Bondsville, Massachusetts

Bondsville is an area and former census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Palmer in Hampden County in the western part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

[1] Born in 1800 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, Emelius Bond arrived in what would become Bondsville in 1830 and started a mill that utilized the water power of the Swift River.

The Bond Village Manufacturing Company was later granted the legal rights to the waters of the Swift River in 1846.

In October 1968, the entire complex which stood over much of Main Street, was destroyed in a multi-day massive fire.

Overlooking Main Street is the former St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic church which was closed by Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell on Christmas Eve of 2009.

The Boston and Maine Railroad had a station on Maple Street behind the former Bleach and Dye Works building.

The station has been tended to by stationmaster George Girouard, who was later awarded a golden ticket on the railroad for his years of service.