Part of Greater Boston, Hanson Massachusetts is located 20 miles south of Boston and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore.
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10 Facts About Hanson Massachusetts
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Hanson Massachusetts was first settled in 1632 as the western parish of Pembroke.
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Hanson Massachusetts was a champion of free speech and freedom of the press, and he was severely beaten and his newspaper offices were attacked and destroyed by an angry mob after he published an article that was critical of the administration shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812.
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Ocean Spray was first started by several bogs in Hanson Massachusetts, and remained headquartered in Hanson Massachusetts before moving to Plymouth in September 1977.
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Hanson Massachusetts was home to the Plymouth County Hospital, a tuberculosis sanatorium, located on Bonney Hill, opening in 1919 and remaining open until 1992.
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Hanson Massachusetts is located approximately 9 miles east of Brockton, 13 miles south of Quincy, and 18 miles south-southeast of Boston.
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Statistically, Hanson is the 180th most populous and the 154th most densely populated town in Massachusetts.
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Hanson Massachusetts is governed by the open town meeting form of government and is led by current Town Administrator Lisa Green and a five-member Board of Selectmen.
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Whitman-Hanson Massachusetts's teams are known as the Panthers, and their colors are red and black.
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Nearest colleges to Hanson Massachusetts are Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, and Quincy College in Quincy.
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