Brockton Massachusetts was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater.
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16 Facts About Brockton Massachusetts
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Since the company's 1898 founding, Brockton has been the headquarters city of office supplies retailer W B Mason, itself founded to provide those supplies to the city's shoe industry.
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Brockton Massachusetts is the 162nd largest city by land area in the Commonwealth, and the twelfth largest of the twenty-seven towns in Plymouth County.
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Brockton Massachusetts is bordered by Stoughton to the northwest, Avon to the north, Holbrook to the northeast, Abington to the northeast, Whitman and East Bridgewater to the southeast, West Bridgewater to the south, and Easton to the west.
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Brockton Massachusetts is approximately 25 miles south of Boston, and 30 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
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Brockton Massachusetts is mostly an urban setting, lying along the Salisbury Plain River, which once powered the many shoe factories of the city.
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The African-American population in Brockton Massachusetts has grown significantly since the beginning of the early 2000s.
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Brockton Massachusetts reportedly has one of the largest communities of Angolans in the United States.
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Statistically, Brockton Massachusetts is the most populous and most densely populated community in Plymouth County.
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Brockton Massachusetts is home to the Brockton Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra founded in 1948.
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Brockton Massachusetts had previously served 16 years as a City Councilor.
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Brockton Massachusetts was home to three parochial schools which merged in 2007 to form two schools.
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Brockton Massachusetts has its own bus services, operated by the Brockton Massachusetts Area Transit Authority .
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Brockton Massachusetts has a community health center that serves individuals with low income and poor access to health care at Brockton Massachusetts Neighborhood Health Center.
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City of Brockton Massachusetts is protected around the clock by 174 paid, professional firefighters of the city of Brockton Massachusetts Fire Department.
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Brockton Massachusetts has several citizen anti-crime groups, including the Guardian Angels and Operation Archangel.
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