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Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population is 95,777 as of 2019. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County.[2] Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the smallest neighborhood in the city, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. Brockton is the second windiest city in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph.[3]
In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding land, then known as Saughtucket, to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821, when it became the town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in 1874, after a contentious process finally decided on naming it after Isaac Brock (the initial British commanding general at Queenston Heights, where invading American troops suffered a rout, in 1812), after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls. Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the American Civil War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the latter parts of the 20th century, Brockton had a large shoe and leather products industry.[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km2), of which 21.5 square miles (56 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.56%) is water. Brockton is the 162nd largest city by land area in the Commonwealth, and the twelfth largest of the twenty-seven towns in Plymouth County. Brockton is bordered by Stoughton to the northwest, Avon to the north, Holbrook to the northeast, Abington to the northeast, Whitman and East Bridgewater to the southeast, West Bridgewater to the south, and Easton to the west. Brockton is approximately 25 miles south of Boston, and 30 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
Brockton is mostly an urban setting, lying along the Salisbury Plain River, which once powered the many shoe factories of the city. To the northeast lies the Beaver Brook Conservation Land, attached to the southern end of the Ames Nowell State Park in Abington. There are several parks throughout the city, but the largest is D.W. Field Park, an Olmsted-inspired park which includes ponds, Waldo Lake and Brockton Reservoir in Avon, as well as a golf course.
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'I shouldn't be struggling:' Brockton paraprofessionals rally for higher wages
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160 Driving Academy Launches New Location in Brockton, Massachusetts
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40 suspected drug dealers targeted in Brockton warrant sweep
Massachusetts State Police and Brockton police took no chances, showing up en masse, heavily armed and protected.
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Massachusetts State Police and local police sweep Brockton for fentanyl distributors
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Dozens arrested in multi-agency drug sweep in Brockton, Massachusetts
REPO Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday morning in a massive drug sweep in Brockton, Massachusetts, state and local officials said. Investigators said the multi-agency operation was at least ...
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Massachusetts police stepping up efforts to crack down on illegal fireworks
Police in Massachusetts are continuing their efforts to reduce the use of illegal fireworks during the summer season.
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Police Arrest 34 in Sweep to Clean Up Open-Air Drug Market in Brockton
More than 30 people were arrested in a sweep meant to combat an open-air drug market in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, police said. Over 40 people were identified and 34 people were ...
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It's an overdose crisis, not just an opioid crisis: takeaways from reporting on deaths in Brockton
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Bear in Brockton; day in the life of a firefighter; edgy clothing: 5 top stories last week
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Brockton mom gets surprise of a lifetime when she's awarded life-changing scholarship
"You know when you have your heart going fast. I had to read the email again to make sure it wasn't some kind of scam," Diane Zouabet Tchaya said.
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Fire tears through multifamily home in Brockton, Massachusetts
Crews are battling a fire that broke out at home in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. The fire was reported at a multifamily home on Taber Avenue in Brockton. Heavy smoke could be seen for miles, ...