Fairhaven Massachusetts was first settled in 1659 as "Cushnea", the easternmost part of the town of Dartmouth.
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16 Facts About Fairhaven Massachusetts
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Fairhaven Massachusetts eventually separated from New Bedford, and it was officially incorporated in 1812.
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At that time, Fairhaven Massachusetts included all of the land on the east bank of the Acushnet River.
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Fort Phoenix, owned by the Town of Fairhaven Massachusetts, is located in Fairhaven Massachusetts at the mouth of the Acushnet River, and it served, during colonial and revolutionary times, as the primary defense against seaborne attacks on New Bedford harbor.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts was a whaling port; in fact, in the year 1838, Fairhaven Massachusetts was the second-largest whaling port in the United States, with 24 vessels sailing for the whaling grounds.
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However, once New Bedford's predominance in the whaling industry became apparent, Fairhaven Massachusetts's economy evolved into one that supplemented the New Bedford economy rather than competing directly with it.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts became a town of shipwrights, ship chandlers, ropemakers, coopers, and sailmakers.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts wrote the 1846 tract The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts later adopted the sanctuary doctrine from Hiram Edson and integrated Sabbatarian Adventist theology around the great controversy theme.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is approximately 54 miles south of Boston, 21 miles by land west of Cape Cod, and 32 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is the home of the Acushnet Company, a world-renowned manufacturer of golf equipment under the brand name Titleist .
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is home to Nye Lubricants, a firm dealing in industrial lubricants and whose history dates back to 1844 and the whaling industry.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is located in the 10th Bristol state representative district, which includes all of Fairhaven Massachusetts, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, as well as a portion of Middleborough.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is governed by a representative town meeting, run by a board of selectmen and a town administrator.
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Fairhaven Massachusetts is part of the Fairhaven Massachusetts-Acushnet Regional School District, along with neighboring Acushnet.
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Northeast Maritime Institute based in Fairhaven Massachusetts offers a two year program in Nautical Science and prepares students to work as deck officers or captains aboard ships.
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