THE town of Monson is situated in the southeastern part of the county of Hampden, and is the western and most important section of the original town of Brimfield. It is bounded north by Palmer, east by Brimfield and Wales, west by Wilbraham, all in Hampden County, and south by Stafford, Conn. It is about eight miles in length, from north to south, and five and a half miles in width, from east to west. Its area is about 44 square miles, or 28,160 acres.