berkshire district[17], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Berkshire district[18], Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden district[19]
  • Commons category: Pittsfield, Massachusetts[20]
  • Local dialing code: 413[21]
  • Inception: 1752[22]
  • Coordinate location: 42.45, -73.25[23]
  • Official website: http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pittsfield, Massachusetts[25]
  • Population: 1992[26], 44,737[27], 43,927[28]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts[29]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], The American Cyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[33], New International Encyclopedia[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35]
  • Capital of: Berkshire County[36]
  • Official name: Pittsfield[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pittsfield, Massachusetts[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pittsfield, Massachusetts[39]
  • Number of households: 19,072[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Pittsfield, Massachusetts[41]
  • Owner of: Wahconah Park[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 317[43]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 109.977605[44] and 109.984277[45].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Pittsfield include Pittsfield Municipal Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48].

Why It Matters

Pittsfield has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Pittsfield is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Pittsfield include Pittsfield Municipal Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48].

Related Entities

Adrian Pasdar Cava de' Tirreni Elizabeth Banks Lars Ahlfors Richard Neal United States William Miller

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  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Named after → William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pittsfield
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pittsfield, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950324|pittsfield (#289950324)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 15w ago · 636Buster · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+19072'}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The American Cyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +3
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+33957'}
    Country → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Pittsfield, Massachusetts skyline.jpg"
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