The term became associated with ghost stories and horror novels because early Gothic novels were often associated with the Middle Ages and with things wild, bloody, and barbarous of long ago as J. A. Cuddon puts it in his Dictionary of Literary Terms (381).
Hatfield, Massachusetts. Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,249 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Part of the town is included in the census-designated place of Hatfield.
The high point of Franklin County is Crum Hill, 2,841 feet (866 m), located in the town of Monroe. Unlike many other counties in Massachusetts, which contain a town or city of the same name, Franklin County is not the home of the city of Franklin, Massachusetts, which is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) to the southeast in Norfolk County. Climate Edit. The climate in Franklin County is typically cool temperate.