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Stoughton / ˈ s t oʊ t ən / (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census . The town is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston , 31 miles (50 km) from Providence, Rhode Island , and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod .
Edwin H. Stoughton, Union general during the American Civil War; Luke Stoughton, the founder and namesake of Stoughton, Wisconsin: Nelson Williams (1825–1899) then married Delette Huldah Stoughton, the daughter of; William Stoughton (Massachusetts), chief justice at the Salem Witch Trials
Statue of Deborah Sampson. The Town of Sharon was first settled as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 and was deemed the 2nd precinct of Stoughton in 1740. It was established as the district of Stoughtonham on June 21, 1765, incorporated as the Town of Stoughtonham on August 23, 1775, and was named Sharon on February 25, 1783, after Israel's Sharon plain, due to its high level of ...
July 30, 2024 at 8:27 AM. STOUGHTON — Members of the Stoughton community are remembering former Select Board member David "Spanky" Sousa, 57, who was identified as the MassDOT worker killed in a ...
The town seal, designed by a descendant of Nathaniel Colburn, includes a drawing of the Town Pound. [14] On May 14, 1700, Lt. Joseph Colburn [a] was paid "forty shillings of the Town rate" for constructing an animal pound measuring 33' square on his land. [14] [b] The pound was originally made out of wood and later reconstructed with stone. [14]
A "Justice for Sandra Birchmore" standout is held in Stoughton Center on Saturday, July 20, 2024. She was about two months pregnant when police found her hanging from a gym bag strap at her Canton ...
The Stoughton Public Library is part of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN), a cooperative of libraries located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. In addition to books and print materials, the library offers patrons access to eBooks and databases through the OCLN, as well as lending museum passes to area museums and zoos, coordinating free tutoring for adults in Basic Literacy and English ...
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