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GENERAL INFORMATION

Elevation - 100 feet above sea level
Settled - 1660
Incorporated - 1669
Population - 21,085
Area - 68.1 square miles
Number of Dwellings - 6,124

Municipality Owned - Water, Sewer, 
Gas & Electric Light Plant
Full Staffed Fire and Police Departments
Schools Accredited
Recreation Available - Swimming, Tennis, Playgrounds

Principal Industries
Fire Apparatus Repair Lumber Cranberries
Calendars Brass Goods Novelty Items
Warehousing Diversified Products

Cranberry Capital of the World
Located:
38 miles from Boston 22 miles from New Bedford

30 miles from Providence, R.I.

On Routes 44 to Plymouth and Routes 28 and 
495 to Cape Cod
On Routes 79 to Fall River and Routes 18 and 
105 to New Bedford
On Route 44 to Taunton and Providence, Rhode Island


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