Bridgewater, Massachusetts
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| Coordinates: 41°59′25″N 70°58′32″W / 41.99028°N 70.97556°WCoordinates: 41°59′25″N 70°58′32″W / 41.99028°N 70.97556°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Massachusetts | ||
| County | Plymouth | ||
| Settled | 1650 | ||
| Incorporated | 1656 | ||
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| • Type | Town Council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 28.2 sq mi (73.1 km2) | ||
| • Land | 27.5 sq mi (71.2 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 104 ft (32 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 26,563 | ||
| • Density | 940/sq mi (360/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 02324 | ||
| Area code(s) | 508 / 774 | ||
| FIPS code | 25-08085 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0619466 | ||
| Website | www.bridgewaterma.org | ||
Bridgewater is a town located in Plymouth County, in the state of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the town's population was 26,563. Bridgewater is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Boston and approximately 35 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.2 square miles (73 km2), of which 27.5 square miles (71 km2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (2.62%) is water. Bridgewater is 99th out of the 351 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and eighth out of the twenty-seven municipalities in Plymouth County in terms of land area. The town is bordered by West Bridgewater to the northwest, East Bridgewater to the northeast, Halifax to the east, Middleborough to the south, and Raynham to the west. Bridgewater is approximately 5 miles south of Brockton, 10 miles northeast of Taunton, and 25 miles south of Boston, of which it is a suburb.
Neighborhoods in Bridgewater include Stanley, Scotland Park, Pratt Town, Paper Mill Village, and South Bridgewater.
Bridgewater lies along the Taunton River, which has several other rivers and brooks which branch off the main waterway. There are also several ponds, the largest of which is Lake Nippenicket along the western edge of the town. There is a state forest, a town forest, several conservation areas and a large portion of the Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area, in the western part of town. Parts of this swamp give rise to the so-called Bridgewater Triangle, a small area of concentrated reports of strange Fortean phenomena, colonial "dark days", Bigfoot and mysterious black panthers, UFO sightings, and other weird encounters, a phrase coined by Loren Coleman, author of Mysterious America, often compared to the Bermuda Triangle.
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