Leyden, Massachusetts
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Leyden is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 734 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Frizzell Hill, looking west towards the town center
Leyden Town Hall
Renaissance Community
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The Brotherhood of the Spirit was one of the largest and most enduring communes in the northeast United States and as such was a distinct link between the commune phenomenon of the 1960s and the New A
Leyden, Massachusetts
…which supplies the town of Greenfield. The Dorrellites, a utopian sect founded and led by William Dorrell, was active in Leyden in the 1790s. The Brotherhood of the Spirit commune was founded in Leyden in 1968. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.0 square miles (46.7 km2), of which…
Brotherhood of the Spirit: Warwick, Mass. 1970.
Reunion, 2002.