Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Town
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Location in Berkshire County and the state of Massachusetts.
Coordinates: 42°17′15″N 73°19′15″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Berkshire
Settled	1734
Incorporated	1739
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area [1]
• Total	23.7 sq mi (61.3 km2)
• Land	22.7 sq mi (58.9 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Elevation	842 ft (257 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,018
• Density	85/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01262
Area code	413
FIPS code	25-67595
GNIS feature ID	0618274
Website	www.townofstockbridge.com

Stockbridge is the home of "Alice's Restaurant". It became well known in a song by Arlo Guthrie, on an album he made in 1967.^[3] The words to the song say the town of Stockbridge has "three stop signs, two police officers and one police car".