Editing Agawam, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==

[[Image:Provin Mountain.jpg|thumb|right| View from Provin Mountain, the highest point in Agawam.]]Agawam is located at {{Coord|42|4|19|N|72|38|39|W|type:city}} (42.071961, –72.644097).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The city borders [[West Springfield, Massachusetts|West Springfield]], Massachusetts, to the north, [[Southwick, Massachusetts|Southwick]], Massachusetts, to the west, [[Longmeadow, Massachusetts|Longmeadow]], Massachusetts, to the east, [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], Massachusetts, to the northeast, and [[Suffield, Connecticut|Suffield]], Connecticut, to the south. [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]], Massachusetts, also borders to the northwest.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|24.2|mi2|0|sp=us}} of which {{convert|23.2|mi2|0|sp=us}} is land and {{convert|1|mi2|0|sp=us}} (4.09%) is water.

The highest point in Agawam is the {{convert|640|ft|0|adj=on|sp=us}}-tall [[Provin Mountain]], a ridge that, along with the southern part of [[East Mountain (Hampden County, Massachusetts)|East Mountain]], forms the western boundary of the city. Both are traversed by the [[Metacomet-Monadnock Trail]] and are part of the [[Metacomet Ridge]], a mountainous [[trap rock]] ridgeline that stretches from [[Long Island Sound]] to nearly the [[Vermont]] border.

Agawam has a subsection known as [[Feeding Hills]] that runs along the border of Southwick and Westfield, Massachusetts, and Suffield, Connecticut. Its border with Agawam was mainly determined by Line Street, and its ZIP code is 01030.