History
Historical texts often state that the Chicopee River flows into the Connecticut River at Springfield, Massachusetts; however, in 1848, the City of Chicopee was created out of the northern half of Springfield in effort to deprive Springfield of half of its land and half of its population to prevent it from becoming chartered as a city. The plan succeeded and thus Chicopee was created. (Despite this, Springfield became a city only four years later and Chicopee not long after that. Regardless, currently, the Chicopee River finds its confluence with the Connecticut River 0.5-mile (0.80 km) north of Springfield's northern border, in Chicopee - not Springfield.
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