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Map of Hanover, Massachusetts from 1849. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.7 square miles (41 km 2), of which 15.6 square miles (40 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2), or 0.70%, is water. Hanover is the 240th town of 351 in the Commonwealth in terms of size.
The Hanover Center Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Hanover, Massachusetts. Established in 1721, the town center includes the town hall, library, and church, as well as its first cemetery and the c. 1700 Stetson House, one of its oldest buildings. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
The Stetson House is a historic house at Hanover Street in Hanover, Massachusetts. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story frame house was built c. 1694 by Samuel "Drummer" Stetson and was occupied by the Stetson family until at least the 1860s. During the 19th century the family opened the house for religious services after the church burned down. [2]
Location of Plymouth County in Massachusetts. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
In 1717, the western portion of the original land grant was separated and incorporated as the town of Hanover, and in 1788, a section of the town was ceded to Marshfield. In 1849, another western section became the town of South Scituate, which later changed its name to Norwell. Since then, the borders have remained essentially unchanged.
Hanover Crossing (previously the Hanover Mall) is mixed-use development located in Hanover, Massachusetts. It operated from 1971 until 2020 as an indoor shopping mall, and reopened in 2022 after being converted into an outdoor lifestyle center. It is anchored by department store Macy's and grocery store Market Basket.
Massachusetts: A Concise History (2002), a recent scholarly history Clark, Will L. ed., Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636–1925 (1926), history of towns and institutions Cumbler, John T. online Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790–1930 (2001), environmental history
The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Second Plymouth and Bristol District, which includes the city of Brockton and the towns of East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Plympton, Whitman. [15] The town is patrolled by its own full service Police department. [16]