30 Facts About Fall River

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

Fall River is known for the Lizzie Borden case, the Fall River cult murders, Portuguese culture, its numerous 19th-century textile mills and Battleship Cove, home of the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels .

Fall River has its city hall located over an interstate highway.

The southern part of what is Fall River was incorporated as the town of Tiverton as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1694, a few years after the merger with Plymouth Colony.

In 1803, Fall River was separated from Freetown and officially incorporated as its own town.

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In July 1843, the first great fire in Fall River's history destroyed much of the town center, including the Atheneum, which housed the Skeleton in Armor which had been discovered in a sand bank in 1832 near what is the corner of Hartwell and Fifth Street.

Early establishment of the textile industry in Fall River grew out of the developments made in nearby Rhode Island, beginning with Samuel Slater at Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1793.

Fall River Manufactory was established by David Anthony and others in 1813.

The Old Colony Railroad and Fall River Railroad merged in 1854, forming the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad.

Fall River profited well from the American Civil War and was in a fine position to take advantage of the prosperity that followed.

Unlike the well-spaced boardinghouses and tidy cottages of Rhode Island, worker housing in Fall River consisted of thousands of wood-framed, multi-family tenements, usually three-floor "triple-deckers" with up to six apartments.

Fall River rode a wave of economic prosperity well into the early 20th century.

Cotton mills of Fall River had built their business largely on one product: print cloth.

In 2021, Fall River was ranked the 96th most dangerous city in the United States.

The Quequechan Fall River once flowed through downtown unrestricted, providing water power for the mills and, in the last.

Fall River and surrounding areas are located in the northeastern coastal forests, which make up the temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome.

Fall River has two large lakes and a large portion of protected woodlands on the eastern part of the city, which is higher in elevation, with the Quequechan River draining out of the ponds and flowing 2.

Copicut Hill, the highest point in Fall River, is located between North Watuppa Pond and the Copicut Reservoir.

The Quequechan Fall River originally flowed unconfined over an almost level course for more than a mile.

Fall River is home to 23 municipal parks and playgrounds, including three designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

In percentage terms, Fall River has the largest Portuguese American population in the United States.

Fall River is ranked 344th out of Massachusetts' 350 municipalities in terms of per capita income.

Fall River retains a vibrant mix of cultures that date back to its time as an immigration hub.

For many years, the waterfront hosted the annual Fall River Celebrates America Festival, sponsored by the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.

Fall River remains a predominantly Roman Catholic city due to the French who first populated the city, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River.

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German Jewish settlers arrived in Fall River beginning in the 1860s and continuing into the 1870s.

Fall River is represented by three separate Massachusetts House of Representatives districts; only one, the 7th Bristol, is wholly within city limits.

Fall River has historically been a transportation hub for the South Coast and Mount Hope Bay areas due to its location along the Taunton River.

The twelve fixed-route bus lines that service Fall River depart from the Louis D Pettine Transportation Center, which opened in 2013.

Fall River Line Pier, located directly beneath the Braga Bridge, is a major port for commercial fishing and cargo shipping, handling imports from and to Cape Verde, the Azores, Brazil, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.