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Holyoke is an incorporated city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range, 8 miles north of Springfield.

The city was settled in 1655, incorporated as a parish on July 7, 1786, known as Ireland Parish, became a town on March 14, 1850, and was incorporated as a city on April 7, 1873.

Holyoke was named for Elizur Holyoke.

The 2020 census recorded a population of 38,238 in Holyoke.

The 2020 census counted 15,504 households in the city.

Holyoke covers 22.80 square miles in total, including 21.17 square miles of land and 1.63 square miles of water.

Holyoke is one of the early planned industrial cities in the United States, built with the Holyoke Dam to use the water power of Hadley Falls, on a grid plan.

Holyoke is nicknamed The Paper City because in the late 19th century it produced an estimated 80 percent of the writing paper used in the United States and had the largest paper, silk, and alpaca wool mills in the world, and by 1885 it was the largest single paper producer in the United States at about 190 tons per day.

Holyoke is the Birthplace of Volleyball, as William G. Morgan invented volleyball at the local YMCA in 1895, and the city is home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Hydraulic engineer Clemens Herschel invented the Venturi meter at the Holyoke Testing Flume in the 1880s.