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Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. [1] As of the 2020 U.S. Census , the town's population was 28,633. [ 2 ] The town center of Bridgewater is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 35 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island . [ 3 ]
Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. [1] The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division ...
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts (8 P) H. Halifax, Massachusetts (7 P) Hanover, Massachusetts (1 C, 14 P) ... Pages in category "Towns in Plymouth County, Massachusetts"
The "South Coast" label was born as a public relations effort to counteract the perceived stigma of former terms like "Greater Fall River," "Greater New Bedford," or "New Bedford-Fall River," which conjured images, in many Massachusetts residents' minds, of depressed mill towns with run-down buildings and high unemployment.
This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see List of municipalities in Massachusetts ) which is the smallest official form of government.
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
The town's post office is located west of the town center, and handles the entire town. East Bridgewater Public Library is located in a historic building along Route 18 at the center of town; it is a part of the SAILS Library Network. The town also operates two parks near the town center and has its own department of public works. [citation needed]
The Town River in West Bridgewater Town River near Bridgewater Iron Works historic site. The Town River is a river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.It flows 10.6 miles (17.1 km) [1] from the northeast end of Lake Nippenicket in the town of Bridgewater, flowing easterly through West Bridgewater, then south back into Bridgewater where it joins with the Matfield River to form the ...