Editing Tyringham, Massachusetts

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| official_name                   = Tyringham, Massachusetts
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = 
| image_skyline                   = Saltarella.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = Santarella, the home of [[Henry Hudson Kitson]]
| image_seal                      = Seal of Tyringham, Massachusetts.png
| image_flag                      = 
| image_map                       = Berkshire County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Tyringham highlighted.svg
| mapsize                         = 260px
| map_caption                     = Location in [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire County]] and the state of [[Massachusetts]].
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Massachusetts]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1735
| established_title2              = Incorporated
| established_date2               = 1762
| established_title3              = 
| established_date3               = 
| government_type                 = [[Open town meeting]]
| leader_title                    = Town administrator
| leader_name                     = Molly Curtin-Schaefer
| leader_title1                   = <!--Board of <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Selectmen-->
| leader_name1                    = 
| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 48.9
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| area_land_km2                   = 48.3
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 
| area_water_km2                  = 0.6
| area_water_sq_mi                = 
| population_as_of                = 2020
| settlement_type                 = [[New England town|Town]]
| population_total                = 427
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_density_sq_mi        = 
| elevation_m                     = 275
| elevation_ft                    = 901
| timezone                        = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
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| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| coordinates                     = {{coord|42|14|45|N|73|12|15|W|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
| website                         = {{URL|https://www.tyringham-ma.gov/}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code                     = 01264 (Tyringham)<br/>01238 ([[Lee (CDP), Massachusetts|Lee]])
| area_code                       = [[Area code 413|413]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 25-71095
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 0619429
| footnotes                       = 
}}
'''Tyringham''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire County]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. It is part of the [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]], [[Massachusetts]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 427 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2500371095| title=Census - Geography Profile: Tyringham town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
Founded as Housatonic Township Number 1, the land which became Tyringham and [[Monterey, Massachusetts|Monterey]] was first settled in 1735. Tyringham was established in 1739.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tyringham, MA {{!}} |url=https://www.tyringham-ma.gov/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=www.tyringham-ma.gov}}</ref> The two main villages were set up along two waterways, Hop Brook to the north and the [[Konkapot River]] to the south.

In 1750, [[Adonijah Bidwell]], a [[Yale Divinity School]] graduate from the [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] region, became the first minister of Township No. 1. When a meetinghouse was founded in the south, it led to a buildup in the north, and by 1762 the town was incorporated.<ref name="Town History {{!}} Tyringham, MA">{{Cite web |title=Town History {{!}} Tyringham, MA |url=https://www.tyringham-ma.gov/about-tyringham/pages/town-history |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=www.tyringham-ma.gov}}</ref> The origins of the town name are somewhat disputed, with some sources claiming it was named for [[Tyringham]], a village in [[Buckinghamshire]], England,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Myers |first=Eloise |title=Tyringham: A Hinterland Settlement |year=1951 |pages=}}</ref> and others asserting it was named by [[Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet|Sir Francis Bernard]], the former governor of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], after a woman, Jane Beresford (adopted by John Tyringham), from whom he had inherited an estate.<ref name="Town History {{!}} Tyringham, MA"/><ref name=":1" /> If the latter, it would be the only town in Massachusetts named after a woman.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=Clarence Fanto, Special to the |title=Longtime families, celebrities, nature prominent here |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/archives/longtime-families-celebrities-nature-prominent-here/article_943726cb-3162-5c6a-8c8b-cb85425ab43a.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=The Berkshire Eagle |date=July 17, 2007 |language=en}}</ref>

The town was home to the [[Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District]], with the Shaker holy name of "Jerusalem", which lay just south of the town center.<ref>[http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/shaker/tyr.htm '' Tyringham Shaker Village'', Shaker Historic Trail]</ref> The town of Monterey was set off and incorporated as its own town in 1847.

Tyringham celebrated its bicentennial in August 1939 with a two day celebration and a 31 unit parade.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 20, 1939 |title=TYRINGHAM MARKS ITS TWO CENTURIES; Parade in the Berkshire Town Illustrates Events of History |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/20/archives/tyringham-marks-its-two-centuries-parade-in-the-berkshire-town.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The Stedman Rake Factory located in town made rakes for several American Presidents, including [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[William Howard Taft]], [[Warren G. Harding]], [[Calvin Coolidge]], and [[Herbert Hoover]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 24, 1929 |title=MAKES RAKE FOR HOOVER.; M.W. Stedman of Tyringham Picks Special Wood for Present. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/02/24/archives/makes-rake-for-hoover-mw-stedman-of-tyringham-picks-special-wood.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The town was the site of several small country estates for notable wealthy families. Today, Tyringham is a small, rural community.

=== Economy ===

The town of Tyringham began with an agricultural economy which soon shifted to include cottage industries and manufacturing. 
In 1786, the town had 182 dwelling houses, forty shops, two tanneries, four potash works, two iron works, and four grist and saw mills. The townspeople made 1185 barrels of cider that year. More than ten thousand acres of the uplands were woodlands or unimproved land, but about 2500 acres had been improved for tillage. About two thousand acres were mowed for hay, and more than three thousand acres were used as pasturage for the townspeople's five hundred horses, eight hundred swine, 178 oxen, five hundred cattle, and 541 milk cows.<ref>"Tyringham," 1786 Massachusetts Town Valuations (Mass. Archives, vol. 163), p. 340.</ref>

By 1837, Tyringham farmers had incorporated sheep into their economy and owned 1678 Merino sheep as well as 598 sheep of other breeds, and produced more than 6500 pounds of wool. One tannery was still in operation. Their manufactories made boots, shoes, iron castings, forks, wooden ware, palm-leaf hats, rakes, chairs, and corn brooms. The biggest business, a paper mill, employed seven men and nineteen women, and made fifty tons of paper valued at $21,000.<ref>John P. Bigelow, "Tyringham," ''Statistical Tables: exhibiting the Condition and Products of Certain Branches of Industry in Massachusetts for the year ending April 1, 1837'' (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1838), 116-17.</ref>

Manufacturing continued to grow. The [[Shakers]]' rake factory employed nine men and made thirty thousand rakes in 1865. Two paper mills employing 22 men and 41 women made more than $110,000 worth of paper. In addition, Tyringham townspeople worked in two blacksmith shops, a boot and shoe factory, and five sawmills.<ref>Oliver Warner, ''Statistical Information: relating to certain Branches of Industry in Massachusetts for the year ending May 1, 1865'' (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1866), p. 69-70.</ref> After the Tyringham Shakers left in 1875, their businesses closed and their farms were sold. One Shaker family's buildings on Jerusalem Road became a summer resort known as Fernside.<ref>Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District, Massachusetts Historical Commission file, 2014.</ref><ref name=":1" />

==Geography==

[[Image:Tyringham Valley.JPG|thumb|left|250px|The hills to the south of Tyringham, as seen from Main Road]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|48.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|48.3|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.6|km2|disp=flip}}, or 1.20%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500371095| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212154508/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500371095| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Tyringham town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=December 17, 2013}}</ref> The town is four-sided, bordered by [[Lee, Massachusetts|Lee]] to the north, [[Becket, Massachusetts|Becket]] and [[Otis, Massachusetts|Otis]] to the east, [[Monterey, Massachusetts|Monterey]] to the south, and [[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington]] to the west. Tyringham is located {{convert|16|mi}} south of [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]], {{convert|39|mi}} west-northwest of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and {{convert|125|mi}} west of [[Boston]].

Tyringham is located in the [[Hop Brook Valley]] in the [[The Berkshires|Berkshire Hills]]. To the northeast of the valley, Baldy Mountain rises to a large plateau which stretches into the neighboring towns, and includes Goose Pond. To the southwest of the valley, two mountain peaks—Mount Wilcot and Hunger Mountain—rise in a plateau in neighboring Monterey.

===Appalachian Trail===

The [[Appalachian Trail]] passes through the town, a reflection of its remoteness. It winds down Sky Hill (a part of Mount Wilcot), then sweeps through the valley along Main Road, past the town center, leaving via Baldy Mountain and towards Becket Mountain. A pay telephone station for the hikers was installed near the Post Office. Informally, some residents on Main Road provide bed and breakfast, and hot showers, to hikers.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Climate==

In a typical year, Tyringham, Massachusetts temperatures fall below {{convert|50|F}} for 205 days per year. Annual precipitation is typically 46.3 inches per year (high in the US) and snow covers the ground 69 days per year or 18.9% of the year (high in the US). It may be helpful to understand the yearly precipitation by imagining 9 straight days of moderate rain per year. The humidity is below 60% for approximately 18.4 days or 5.0% of the year.<ref name="Climate in Tyringham, Massachusetts">{{cite web | title=Climate in Tyringham, Massachusetts| url=https://dwellics.com/massachusetts/climate-in-tyringham | access-date=February 28, 2023 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations | type=USA | align=left
 | 1850|821
 | 1860|730
 | 1870|557
 | 1880|542
 | 1890|412
 | 1900|386
 | 1910|382
 | 1920|267
 | 1930|246
 | 1940|213
 | 1950|235
 | 1960|197
 | 1970|234
 | 1980|344
 | 1990|369
 | 2000|350
 | 2010|327
 | 2020|427
 | 2022*|421
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 24, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 350 people, 133 households, and 98 families residing in the town. By population, the town ranks 30th out of 32 cities and towns in Berkshire County, and 345th out of the 351 in Massachusetts. The [[population density]] was 18.7 people per square mile (7.2/km{{sup|2}}), which ranks 28th in the county and 342nd in the Commonwealth. There were 265 housing units at an average density of 14.2 per square mile (5.5/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the town was 95.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.29% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.57% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.29% of the population.

There were 133 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.6% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 18.9% from 25 to 44, 40.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $60,250, and the median income for a family was $67,679. Males had a median income of $42,708 versus $31,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $35,503. None of the families and 3.5% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Government==
[[Image:Tyringham-Town Offices.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Tyringham Post Office and Town Hall]]
Tyringham uses the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a [[board of selectmen]] and an administrative assistant. The town has a police department, fire department and post office, as well as a library, which is adjacent to the town hall and is part of the regional library network. The nearest courthouses and hospital, Fairview Hospital, are located in Great Barrington.

On the state level, Tyringham is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] by the Fourth Berkshire district, which covers southern Berkshire County, as well as the westernmost towns in Hampden County. In the [[Massachusetts Senate]], the town is represented by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and western Hampshire and Franklin counties.<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm Senators and Representatives by City and Town]</ref> The town is patrolled by the First (Lee) Station of Barracks "B" of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+B&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_b_msp_field_troop_b_station_b1&csid=Eeops Station B-1, SP Lee]</ref>

On the national level, Tyringham is represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] as part of [[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district]], and has been represented by [[Richard Neal]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] since January 2013. Massachusetts is currently represented in the [[United States Senate]] by senior Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] and junior Senator [[Ed Markey]]

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Tyringham presidential election results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:1970/|title=Election Results}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third parties]]
! Total Votes
! Margin
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.24%''' ''234''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.15% ''72''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.61% ''5''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|311
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|52.09%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.60%''' ''201''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.89% ''70''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|7.51% ''22''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|293
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.71%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.05%''' ''173''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.95% ''85''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|258
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.11%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.55%''' ''194''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.73% ''79''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.73% ''2''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|275
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.82%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.15%''' ''172''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.85% ''92''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|264
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.30%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''47.66%''' ''102''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.46% ''93''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.88% ''19''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|214
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|4.21%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.46%''' ''118''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.58% ''66''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|11.96% ''25''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|209
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.88%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.62%''' ''127''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.94% ''51''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|16.43% ''35''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|213
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.68%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.50%''' ''130''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.50% ''78''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|208
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.00%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1984]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.98% ''84''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.02%''' ''107''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|191
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|12.04%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.69% ''83''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''44.12%''' ''90''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|15.20% ''31''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|204
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|3.43%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.61%''' ''96''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.70% ''85''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.69% ''5''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|186
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|5.91%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.25% ''74''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.13%''' ''85''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.63% ''1''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|160
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|6.88%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.45% ''65''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.18%''' ''66''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.38% ''6''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|137
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|0.73%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.33%''' ''82''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.67% ''38''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|120
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.67%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1960]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.22% ''51''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.78%''' ''67''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|118
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|13.56%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1956]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.35% ''28''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.65%''' ''87''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|115
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|51.30%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1952 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1952]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.40% ''38''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.60%''' ''83''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|121
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.19%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1948]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.64% ''24''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.53%''' ''79''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.83% ''3''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|106
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|51.89%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1944]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.38% ''42''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.62%''' ''62''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|104
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.23%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1940]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.20% ''38''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.95%''' ''79''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.85% ''1''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|118
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.75%
|}

==Education==
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2021}}
Tyringham students are sent to Lee Public Schools by arrangement with that adjacent town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools {{!}} Tyringham, MA |url=https://www.tyringham-ma.gov/schools |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=www.tyringham-ma.gov}}</ref> Lee Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grades, and the Lee Middle and High School serves students from seventh through twelfth grades. Additionally, neighboring Lee is home to Saint Mary's School, a parochial school which serves students through eighth grade. Other private schools can be found in Great Barrington and other surrounding towns.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Points of interest==
* [[Santarella]], also called "The Gingerbread House", home of sculptor [[Henry Hudson Kitson]]
* [[Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District]]
* [[Ashintully Gardens]]
* [[Tyringham Cobble]]
* [https://abandonedin360.com/abandoned-residential-properties/titus-mansion-ruins/ Titus Mansion Ruins]

==Notable people==

* [[Brooke Astor]] owned a home in Tyringham with her husband Buddie Marshall, selling it following his death and before she became Mrs. Astor.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1, 2006 |title=In Mrs. Astor's Shadow |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2006/12/astor200612 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Grover Cleveland]], U.S. President, spent time in Tyringham, enjoying fishing in the Hop Brook. In 1901, he was arrested and fined $2 for catching too many fish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=City |title=The town ... |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/archives/the-town/article_caaa1ebf-aad0-5ea7-ba96-1368310fd2eb.html |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=The Berkshire Eagle |date=March 12, 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Maria Cole]], widow of [[Nat "King" Cole]], moved to Tyringham five years after his death.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rozhon |first=Tracie |date=July 24, 1994 |title=Habitats/Echoes of Nat (King) Cole; A Berkshire Estate With a Special Beat |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/24/realestate/habitats-echoes-of-nat-king-cole-a-berkshire-estate-with-a-special-beat.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Kitty Dukakis]] owned a home used as a vacation retreat for her husband, former governor [[Michael Dukakis]].<ref name=":2" />
* [[George Gilder]], investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate; spent most of his childhood with his mother, Anne Spring (Alsop), and his stepfather, Gilder Palmer, on a dairy farm in Tyringham, where he still lives.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], U. S. President; spent part of a summer in Tyringham, staying at a large house just to the north of the village that took in boarders, claiming their team met every train in [[Lee, Massachusetts|Lee]].
* [[Sidney Howard]], playwright and screenwriter; lived and died in Tyringham. Howard was the major screenwriter for David O. Selznick's 1939 epic [[Gone with the Wind (film)|''Gone with the Wind'']]
* [[Yo-Yo Ma]], Classical musician; has a residence in Tyringham and spends much of his time in the town.<ref name=":2" />
* [[William Roerick]], actor; lived at his Lost Farm homestead in Tyringham; among the various visitors was [[E. M. Forster]], who dedicated his last book, ''[[Two Cheers for Democracy]]'' to "William Roerick and 'The Lost Farm' in Tyringham, Massachusetts."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/30803328/ |title=The Lively Arts |author=Milton R. Bass |date=July 17, 1952 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |page=14 |accessdate=February 4, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Mark Twain]], writer; was a frequent visitor to Tyringham as the guest of [[Richard Watson Gilder]] and [[Helena de Kay Gilder]]. He spent a summer in Tyringham following the death of his daughter.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Sir Brian Urquhart]], British diplomat and [[United Nations]] official; lived and died in the town.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Brian Urquhart, a foundational leader at the United Nations, dies at 101 |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/brian-urquhart-dead/2021/01/03/91a1529a-4deb-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html |access-date=June 20, 2022 }}</ref>

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