Dartmouth
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town in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Bristol
- Settled
- 1652 ; 374 years ago ( 1652 )
- Incorporated
- 1664 ; 362 years ago ( 1664 )
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- Total
- 97.5 sq mi (252.6 km )
- Land
- 60.9 sq mi (157.8 km )
- Water
- 36.6 sq mi (94.8 km )
- Elevation
- 125 ft (38 m)
- Density
- 554.5/sq mi (214.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02747 ( North Dartmouth ), 02748 ( South Dartmouth ), 02714 (Dartmouth - PO Box)
- Area codes
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-16425
- Gnis id
- 0618279
- Website
- https://www.dartmouthma.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Dartmouth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bristol County
- Population
- 33783
- Area
- 252.6
- Elevation
- 38
- Official website
- town.dartmouth.ma.us
- Image
- Dartmouth Town Hall.JPG
- Households
- 11723
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- topic's main category
- Category:Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- twinned administrative body
- Povoação
- Commons category
- Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1650-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02714
- P8168
- Hong Un-jong
- per capita income
- 37982
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Encyclopedic overview
Dartmouth (Massachusett: Apponeganset) is a coastal town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Old Dartmouth was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts to be settled by Europeans in 1652, primarily English. Dartmouth is part of New England's farm coast, which consists of a chain of historic coastal villages, vineyards, and farms. June 8, 2014, marked the 350th year of Dartmouth's incorporation as a town. It is also part of the Massachusetts South Coast.
The northern part of Dartmouth hosts the town's large commercial districts. The southern part of town abuts Buzzards Bay, and there are several other waterways, including Lake Noquochoke, Cornell Pond, Slocums River, Shingle Island River and Paskamansett River. The town has several working farms and one vineyard, which is part of the Coastal Wine Tour. With a thriving agricultural heritage, the town and state have protected many of the working farms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dartmouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.