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Badger, bassist for the Boston band Extreme
- Larry Dorr, lifelong resident. Manager of Blood Sweat & Tears for 26 years, as well as many other musicians
- Maria Stephanos, television news anchor currently with WCVB-TV
- John Brien, Jr., owner and operator of Important Records, which has released albums by artists such as Merzbow and Acid Mothers Temple.
# References.
- An Outline of Groveland History
- Groveland info from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Early history of Groveland
- 2005 FBI crime statistics for Groveland
- Kingsbury, J D. "Memorial History of Bradford". published in 1883 by C C Morse and Son.
- Cogswell, John. "History of Bradford". from the History of Essex County | 10,000 |
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vol.2 published by Hurd in 1888.
- Perry, Gardiner . "Discourse on the History of Bradford". published in 1821.
- Topsfield Historical Society (1907), "Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849" at books.google. Full text transcription available at http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/EssexCounty/Bradford/ .
- Kimball, Daniel and Daniel Stickney and Nathaniel Thurston. Map of Bradford 1795 .
- Jeremiah Spofford and Benjamin Greenleaf. Map of Bradford 1831 . click on the map to get a very large image.
- D.G.Beers, 1872 "Atlas of Essex County". Map of Groveland. Shows the Railway line.
# External links.
- Town of Groveland official website
- Groveland Summer Recreation Program
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ailable at http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/EssexCounty/Bradford/ .
- Kimball, Daniel and Daniel Stickney and Nathaniel Thurston. Map of Bradford 1795 .
- Jeremiah Spofford and Benjamin Greenleaf. Map of Bradford 1831 . click on the map to get a very large image.
- D.G.Beers, 1872 "Atlas of Essex County". Map of Groveland. Shows the Railway line.
# External links.
- Town of Groveland official website
- Groveland Summer Recreation Program
- Groveland Public Library
- Groveland Historical Society
- Groveland Map of 1884 Atlas of Essex County
- Cedardale
- Extracts from the Old Parish and Church Records of the Congregational Church in Groveland (1800s)
- City guide from masscities.com | 10,002 |
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Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, to the south. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 55,874. Thomas Hoye Jr. is the current mayor of Taunton, and has held the position since 2012.
Founded in 1637 by members of the Plymouth Colony, Taunton is one of the oldest towns in the United States. The Native Americans called the region "Cohannet", "Tetiquet" and "Titicut" before the arrival of the Europeans. Taunton is also known as the "Silver City", as it was a historic center of the silver industry | 10,003 |
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beginning in the 19th century when companies such as Reed & Barton, F. B. Rogers, Poole Silver, and others produced fine-quality silver goods in the city.
Since December 1914, the city of Taunton has provided a large annual light display each December on Taunton Green, giving it the additional nickname of "Christmas City".
The original boundaries of Taunton included the land now occupied by many surrounding towns, including Norton, Easton, Mansfield, Dighton, Raynham, Berkley, and Lakeville. Possession of the latter is still noted by the naming of Taunton Hill in Assonet.
# History.
## Beginnings.
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3, 1639. Most of the town's settlers were originally from Taunton in Somerset, England, which led early settlers to name the settlement after that town. At the time of Taunton's incorporation, they explained their choice of name as being “in honor and love to our dear native country.” Prior to 1640, the Taunton area was called Cohannet, Tetiquet or Titiquet.
The English founders of Taunton purchased the land from the Nemasket Indians in 1637 as part of the Tetiquet Purchase and the remaining native families were relocated to the praying town of Ponkapoag in current day Canton, MA. A central figure among the founders was Elizabeth Poole who is believed to have been the first woman to found a | 10,005 |
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settlement in the Americas and, contrary to local folklore, did not take part in the town purchase but was among its greatest beneficiaries and played a significant role in the founding of its church. Described as "the foundress of Taunton" and its matriarch, Poole "was accorded equality of rights, whether in the purchase of lands, [or] in the sharing of iron works holdings," having been a financier of the settlement's first dam and mill built for the manufacture of bar iron. Plymouth Colony was formally divided into counties on June 2, 1685, with Taunton becoming the shire town of Bristol County. The counties of Plymouth Colony were transferred to the Province of Massachusetts Bay on the arrival | 10,006 |
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of its charter and governor on May 14, 1692. The Taunton area has been the site of skirmishes and battles during various conflicts, including King Philip's War and the American Revolution. Taunton was re-incorporated as a city on May 11, 1864.
## Industrial legacy.
In 1656, the first successful iron works in Plymouth Colony was established on the Two Mile River, in what is now part of Raynham. The Taunton Iron Works operated for over 200 years until 1876. It was the first of many iron industries in Taunton.
During the 19th century, Taunton became known as the "Silver City", as it was home to many silversmithing operations, including Reed & Barton, F.B. Rogers, and Poole Silver.
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century, Taunton was also the center of an important iron-making industry, utilizing much bog iron from the numerous swamps in the surrounding area. The iron industry in Taunton produced a variety of goods including stoves (Weir Stove Company/Glenwood), tacks (Field Tack Company) and machinery. One of the more successful companies during this period was the Mason Machine Works, founded by William Mason, which produced machinery for the textile industry, as well as steam locomotives. The Taunton Locomotive Works (begun in 1846) also operated in the city during this time.
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making.
During the 19th century, Taunton was a major shipping point for grain from the inland rural farm areas of Massachusetts to the rest of the nation via Weir Village and the Taunton River. With the advent of the railroad, Taunton would also become an important transportation hub due to its central location.
The city formed the Taunton Municipal Light Plant (TMLP) in 1897, when it decided to purchase the floundering Taunton Electric Lighting Company, making it a publicly owned electric utility. Today, TMLP provides electric service to 34,000 customers in Taunton, Berkley, Raynham, and sections of Dighton, Lakeville and Bridgewater. TMLP is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners, | 10,009 |
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which is elected by the citizens of Taunton.
## Twentieth Century.
Built in 1942, U.S. Army Camp Myles Standish was a departure point for over a million U.S. and allied military personnel bound for Europe during World War II. It also functioned as a prisoner of war camp housing German and Italian soldiers. While Camp Myles Standish was later closed in 1946, it was re-purposed as the Paul A Dever School which was a facility that housed mentally disabled persons. The school was shut down in the 1980's. A portion of the former Camp Myles Standish was also turned into the Myles Standish Industrial Park.
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in New England. The National Weather Service operates a regional weather forecast office that serves much of Massachusetts, all of Rhode Island, and most of northern Connecticut there. The National Weather Service also operates the Northeast River Forecast Center on the site, serving New England and most of New York state. Several major companies operate within the industrial park and in other parts of the city.
## Twenty First Century.
In October 2005, the Whittenton Pond Dam north of the downtown area threatened to fail following a week that brought of rain to the city. Over 2,000 city residents were evacuated,all downtown businesses were ordered closed and Mayor Robert Nunes issued a state | 10,011 |
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of emergency. It is estimated that if the dam had failed, the Mill River would have inundated the downtown area with up to of water. In response, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney ordered an immediate inspection of high-risk dams throughout the Commonwealth.
In 2010, the historic Taunton City Hall was severely damaged in an arson fire. Since that time, city government has been operating out of the former Lowell M. Maxham School on Oak Street.
In 2012 Taunton became the target location for a Wampanoag casino complex which was embroiled in conflict by competing regional bands of the Wampanoag over territory claims. The proposed casino resort complex location is adjacent to a local elementary | 10,012 |
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school and the regional technical high school, generating protests by parent and teacher groups.
On June 10, 2012, the City of Taunton dedicated the Taunton Global War on Terrorism War Memorial on Church Green.
# Geography.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.53%, is water. It is the third-largest city by area in Massachusetts, after Boston and Barnstable.
Taunton has one major river, the Taunton River, along with its tributaries including the Mill River and the Three Mile River. The highest point in the city is near its southwest corner, with an elevation of above sea level. Prospect Hill, rising over Lake Sabbatia north | 10,013 |
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of the downtown, has an elevation of .
There are nine designated historic districts within the city:
- Bay Road Historic District, also known as "Post Road." The road runs from Taunton to Boston. (), 1 structure, 2 objects)
- Bristol County Courthouse Complex (13 acres, 3 buildings)
- Church Green Historic District, also known as Meetinghouse Common (160 acres, 18 buildings, 1 object)
- Hopewell Mills District (120 acres, 13 buildings)
- Old Bay Road Historic District, also known as "The Post Road"; The King's Highway (150 acres, 1 structure, 3 objects)
- Reed and Barton Complex
- Taunton Green Historic District (50 acres, 22 buildings, 3 objects)
- Taunton State Hospital Historic District, | 10,014 |
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also known as the "Taunton Lunatic Asylum" (), 38 buildings, 8 structures)
Due to the annexation of towns from the original town of Taunton, the city now is irregularly shaped, with it (along with neighboring Raynham) roughly making a triangle. The city is bordered by Norton to the northwest, Easton to the north, Raynham to the northeast, Lakeville to the east, Berkley and Dighton to the south, and Rehoboth to the west.
City neighborhoods include the Bird Lanes, Clearview Estates, East Taunton, Elliot's Corner, Herring Run Estates, Linden Estates, Matthews Landing, North Taunton, Oakland, Pine Crest Estates, Pine Hill Estates, Wades Corner, Weir Village, Westville, Whittenton, Whittenton Junction, | 10,015 |
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Britannia Village or Britanniaville, Willis Lake Village and Woodward Estates. Taunton is also home to almost the entirety of Massasoit State Park in East Taunton, and a large portion of the Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area in North Taunton.
# Demographics.
As of the census of 2000, there were 55,874 people, 22,045 households, and 14,473 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,200.1 people per square mile (463.7/km). There were 22,908 housing units at an average density of 491.5 per square mile (189.8/km). The racial makeup of the city is 83.67% (79.7% Non-Hispanic) White, 4.84% African American, 0.26% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.59% from | 10,016 |
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other races, and 2.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.73% of the population.
The city of Taunton is very multi-cultural with peoples of different origins living within the city. 34% of the city is Luso-American. The biggest ethnic backgrounds people claim are 23% Portuguese,17% Irish, 9% English, 9% French, 8% Cape Verdean and 4% Puerto Rican. Most of Taunton's immigration occurred near the turn of the 1900s when immigrants would work in the city's mills.
There are 22,045 households out of which 32.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 15.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% | 10,017 |
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were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the city, the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.
Males had a median income of $36,895 versus $27,686 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,899. About 10.0% of families and 12.0% of the population were | 10,018 |
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below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
# Government.
The city has a Mayor-Council form of government. Taunton also has a School Committee and many boards and commissions. As the seat of Bristol County, Taunton is home to the county's few administrative offices and several of its courthouses, which includes one that is currently under construction, including the Bristol County Superior Courthouse. The Massachusetts State Police's Troop D (Southeast District), 4th Barracks, patrols Taunton and is located in Middleborough.
Taunton is a part of three separate state representative districts: Third Bristol (entirely located in Taunton), | 10,019 |
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Fifth Bristol (which includes Dighton, Somerset and part of Swansea), and 12th Bristol (including all or parts of Freetown, Lakeville, Middleborough and New Bedford). It is a part of the First Plymouth and Bristol state senate district, which also includes the towns of Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, Marion, Middleborough, Raynham and Wareham. On the national level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 4, which is represented by Joseph P. Kennedy III. The state's senior (Class II) Senator is Elizabeth Warren. The state's junior (Class I) Senator is Edward Markey.
## Politics.
Many famous political or politically controversial events occurred in Taunton's long history. | 10,020 |
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Robert Treat Paine, a long-time Taunton resident, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first Attorney-General of Massachusetts. Part of King Philip's War was fought within Taunton's limits.
Former U.S. presidents, such as James K. Polk, William H. Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, gave campaign speeches in Taunton. Former president Bill Clinton rallied at Taunton High School. The city's former Camp Myles Standish was a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, a welcoming area for about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers, and a candidate site for the U.N. headquarters, soon after the military camp closed. Although the city hasn't been | 10,021 |
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as much of a hotbed of politics as it once was, it still continues to be a politically active region of Massachusetts.
"See also list of mayors of Taunton."
## Fire Department.
The city of Taunton has 133 professional firefighters on the Taunton Fire Department (TFD). The TFD currently operates out of five fire stations, located throughout the city, and operates a fire apparatus fleet of six engines, three ladders, one rescue unit, two brush units, one dive rescue unit, two fireboats, and several other special, support, and reserve units. The current Chief of Department is Timothy J. Bradshaw.
Below is a complete listing of all fire station locations and apparatus in the city of Taunton. | 10,022 |
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Fire Headquarters, Fire Station #3, and Fire Station #9 are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
# Economy.
Taunton's economy has historically been based on silversmithing and shipbuilding. Reed & Barton produced the 1996 Summer Olympics medals and silverware used exclusively for the White House. Also, the city produced the anchor for the "USS Constitution". The nearby town of Raynham produced the anchor for the Civil War-era ironclad "USS Monitor".
Today, the city's economy has many emphases on semiconductor, silicon, and electronics manufacturing. It is home to the corporate headquarters of many leading corporations in various industries. Currently, the city is trying | 10,023 |
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to attract biotechnology research companies to its industrial parks.
Silver City Galleria is a large shopping mall in Taunton catering to the local city and to the neighboring towns and cities of Raynham, Berkley, Rehoboth, Dighton, New Bedford and Norton.
# Education.
Education in Taunton ranges from preschool through post-secondary education.
## Primary and secondary.
Taunton has nine public elementary schools and three public middle schools.
- Elementary schools
- Edmund Hatch Bennett Elementary School
- East Taunton Elementary School
- Harold H. Galligan Elementary School
- Hopewell Elementary School
- Edward F. Leddy Elementary School
- Joseph C. Chamberlain Elementary School
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Elizabeth Pole Elementary School
- Mulcahey Elementary School (formerly Mulcahey Middle School)
- Middle schools
- Benjamin A. Friedman Middle School
- Joseph H. Martin Middle School
- John F. Parker Middle School
The city also has two Catholic elementary schools and one Catholic middle school:
- Our Lady of Lourdes School
- St. Mary's Primary School
- Coyle and Cassidy Middle School
## High schools.
Taunton has three public high schools: Taunton High School, Taunton Alternative High School, and Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School. Taunton also has one Catholic high school, Coyle and Cassidy High School
## Former schools.
Recently closed former schools in Taunton include:
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Lowell M. Maxham Elementary School (closed in June 2010)
- Walker Elementary School (closed in June 2010)
- Pole Elementary School (closed 2007)
- Leonard Elementary School (closed 2009)
- Barnum School (closed 2013)
- Cohannet Middle School (closed in June 2000)
- Summer Street School
## Higher education.
Taunton is home to a satellite campus of Bay State College at 101 Industrial Park Road serving Associate and bachelor's degrees to working professionals and career changers in the fields of business and management, criminal justice and medical assisting. It is also home to a satellite campus of Bristol Community College, which meets at the Silvercity Galleria and (formerly) Taunton | 10,026 |
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Catholic Middle School. In addition, the city houses career schools such as the RobRoy Academy beauty school.
# Culture.
## Public spaces.
The Taunton Green is the city's central square. Early in its history, "The Green" was used as a training ground for militias in the American Revolution. Some say it was also the site of the historic "Liberty & Union"/"Taunton" flag raising in 1774 by the Sons of Liberty, prior to the American Revolution. Since the early 20th century, Taunton Green has temporarily been transformed during the winter holiday season into a grand display of holiday lights, scenes, and extravagant events. This is where and how the city earned its unofficial nickname in the surrounding | 10,027 |
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areas as the "Christmas City."
"The Green" continues to provide a centralized location for citywide Christmas activities, other holidays, events, and parades for the citizens of Taunton. A fountain is located at the center of the Taunton Green. Always to be seen flapping together in emblematic unison, the "Liberty & Union" flag and the U.S. flag fly side-by-side on the flagpole at the city's center.
The city is served by a central public library, the Taunton Public Library, which opened in 1903 and has undergone several expansions and renovations since that time. Also of note is the Old Colony Historical Society, which archives the city and region's past.
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operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massasoit State Park in East Taunton and Watson Pond State Park in the north part of the city.
## Religion.
Numerous religious groups exist within the city, including Jewish, Roman Catholic, and Protestant congregations. The First Parish Church, now a Unitarian Universalist church, located at Church Green at the east end of downtown, was founded in 1637, before the Town of Taunton was even established. The current church dates from 1830. The Pilgrim Congregational Church on Broadway was formed in 1821, its current church built in 1851. The city's oldest Roman Catholic parish, St. Mary's Church, is located | 10,029 |
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further north at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Street, known as Saint Mary's Square. There is a synagogue, Congregation Agudath Achim, in the city.
## Architecture.
The city of Taunton has a wide array of architecture ranging from the colonial period to modern times. There are numerous pre-Revolutionary War private homes within the city, the oldest of which is the Joseph Willis House on Worcester Street, dating to about 1688. The city has over one hundred buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Perhaps the most impressive structure in the city is the towering Bristol County Superior Courthouse, built in 1894 and designed by Frank Irving Cooper. With its | 10,030 |
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tall copper dome, the Superior Courthouse is visible from many surrounding areas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Currently, the Courthouse Complex is undergoing a major expansion and renovation program.
Other significant buildings in the city include some fine stone churches, including the First Parish Church (1830), the Pilgrim Congregational Church (1851) and St. Mary's Church (1868) on Broadway.
Downtown Taunton has a number of historic commercial blocks along Main Street, Taunton Green and Broadway, built during the period from about 1840 to 1920.
Many large homes built by the wealthy industrialists and merchants of the late 19th and early 20th century | 10,031 |
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line Route 44 both east (Dean Street) and west (Winthrop Street) of the city center, while a majority of the city is occupied by more modest wood-framed single and multi-family homes, many over 100 years old. Modern single-family subdivisions, mostly built since the 1950s, exist in the outskirts of the sprawling city.
The Central Fire Station at 50 School Street is recognized as the oldest functioning station house in the United States. The historic Taunton City Hall is located adjacent to Church Green.
## Arts and media.
- Museum
One of New England’s oldest historical societies, the Old Colony Historical Society is located on picturesque Church Green. Founded in 1853, the Society maintains | 10,032 |
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a museum of regional objects, houses a research library specializing in local history and genealogy, and hosts arts and cultural events throughout the year.
- Film
In March 2008, Hollywood director Martin Scorsese filmed a portion of the film "Shutter Island" starring Leonardo DiCaprio in Taunton on location at the Whittenton Mills Complex. "Surrogates", starring Bruce Willis, was partly filmed in the city, at the old Paul Dever school.
- Television and radio
Taunton has local Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels which include the Public-access television Taunton Community Access and Media, Inc. (Comcast Channel 15; Verizon 22), Educational television Taunton | 10,033 |
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Educational Network (Comcast Channel 9; Verizon 23) which is run by the Taunton High School TV Studio and Government-access television Taunton Municipal Network (Comcast Channel 17; Verizon 24). Comcast's Taunton system carries all Providence and Boston stations as well and both markets are available over-the-air. The two radio stations based in Taunton are WVBF 1530 AM (licensed to nearby Middleborough Center), which features local programming until noon followed by syndicated feed from the Reading for the Blind Network, and WSNE-FM 93.3, which primarily serves the Providence radio market and has its studios in the city of Providence.
- Visual arts
Taunton has four art galleries: Taunton | 10,034 |
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Art Association (John Baradas Gallery), Hughes/Donahue Gallery, Art Euphoric, and the Trescott Street Gallery. The Taunton Art Association founded in 1973, but had it roots at the Girl's Club in the early 1960s. Hughes/Donahue Gallery founded in 2007, a local community gallery serving local Taunton artists, surrounding areas of Southeastern Massachusetts and including the cities of Providence, and Washington DC. Art Euphoric founded in 2008 has both visual and craft exhibits and sales. The Trescott Street Gallery founded in 2012, primarily a visual arts gallery, but also exhibits crafts.
- Newspapers
Taunton is served by several publications including the "Silver City Bulletin", "Brockton | 10,035 |
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Enterprise", and the "Taunton Daily Gazette". Regional papers of importance such as the "Boston Globe", "Boston Herald", and "Providence Journal", are also widely available.
- Internet
Some of the major Internet providers in Taunton are Comcast, EarthLink, SBC Yahoo! Dial, and Verizon. The Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant (TMLP), Taunton's electric company, is also an Internet service provider for the city and its surrounding towns.
# Healthcare and utilities.
Taunton is home to the Morton Hospital and Medical Center, located on Washington Street, just north of the city center.
Taunton State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located on Hodges Avenue. One of its historic old buildings had | 10,036 |
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to be brought down after it was severely damaged by fire in 2006. This hospital is now one of the very few mental health hospitals in Massachusetts for longer term in-patient care of psychiatric patients.
Electricity is provided to residents by the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant (TMLP), located in the south end. The city has a municipal water system, with a treatment plant and water supply in nearby Lakeville, as well as a public sewer system with a treatment plant on West Water Street in the south end of the city, discharging into the Taunton River.
# Transportation.
The Taunton Railway began in 1838 as the main rail transportation system, both industrial and passenger, connecting Taunton | 10,037 |
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with points south, east, north, and west, including New Bedford and Cape Cod, Fall River and Newport, Somerset and Providence, Attleboro and Providence, Mansfield and Boston, Stoughton and Boston, Raynham Middleborough and Wareham as time went on.
Taunton is the central highway hub of southeastern Massachusetts. Much of the eastern parts of the state's major highways intersect and/or run through the city, especially at its center. US 44, MA 138, and MA 140 intersect at Taunton Green, the square at Taunton's center. MA 140 is also accessible from the eastern neighborhood of the city, popularly referred to as "East Taunton." Additionally, MA 24 and MA 140 intersect near East Taunton, and it is | 10,038 |
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at that junction that Route 140 ceases to be a 2-lane divided freeway from the south and becomes a smaller state highway to the north. Interstate 495 runs through the northern portion of Taunton, unofficially referred to as "North Taunton", and parallel to Myles Standish Industrial Park, Taunton's main industrial park.
Various smaller routes run through other parts of the city. These include a small portion of MA 104, close to the Taunton-Raynham city limits, and MA 79, close to the Taunton-Berkley-Lakeville (Plymouth County) city-town-county limits. Taunton is the western terminus of MA 104. It merges into US 44 after entering the city.
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way towards Fall River, New Bedford and a link-up with the line in Middleborough. There are plans being worked on to link parts of this rail with the Stoughton line of the MBTA commuter rail system to Boston. The Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority, or GATRA, provides bus mass transit.
Taunton has its own municipal airport, serving mostly smaller craft and occasional commuter jets. The nearest airport with national airline service is T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island, and the nearest international service is at Logan International Airport in Boston.
# Sports.
The Boys & Girls Club of Taunton is home to one of the most successful inner city floor hockey programs in the country, | 10,040 |
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founded by long-time principal Dick Faulkner. Taunton High School is competitive in sports such as basketball, baseball, and volleyball. The city has a rich baseball and softball culture.
# See also.
- List of mill towns in Massachusetts
# Sister cities.
Taunton shares a sister city status with:
- Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
- Lagoa (Azores), Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal
# References.
- "History of Taunton, Massachusetts from Its Settlement to the Present Time" by Samuel Hopkins Emery, published 1893.
# External links.
- City of Taunton official website
- Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Vital Records of Taunton Mass. | 10,041 |
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o Miguel, Azores, Portugal
# References.
- "History of Taunton, Massachusetts from Its Settlement to the Present Time" by Samuel Hopkins Emery, published 1893.
# External links.
- City of Taunton official website
- Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Vital Records of Taunton Mass. to 1850
- "Massachusetts Historical Commission Reconnaissance Survey Report on Taunton". Good Federally funded review of Taunton's history, especially its industrial history. Published 1981.
- Duane Hamilton Hurd, "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many Pioneers and Prominent Men." Part 1. Part 2. Taunton Chapter 58 page 728. Published 1883.
- Wall & Gray. 1871 Taunton. | 10,042 |
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Hamilton, Massachusetts
Hamilton is a rural-suburban town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2010 census, it had a population of 7,764. Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially-zoned land.
Its location on the North Shore of Massachusetts provides easy access to the Atlantic seashore with its reservations, beaches and boating. The town includes many historic houses, pastoral landscapes, and old stone walls that accompany winding tree-lined roads. It also has a rich equestrian heritage, which remains strong due to the influence of the many horse farms and of Myopia Hunt Club, which holds frequent equestrian | 10,043 |
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events, including polo most Sunday afternoons. (Myopia also hosts a Thanksgiving Day fox hunt each year that the public may attend.) Thus, people visiting Hamilton may well share the secondary roads with horse and pony riders.
Hamilton is closely tied to neighboring Wenham, sharing a school system, library, recreation department, commuter rail station and newspaper. In 2010, the community of Hamilton-Wenham was listed among the "Best Places to Live" by Boston Magazine.
Hamilton includes South Hamilton, which is that part of Hamilton that the Postal Service has assigned the zip code 01982. "Hamilton" and "South Hamilton" are indistinguishable from each other except for the difference in zip | 10,044 |
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codes.
# History.
In June 1638, John Winthrop the Younger, son of the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, bought most of present-day Essex County from Masconomet, chief of the Agawam Indians, for the sum of twenty English pounds. A memorial stone on Sagamore Hill in southeastern Hamilton marks where Mosconomet was buried with his gun and tomahawk around 1658.
Hamilton was first settled in 1638 and was originally a section of Ipswich known as "The Hamlet". The first recorded land grant in the Hamlet was Matthew Whipple's farm, dated 1638. Three years later the new stagecoach road from Boston to Newburyport (Bay Road) was laid out through the Whipple land. Other early settlers of the Hamlet, | 10,045 |
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including the Appletons, Winthrops, Lamsons, and Dodges, were attracted by countryside similar to the English farms and estates they had left behind.
The town was incorporated on June 21, 1793, and named for Alexander Hamilton, whose portrait became the town seal in 1903. With the arrival of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1839, the population center moved gradually southward toward the depot.
The farm village proved to be an attractive location for Boston groups seeking land for recreation and renewal. A Methodist ministers' association first held a camp meeting at Asbury Grove in 1859. In the 1880s, the Myopia Hunt Club, which had been named in jest for its nearsighted founders, moved from | 10,046 |
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Winchester, Massachusetts, to the Gibney Farm in Hamilton. Beginning as a lawn tennis and baseball club, it turned to polo, the hunt, and golf as members built large summer estates in the area. Myopia donated the site for the General George S. Patton Memorial Park to the town of Hamilton. The park continues to be a recreation center for the town.
In 1921 the Mandell family built the Community House in memory of the eight men in Hamilton and Wenham who died in military service during World War I, including their son, Sam. They commissioned Guy Lowell, a respected architect of Boston and New York, to design the building, and gave the Community House in trust for the use of the residents of both | 10,047 |
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towns. Although in its early days the Community House offered activities such as bowling and a men's smoking room, it now features a wide range of classes and activities for all ages.
# Geography.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.89%, is water. Hamilton lies inland from Massachusetts Bay, and both the eastern and western portion of town are bordered by water, with the Ipswich River to the west and Chebacco Lake and several other small ponds to the east. The highest point in town is found on Blueberry Hill in Bradley Palmer State Park, with an elevation of at least , according to the most recent (2011-2012) USGS 7.5-minute | 10,048 |
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topographical map. Several areas of town are protected, including Myopia Hunt Club and parts of Bradley Palmer State Park, Appleton Farm Sanctuary, and the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary.
Hamilton is bordered by Ipswich to the north, Essex to the east, Manchester-by-the-Sea to the southeast, Wenham to the south, and Topsfield to the west. It is located north of Salem and northeast of Boston.
# Transportation.
- MBTA Commuter Rail provides service from Boston's North Station with the Hamilton/Wenham station on its Newburyport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.
- There are no freeways within town; Route 128 provides the nearest access in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Route 1A passes through | 10,049 |
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the center of town, and Route 22 passes through the eastern corner of town between Wenham and its eastern terminus in Essex.
- The nearest airport is Beverly Municipal Airport, and the nearest national and international air service can be found at Boston's Logan International Airport.
# Demographics.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,315 people, 2,668 households, and 2,142 families residing in the town. (Update: The population was 8251 in 2009, down less than 100 from the 8,315 of the 2000 census. Based on the total area, both land and water, the density is therefore 553.8 persons per square mile.) As of the 2000 census, there were 2,825 housing units at an average density of 193.5 per | 10,050 |
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square mile (74.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.19% White, 0.47% African American, 0.17% Native American, 4.26% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of the population.
There were 2,668 households out of which 66.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.22.
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the town, the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $72,000, and the median income for a family was $79,886. Males had a median income of $51,776 versus $37,013 for females. The per capita income for the town was $33,222. About 3.4% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
# Education.
Hamilton | 10,052 |
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is esteemed for the regional school district it shares with neighboring Wenham, and Hamilton is where the majority of the schools in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District are located. Only Buker Elementary School is located outside the town, in Wenham.
At Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, students' average SAT scores are above the state average (According to numbers released by the state Dept of Education, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School ranked 27th in the state based on combined total SAT scores for the 2006/2007 school year), and the school regularly sends top students to Ivy League schools. "Boston" Magazine's 2010 issue showcasing a list of the best public high schools ranked | 10,053 |
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School 12th, placing Hamilton-Wenham's public high school in the top 10 percent of the state overall. Hamilton-Wenham also had one of the highest graduation rates, at 96.8 percent. By 2011, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School had moved up to number nine in Boston Magazine's "Best Schools" list.
More recently, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School ranked 107th (out of 14,000) on Newsweek's 2014 list of "America's Top High Schools" and Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School was ranked the 13th-best public high school in Massachusetts in the 2016 U.S. World & News Report rankings (the same report ranked Hamilton-Wenham 344th nationally.)
According to a September 29, | 10,054 |
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2010, article in the "Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle": "Of the 885 schools in Massachusetts, the Bessie Buker Elementary School ranked second in science on this year's MCAS. The fifth-grade class at the school had 93 percent of its students score advanced and proficient. In addition, all ninth-grade students passed the biology test, with 92 percent scoring advanced and proficient, ranking 20th state-wide. Cutler School scored 21st state-wide with 90 percent of third-graders scoring advanced and proficient in English language arts."
The Pingree School, a private secondary school, is located on the historic Pingree Family Estate in Hamilton.
Hamilton is also home to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, | 10,055 |
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an interdenominational evangelical theological seminary.
# Notable people.
- Bo Burnham, performance artist
- Michael Carter-Williams, point guard for the Houston Rockets
- David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
- Chief Masconomet, the last sagamore (chief) of the Agawam tribe of Native Americans. The Agawam tribe once numbered in the tens of thousands and controlled the area now occupied by Essex County. By the early 17th century their numbers were reduced to several hundred by European diseases. Masconomet befriended the white settlers and eventually ceded all the tribe's land to the state in exchange for a small sum of money | 10,056 |
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and protection from enemy tribes. Masconomet died a ward of the state, penniless and without land and was buried on Sagamore Hill in Hamilton in 1658.").
- David Morse, actor, raised in Hamilton, graduate of HWRHS (1971)
- Kevin O'Connor, the TV host for This Old House, lives in a renovated 1894 Queen Anne style house in South Hamilton.
- General George S. Patton (1885-1945), known for his exploits in World War II, resided in Hamilton. This is the reason for Patton Park, a park made famous by the installation of an M4 Sherman full-sized World War II tank on which many children and young adults play. At one point, children were able to play inside the tank until the late 1960s when a fire | 10,057 |
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was set inside. After this the hatches were welded shut.
- General George S. Patton IV (1923-2004). In the years after his 1980 retirement from the Army with the rank of Major General, Patton turned a Hamilton estate owned by his late father into the Green Meadows Farm, where he named the fields in honor of Vietnam soldiers who died under his command.
- John Ryan Pike, the former drummer of the American indie rock band Ra Ra Riot
- John Shea (archaeologist), paleoanthropologist at Stony Brook University
# Historic places.
- Asbury Grove
- Austin Brown House
- Brown House (Hamilton, Massachusetts)
- Emeline Patch House
- Hamilton Historic District
- Myopia Hunt Club, site of the U.S. | 10,058 |
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lds in honor of Vietnam soldiers who died under his command.
- John Ryan Pike, the former drummer of the American indie rock band Ra Ra Riot
- John Shea (archaeologist), paleoanthropologist at Stony Brook University
# Historic places.
- Asbury Grove
- Austin Brown House
- Brown House (Hamilton, Massachusetts)
- Emeline Patch House
- Hamilton Historic District
- Myopia Hunt Club, site of the U.S. Open in 1898, 1901, 1905, and 1908
- Woodberry-Quarrels House
# External links.
- Town of Hamilton official website
- 1884 Map of Hamilton. Plate 103 of the Atlas of Essex County Massachusetts, published 1884.
- Old USGS maps of Hamilton
- Historical Resources for Hamilton, at Rootsweb | 10,059 |
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Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester is a city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 28,789 at the 2010 U.S. Census. An important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Magnolia, Riverdale, East Gloucester, and West Gloucester.
# History.
The boundaries of Gloucester originally included the town of Rockport, in an area dubbed "Sandy Bay". That village separated formally on February 27, 1840. In 1873, Gloucester was reincorporated | 10,060 |
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as a city.
## Early Gloucester.
Gloucester was founded at Cape Ann by an expedition called the "Dorchester Company" of men from Dorchester (in the county of Dorset, England) chartered by James I in 1623. It was one of the first English settlements in what would become the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and predates both Salem in 1626 and Boston in 1630. The first company of pioneers made landing at Half Moon Beach and settled nearby, setting up fishing stages in a field in what is now Stage Fort Park. This settlement's existence is proclaimed today by a memorial tablet, affixed to a boulder in that park.
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abandoned, and the people removed themselves to Naumkeag (what is now called Salem, Massachusetts), where more fertile soil for planting was to be found. The meetinghouse was even disassembled and relocated to the new place of settlement. At some point in the following years – though no record exists – the area was slowly resettled. The town was formally incorporated in 1642. It is at this time that the name "Gloucester" first appears on tax rolls, although in various spellings. The town took its name from the city of Gloucester in South-West England, perhaps from where many of its new occupants originated but more likely because Gloucester, England, was a Parliamentarian stronghold, successfully | 10,062 |
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defended with the aid of the Earl of Essex against the King in the Siege of Gloucester of 1643.
This new permanent settlement focused on the Town Green area, an inlet in the marshes at a bend in the Annisquam River. This area is now the site of Grant Circle, a large traffic rotary at which Massachusetts Route 128 mingles with a major city street (Washington Street/Rt 127). Here the first permanent settlers built a meeting house and therefore focused the nexus of their settlement on the "Island" for nearly 100 years. Unlike other early coastal towns in New England, development in Gloucester was not focused around the harbor as it is today, rather it was inland that people settled first. This | 10,063 |
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is evidenced by the placement of the Town Green nearly two miles from the harbor-front.
The Town Green is also where the settlers built the first school. By Massachusetts Bay Colony Law, any town boasting 100 families or more had to provide a public schoolhouse. This requirement was met in 1698, with Thomas Riggs standing as the town's first schoolmaster.
The White-Ellery House was erected in 1710 upon the Town Green. It was built at the edge of a marsh for Gloucester’s first settled minister, the Reverend John White (1677–1760).
Early industry included subsistence farming and logging. Because of the poor soil and rocky hills, Cape Ann was not well suited for farming on a large scale. Small | 10,064 |
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family farms and livestock provided the bulk of the sustenance to the population. Fishing, for which the town is known today, was limited to close-to-shore, with families subsisting on small catches as opposed to the great bounties yielded in later years. The fisherman of Gloucester did not command the Grand Banks until the mid-18th century. Historian Christine Heyrman, examining the town's society between 1690 and 1750, finds that at the beginning community sensibility was weak in a town that was a loose agglomeration of individuals. Commerce and capitalism transformed the society, making it much more closely knit with extended families interlocking in business relationships.
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cleared great swaths of the forest of Cape Ann for farm and pasture land, using the timber to build structures as far away as Boston. The rocky moors of Gloucester remained clear for two centuries until the forest reclaimed the land in the 20th century. The inland part of the island became known as the "Commons", the "Common Village", or "Dogtown". Here small dwellings lay scattered amongst the boulders and swamps, along roads that meandered through the hills. These dwellings were at times little more than shanties; only one was even two stories tall. Despite their size, several generations of families were raised in such houses. One feature of the construction of these houses was that under | 10,066 |
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one side of the floor was dug a cellar hole (for the keeping of food), supported by a foundation of laid-stone (without mortar). These cellar holes are still visible today along the trails throughout the inland part of Gloucester; they, and some walls, are all that remain of the village there.
## Growth.
The town grew, and eventually colonists lived on the opposite side of the Annisquam River. This, in a time of legally mandated church attendance, was a long way to walk – or row – on a Sunday morning. In 1718 the settlers on the opposite shore of the river split off from the First Parish community at the Green and formed "Second Parish". While still part of the town of Gloucester, the people | 10,067 |
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of Second, or "West", Parish now constructed their own meetinghouse and designated their own place of burial, both of which were in the hills near the marshes behind Wingaersheek Beach. The meetinghouse is gone now, but deep in the woods on the Second Parish Road, Old Thompson road, one can still find the stone foundation and memorial altar, as well as scattered stones of the abandoned burial ground.
Other parts of town later followed suit. Third Parish, in northern Gloucester, was founded in 1728. Fourth Parish split off from First Parish in 1742. Finally, in 1754, the people of Sandy Bay (what would later be called Rockport) split off from First Parish to found Fifth Parish. The Sandy Bay | 10,068 |
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church founding was the last religious re-ordering of the colonial period. All of these congregations still exist in some form, with the exception of Fourth Parish, the site of whose meeting house is now a highway.
At one time, there was a thriving granite industry in Gloucester.
# Geography and transportation.
Gloucester is located at (42.624015, −70.675521). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 36.88%, is water.
Gloucester occupies most of the eastern end of Cape Ann, except for the far tip, which is the town of Rockport. The city is split in half by the Annisquam River, which flows northward through the middle of the city | 10,069 |
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into Ipswich Bay. At its south end it is connected to Gloucester Harbor by the Blynman Canal. The land along the northwestern shore of the river is marshy, creating several small islands. Gloucester Harbor is divided into several smaller coves, including the Western Harbor (site of the Fisherman's Memorial) and the Inner Harbor (home to the Gloucester fishing fleet). The eastern side of Gloucester Harbor is divided from the rest of Massachusetts Bay by Eastern Point, extending some outward from the mainland. There are several parks in the city, the largest of which are Ravenswood Park, Stage Fort Park and Mount Ann Park.
Gloucester lies between Ipswich Bay to the north and Massachusetts Bay | 10,070 |
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to the south. The city is bordered on the east by Rockport, and on the west by Ipswich, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea to the west. (The town line with Ipswich is located across Essex Harbor, and as such there is no land connection between the towns.) Gloucester lies east-northeast of Salem and northeast of Boston. Gloucester lies at the eastern terminus of Route 128, which ends at Route 127A. Route 127A begins at Route 127 just east of the Route 128 terminus, heading into Rockport before terminating there. Route 127 enters from Manchester-by-the-Sea before crossing the Blynman Canal and passing through downtown towards Rockport. It then re-enters Gloucester near Folly Cove, running opposite | 10,071 |
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of its usual north-south orientation towards its terminus at Route 128. Route 133 also terminates within the city, entering from Essex and terminating just west of the Blynman Canal at Route 127. Besides the bridge over the Blynman Canal, there are only two other connections between the eastern and western halves of town, the A. Piatt Andrew Memorial Bridge, carrying Route 128, and the Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge, just north of the Blynman Canal.
Gloucester is home to the Cape Ann Transportation Authority, which serves the city and surrounding towns. Two stops, in West Gloucester and in downtown Gloucester, provide access to the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, which | 10,072 |
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extends from Rockport along the North Shore to Boston's North Station. The nearest airport is the Beverly Municipal Airport, with the nearest national and international air service being at Boston's Logan International Airport.
# Demographics.
As of the 2000 census, there were 30,273 people, 12,592 households, and 7,895 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,166.0 people per square mile (450.2/km²). There were 13,958 housing units at an average density of 537.6 per square mile (207.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.99% White, 6.61% African American, 0.72% Asian, 0.12% Native American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more | 10,073 |
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races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.48% of the population. 22.6% were of Italian, 16.2% Irish, 11.1% English, 8.5% Portuguese and 7.1% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 12,592 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city, the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 | 10,074 |
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to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $58,568, and the median income for a family was $80,970 from a 2007 estimate. Males had a median income of $41,465 versus $30,566 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,595. About 7.1% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.
# Politics.
Gloucester is a city, with a Strong-Mayor-Council System. The | 10,075 |
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current mayor of Gloucester is Sefatia Romeo-Theken as of February 15, 2015. The Mayor is also reserved a seat on the School Committee. City offices are elected every two years (those ending with odd numbers). In 2007 over 40 people ran for the 15 elected seats in the city's government.
The city is divided into five Wards, each split into two precincts:
- Ward 1: East Gloucester – includes Eastern Point and Rocky Neck
- Ward 2: Downtown and the Harbor area
- Ward 3: The western edge of the "island" from Stacy Boulevard to Wheeler's Point – includes the Heights at Cape Ann and Pond View Village.
- Ward 4: North Gloucester – includes Riverdale, Annisquam, Bay View, and Lanesville.
- Ward | 10,076 |
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5: The entirety of West Gloucester west of the Annisquam River and Blynman Canal to Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex – includes the Wingaersheek area and village of Magnolia.
As late as the mid-20th century Gloucester had as many as eight wards, but they have been since reorganized into current number.
On November 7, 2005, incumbent Mayor John Bell was re-elected to a third term in office. He stated his intention not to run for reelection and stepped down in January 2008.
On November 6, 2007 Carolyn Kirk was elected as the Mayor of Gloucester. Kirk resigned in December 2014 to take a position in the administration of Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker. Sefatia Theken was then voted to be | 10,077 |
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the interim mayor of Gloucester by the City Council. Sefatia was elected to serve a full two-year term on November 2, 2015.
# Education.
The following schools are located within the Gloucester Public Schools District:
- Gloucester High School (9–12)
- O'Maley Innovation Middle School (6–8)
- East Gloucester Elementary School (K–5)
- Plum Cove Elementary School (K–5)
- Beeman Elementary School (K–5)
- Veteran's Memorial School (K–5)
- West Parish Elementary School (K–5) (site of the West Parish Elementary School Science Park)
- Gloucester Preschool
# Economy.
Gorton's of Gloucester, Mighty Mac, Gloucester Engineering, Good Harbor Consulting, Para Research, Aid-Pack, Cyrk, and Varian | 10,078 |
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Semiconductor are among the companies based in Gloucester.
# Gloucester and the sea.
The town was an important shipbuilding center, and the first schooner was reputedly built there in 1713. The community developed into an important fishing port, largely due to its proximity to Georges Bank and other fishing banks off the east coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Gloucester's most famous (and nationally recognized) seafood business was founded in 1849 as John Pew & Sons. It became Gorton-Pew Fisheries in 1906, and in 1957 changed its name to Gorton's of Gloucester. The iconic image of the "Gorton's Fisherman", and the products he represents, are known throughout the country and beyond. Besides | 10,079 |
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catching and processing seafood, Gloucester is also a center for research on marine life and conservation ; Ocean Alliance is headquartered in the city.
In the late 19th century Gloucester saw an influx of Portuguese and Italian immigrants seeking work in the town's flourishing fishing industry and a better life in America. Some present-day fishermen of Gloucester are descendants of these early immigrants. The strong Portuguese and Italian influence is evident in the many festivals celebrated throughout the year. During the Catholic celebration, St Peter's Fiesta, relatives of fishermen past and present carry oars representing many of the fishing vessels which call Gloucester their home. Saint | 10,080 |
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Peter is the patron saint of the fishermen. Gloucester remains an active fishing port, and in 2013 ranked 21st in the United States with respect to fish landings. In that year 62 million pounds of fish were caught bringing in an estimated $42 million.
# Arts.
## Painting and printmaking.
Gloucester's scenic beauty, active fishing industry, and renowned arts community have attracted and inspired painters since the early 19th century, as they do today. The first Gloucester painter of note was native-born Fitz Henry Lane, whose home still exists on the waterfront. The premier collection of his works is in the Cape Ann Museum, which holds 40 of his paintings and 100 of his drawings. Other painters | 10,081 |
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subsequently attracted to Gloucester include, William Morris Hunt, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Frederick Mulhaupt, Frank Duveneck, Cecilia Beaux, Jane Peterson, Gordon Grant, Harry DeMaine, Emile Gruppe, Stuart Davis, Joseph Solman, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Barnett Newman, William Meyerowitz, Joan Lockhart, Theresa Bernstein, and Marsden Hartley, and artists from the Ashcan School such as Edward Hopper, John Sloan, Robert Henri, William Glackens, and Maurice Prendergast.
Smith Cove is home to the Rocky Neck Art Colony, the oldest art colony in the country. Folly Cove was the home of the Folly Cove Designers, influential to this day in print design and technique.
## Sculpture.
Several | 10,082 |
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important sculptors have lived and worked in East Gloucester, Annisquam, Lanesville and Folly Cove. They include George Aarons, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Charles Grafly, Paul Manship and his daughter-in-law Margaret Cassidy Manship, Walker Hancock, and George Demetrios. In addition, Aristides Demetrios grew up in Folly Cove.
## Literature.
- "Captains Courageous" (1897) by Rudyard Kipling was set in Gloucester, and adapted as a 1937 movie starring Spencer Tracy.
- Charles Olson (1910–1970), a poet and teacher at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, composed a 635-page poem known as "The Maximus Poems," which centered on Gloucester.
- Gloucester is often referred to in the works of horror | 10,083 |
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writer H. P. Lovecraft. The fictional town of Innsmouth in Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is believed partially based on Cape Ann as a whole and Gloucester in particular.
- The book, "The Perfect Storm", which recounted a massive storm of 1991, had figures based in the town. Scenes from the film adaptation by the same name were filmed there.
- Gloucester and its coast guard station are the center of the land action in Michael J. Tougias' 2005 book "Ten Hours Until Dawn", recounting the loss of the pilot boat "Can Do" and its crew during the blizzard of 1978.
- "Gloucesterbook", "Gloucestertide", and "Gloucestermas" are three novels in the "Gloucesterman" series by Gloucester novelist | 10,084 |
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Jonathan Bayliss set in Gloucester, fictionalized as "Dogtown" on "Cape Gloucester".
- "Hersenschimmen" ("Out of Mind"), a 1984 novel by J. Bernlef, is set in Gloucester.
## Comics.
Gloucester is the birthplace of Marvel character Dane Whitman whose superhero alter ego is the Black Knight.
## Film.
- "Author! Author!" had scenes shot on Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester.
- In "The Bostonians", oceanfront scenes were filmed on rocks at Rafes Chasm Park, off Hesperus Avenue.
- "Captains Courageous" was set in Gloucester.
- "The Gloucester 18" is a documentary film that investigates the Gloucester pregnancy pact, and was filmed entirely in Gloucester.
- "The Good Son" was filmed in Gloucester | 10,085 |
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and other Cape Ann communities.
- "Grown Ups"
- "Manchester by the Sea" much of which was filmed in Gloucester.
- "Mermaids" had scenes shot in the Magnolia area of Gloucester.
- "Moonlight Mile" was filmed almost entirely in Gloucester, with some shots in Marblehead.
- "The Perfect Storm" was filmed and set in Gloucester.
- "" is a one-hour documentary about the poet Charles Olson which the "Boston Phoenix" called "the best film about an American poet ever made."
- Portions of "Stuck on You" were filmed in Gloucester and in neighboring Rockport. (The rink scenes were filmed at the O'Maley School.)
- "The Women" was partly filmed in Annisquam.
- "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians | 10,086 |
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Are Coming" film takes place on a fictional Gloucester island but was filmed in Mendocino, California.
- "" Episode 19, "The Captain's Guests", takes place on "Cape Ann Road" set in Gloucester.
- "Clear History" takes place on an island in New England, but was filmed in Gloucester and around Cape Ann.
## Television.
National Geographic Channel films its reality television series "Wicked Tuna", documenting and chronicling the lives of commercial tuna fishermen, and the lucrative bluefin tuna industry, in Gloucester.
# Points of interest.
- The schooner "Adventure"
- Annisquam
- Cape Ann Museum
- Dogtown Common
- Norman's Woe, known for several shipwrecks, including The Wreck of the | 10,087 |
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Hesperus
- Ravenswood Park
- Rocky Neck Art Colony, America's oldest working art colony
- Sargent House Museum
- White-Ellery House
Gloucester's most noted landmark is the harborside "Man at the Wheel" statue (also known as the "Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial Cenotaph"), dedicated to "They that go down to the sea in ships", which is a quote from Psalm 107:23–32.
Gloucester has a professional theatre company known as the Gloucester Stage Company, which stages five to eight plays each season, primarily in the summer months. Located in East Gloucester, the theatre sits at water's edge overlooking Smith's Cove. It was founded in 1979 by local arts and business leaders to encourage playwrights | 10,088 |
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and their new works. Israel Horovitz, who founded the GSC, was also its artistic director from 1979 to 2006. Over the years, plays developed at the Gloucester Stage Company have gone on to critical acclaim and popular success, on and off Broadway, nationally and internationally. The group draws theatre-goers from Gloucester, neighboring North Shore districts, and the greater Boston area, as well as seasonal residents and tourists.
Gloucester's largest annual event is St. Peter's Fiesta, sponsored by the local Italian-American community. It is held the last weekend in June, which is typically the weekend closest to the saint's feast day. Preceded by a nine-day novena of prayers, the festival | 10,089 |
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highlights include the blessing of the fleet and the greasy pole contest.
The city has much significant architecture, from pre-Revolutionary houses to the hilltop 1870 City Hall, which dominates the town and harbor. It also has exotic waterfront homes now converted to museums, including Beauport, built 1907–1934 by designer Henry Davis Sleeper in collaboration with local architect Halfdan Hanson, said to raise eclecticism to the level of genius. In addition, it has Hammond Castle, built 1926–1929 by inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr., as a setting for his collection of Roman, medieval and Renaissance artifacts. Gloucester was also the home of feminist writer Judith Sargent Murray and John Murray, | 10,090 |
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the founder of the first Universalist Church in America. Their house still exists as the Sargent House Museum. Many museums are located in the main downtown area, such as the Cape Ann Museum, and the museum/aquarium Maritime Gloucester.
# Notable people.
- Sylvester Ahola, jazz trumpeter and cornetist
- Willie Alexander, singer and keyboard player, formerly of the Lost, the Bagatelle, the Grass Menagerie and the Boom Boom Band, before briefly becoming a member of The Velvet Underground, was raised and is based in Gloucester; much of his later work involves collaborations in various media with area's rich arts community
- A. Piatt Andrew, congressman, Assistant Treasury Secretary, and Harvard | 10,091 |
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professor; Route 128 bridge connecting the island and mainland portions of Gloucester was named after him
- The Ashcan School artists such as Robert Henri, John Sloan, Edward Hopper, and William Glackens spent their summers painting in Gloucester
- Roger Babson, founder of Babson College and presidential candidate for Prohibition Party in 1940
- Walworth Barbour, diplomat, lived for many years in Gloucester
- Thomas P. Barnett, painter
- Jonathan Bayliss, novelist and playwright
- Cecilia Beaux, painter and society portraitist
- Howard Blackburn, fisherman and adventurer
- Nell Blaine, painter
- Clarence Birdseye, founder of modern frozen food industry
- Phil Bolger, prolific 20th-century | 10,092 |
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boat designer with 668 designs to his credit, designed Canadian-built tall ship HMS "Rose" later renamed for use in ""
- Hugo Burnham, drummer and founding member of British post-punk band Gang of Four
- Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968), children's book author and illustrator ("The Little House" and "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel"), founder of the Folly Cove Designers group
- Carleton S. Coon, physical anthropologist and president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- Roger Cressey, former member of United States National Security Council, terrorism analyst for NBC News, president of Good Harbor Consulting, and adjunct professor at Georgetown University
- Thomas | 10,093 |
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Dalton, abolitionist leader
- Aristides Demetrios, sculptor, grew up in Gloucester as son of Virginia Lee Burton
- James Elliot, author and United States Representative from Vermont
- Henry Ferrini, critically acclaimed independent filmmaker, nephew of Vincent Ferrini
- Vincent Ferrini, poet, first Poet Laureate of Gloucester
- Thomas Gardner, landed in 1624 at Cape Ann to form colony at what is now known as Gloucester
- Gregory Gibson, author of "Goneboy: a Walkabout", "Demon of the Waters" and "Hubert's Freaks"
- Raymond Greenleaf, actor
- Emil Gruppe, painter
- John Hays Hammond, Jr., inventor known as "The Father of Radio Control", built Hammond Castle as his home and laboratory
- | 10,094 |
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Halfdan M. Hanson, architect, most noted for collaboration with Henry Davis Sleeper on Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House
- Walker Hancock, sculptor
- Sterling Hayden, actor and writer
- Helen Hayes, actor, spent her summers in Annisquam
- Winslow Homer, landscape painter and printmaker, lived and painted in Gloucester in 1870s
- Israel Horovitz, playwright and father of Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys
- Alpheus Hyatt, naturalist and paleontologist
- Anna Hyatt Huntington, animalier sculptor and daughter of Alpheus Hyatt
- Elliott Jaques, psychoanalyst, social scientist, known for coining term "mid-life crisis"; moved to Gloucester in 1991 and lived there till death in 2003
- Alfred "Centennial" | 10,095 |
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Johnson, first recorded single-handed crossing of Atlantic Ocean
- Hilton Kramer, art critic and essayist, was born in, and grew up in, Gloucester
- Fitz Henry Lane, Luminist painter, born and lived in Gloucester
- Paul Manship, sculptor
- Stuffy McInnis, Major League Baseball player and manager, Harvard baseball coach
- Tony Millionaire, artist and animator best known for comic strip "Maakies" and Cartoon Network's "Drinky Crow Show"
- Shawn Milne, Cyclist
- William Monahan, Academy Award–winning screenwriter
- The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church, spent a great deal of time in Gloucester, and the Unification Church at one time owned a large amount of waterfront | 10,096 |
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property.
- Richard Murphy, schooner captain
- John Murray, founder of Universalist denomination in the United States
- Judith Sargent Murray, feminist, essayist, playwright, and poet
- Laura Nyro, singer and songwriter, lived in Gloucester for a number of years
- Charles Olson, Black Mountain College poet
- Kris Osborn, former CNN commentator and current columnist for various military industry blogs
- Mark Parisi, author of syndicated comic strip "Off the Mark", was born in Gloucester.
- Cy Perkins, Major League Baseball catcher
- Herb Pomeroy, jazz musician, born in Gloucester
- Jessie Ralph, actress
- Marc Randazza, First Amendment lawyer, legal news commentator, columnist (Fox | 10,097 |
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News and CNN)
- Russ Russo, actor
- Daniel Sargent, merchant, politician
- Epes Sargent, editor, poet and playwright
- Henry Sargent, painter and military man
- Paul Dudley Sargent, Revolutionary War hero, one of founding overseers of Bowdoin College
- Winthrop Sargent, patriot, governor, politician, writer; member of Federalist party
- Ben Smith, Olympic ice hockey coach, son of Benjamin A. Smith II, born in Gloucester
- Benjamin A. Smith II, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1960–1962), Mayor of Gloucester (1954–1955)
- William Stacy (1734–1802), Revolutionary War officer, pioneer to Ohio Country
- Vermin Supreme, performance artist, anarchist, politician, and activist (perennial | 10,098 |
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presidential candidate)
- Martin Welch, schooner captain, winner of first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races
- Philip Saltonstall Weld, famed sailor and newspaper publisher
- Anna Maria Wells, poet and writer for children
# Further reading.
- Anastas, Peter and Parsons, Peter. "When Gloucester Was Gloucester: Toward An Oral History Of The City" (1973), Harvard University Press. Published for the 350th Anniversary Celebration of the City
- Clark, Margaret Elwyn. "Managing uncertainty: Family, religion, and collective action among fishermen’s wives in Gloucester, Massachusetts." in Jane Nadel-Klein and Dona Lee Davis, eds. "To Work and to Weep: Women in Fishing Economies" | 10,099 |
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