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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 .
Town Middlesex Representative town meeting 37,006 16.1 sq mi (41.70 km 2) 15.1 sq mi (39.11 km 2) 1781 Andover: Town Essex Open town meeting 36,569 32.1 sq mi (83.14 km 2) 31.0 sq mi (80.29 km 2) 1646 Chelmsford: Town Middlesex Representative town meeting 36,392 23.2 sq mi (60.09 km 2) 22.7 sq mi (58.79 km 2) 1655 Watertown: City Middlesex ...
Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, [1] making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States.
Newspaper Area County Frequency [verification needed] Circulation [verification needed] Publisher/parent company ; Athol Daily News [1]: Athol: Franklin ...
The building housed the library as well as the Stoughton Historical Society at 6 Park Street. In 1969 a modern library was built to meet the needs of the town at nearby 84 Park Street. The old building was renamed the Lucius Clapp Memorial and continued to house the Stoughton Historical Society. The new 22,000 square foot building with a 96,000 ...
The Third Baptist Meeting House was erected in East Stoughton on March 30, 1848. [3] Following a petition sent through the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate, the new town of Avon was separated from Stoughton and incorporated on February 21, 1888. The town was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod, which includes Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile (5 km) limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet (30 m) beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)". [4]
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 ...