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.
Henry D. Hatfield. Hatfield during his time as Governor. Henry Drury Hatfield (September 15, 1875 â October 23, 1962) was a Republican politician from Logan County, West Virginia. He served a term as the 14th Governor of the state, in addition to one term in the United States Senate. Hatfield was nephew to Devil Anse Hatfield, leader of the Hatfield clan.