The Six Flags New England amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River.

The Native American village originally sited on the west bank of the Connecticut River was known as Agawam, or Agawanus, Aggawom, Agawom, Onkowam, Igwam, and Auguam.

The purchase price for the Agawam portion was 10 coats, 10 hoes, 10 hatchets, 10 knives, and 10 fathoms of wampum.

The plant was sold in 1917, and during Prohibition, the main products produced in the building were potato chips and cider.

The building, on Main Street near River Road, served as Agawam's Department of Public Works garage until it fell into disrepair.

Agawam furnished 172 men who fought in the American Civil War, 22 of whom died in battle or of disease.

A pari-mutuel horse racing track, including grandstand and stables, was built adjacent to Bowles Airport.

Seabiscuit won the Springfield Handicap at Agawam in track record time in October 1935.

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.

[21] Agawam is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names.

The current city council consists of eleven members elected at large by the voters and is the legislative branch of the town government.

Agawam is located in the Eighth Massachusetts Governor's Council district and is represented by Tara Jacobs.

The Agawam Police Department has about fifty full-time sworn law enforcement officers and about eight support personnel.

The department is responsible for law enforcement at the Six Flags New England amusement park and the Feeding Hills district.

[27] In early January 2017, the head of the Agawam Police Patrolman's Association was indicted on charges relating to stealing from the group.

1952 – Stacy Machine Co, came to a new plant located on Main St, is best known for producing specialized printing presses.

1953 – WWLP an NBC affiliate television station began operation with studios and transmitting facilities on Provin Mountain in Feeding Hills.

After a 1904 fire destroyed the Mittenague School and all the books in it, Fred P. Halladay donated land and buildings in North Agawam to use as a library.