Mittineague

Mittineague is a neighborhood along the Westfield River in Southern West Springfield. Two smaller parts of the neighborhood are Mittineague Falls, and Mittineague Park (the actual park and surrounding area).

History

They area of Mittineague was first settled in 1739. The area was not highly valued until a railroad from Worcester, MA to Boston was extended to Albany through Mittineague. Mills started to be built in Mittineague Falls. The mills and the Great Famine (Ireland) brought lots of Irish immigrants to the neighborhood creating a Catholic church on Pine Street, which was the first Catholic church in West Springfield.

By 1850, the secondary industrial spot in West Springfield was Mittineague. By then the population swelled up to 3,000. In 1870, Mitteneague (now Mittineague) School was built, and had a student body of around 250. By the early 1900s, the population slowly dropped, and making the population around 1,500. By the 1950s, the population slowly rose again to its current population, 2,544 (2010).

Schools

There is one school in West Springfield Public Schools called Mittineague Elementary. A private school in the neighborhood is St. Thomas the Apostle School.