10 Facts About Lakeville Massachusetts

Lakeville Massachusetts was believed to have been murdered, and three Native Americans were arrested.

Lakeville Massachusetts's confession is widely believed to have been coerced.

One notable resident from Lakeville Massachusetts who fought in the American Revolution, was a Wampanoag man named Benjamin Simonds, who was an aide-de-camp to George Washington at Valley Forge, who died in either 1831 or 1836.

Lakeville Massachusetts was likely apart of one of the two militias from Lakeville, the Pond Militia Company or the Beech Woods Company of Minutemen.

Lakeville Massachusetts ended up becoming a local celebrity, both because of his service and because he was the last fully Wampanoag person to live on Assawompset Pond 91 men from Lakeville served in the American Civil War, 85 in the army and 6 in the navy.

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Lakeville Massachusetts is irregularly shaped, bordered by Middleborough to the northeast and east, Rochester to the southeast, Freetown to the south and southwest, and Berkley and Taunton to the west.

Lakeville Massachusetts is governed with the Open Town Meeting form of government, and is led by a town administrator and a board of selectmen.

The town of Lakeville Massachusetts has other services, such as a Council on Aging and a historical commission.

Lakeville is one of the few town in Massachusetts to have more registered Republicans than registered Democrats.

Since 1959, Lakeville Massachusetts has shared its school department with Freetown, creating the Freetown-Lakeville Massachusetts Regional School District.