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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 .
In addition to being a prominent Canton citizen, Elijah Dunbar was the first president of the Stoughton Musical Society from 1786 to 1808. [6] Now named the Old Stoughton Music Society, it is the oldest choral society in the United States. [7] Paul Revere built the nation's first copper rolling mill in Canton in 1801.
Avon's story begins deep in the forest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the territory of the ancient town of Dorchester.In 1630 the Indian chief Chicataubut, in return for a sum of money, gave the English the right to settle Dorchester, south to the top of Blue Hill.
SmartCode is a unified land development ordinance template for planning and urban design. Originally developed by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, this open source program is a model form-based unified land development ordinance designed to create walkable neighborhoods across the full spectrum of human settlement, from the most rural to the most urban, incorporating a transect of character and ...
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 ...
Early postcard picturing the Equitable Building Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. In 1916, New York City adopted the first zoning regulations to apply citywide as a reaction to construction of the Equitable Building (which still stands at 120 Broadway ...
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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