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Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in southeast Massachusetts. The city had a population of 94,000 at the 2020 census.[5] Fall River was founded in 1803.[6] In 1804 the town name was changed to Troy, named for Troy, New York. In 1834 the name changed back to Fall River.[6]

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Location of Fall River in Bristol County, Massachusetts
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Coordinates: 41°42′05″N 71°09′20″W / 41.70139°N 71.15556°W / 41.70139; -71.15556Coordinates: 41°42′05″N 71°09′20″W / 41.70139°N 71.15556°W / 41.70139; -71.15556
Country United States
State Massachusetts
CountyBristol
Settled1670
Incorporated (town)1803
Incorporated (city)1854
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
Area
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 • Total40.24 sq mi (104.22 km2)
 • Land33.12 sq mi (85.79 km2)
 • Water7.12 sq mi (18.43 km2)
Elevation
72 ft (37 m)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total94,000
 • Density2,837.91/sq mi (1,095.73/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes
02720–02724
FIPS code25-23000
GNIS feature ID0612595
Websitewww.fallriverma.gov

A fire in 1834 destroyed the center of the village. The rebuilding effort is the origin of the city's motto "We'll Try".[6] It became a city in 1854. Fall River became famous as a leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. It is also known for Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels.[7] It is the home of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59).

Fall River was also the home of Lizzie Borden.[8] In 1893 she was put on trial for the axe-murders of her parents. She was found not guilty, but the people of Fall River treated her like an outcast for the rest of her life.[8]

Fall River, Massachusetts Media

  • Welcome sign in Fall River

  • Fall River municipal flag over City Hall

  • An 1877 pictorial map of Fall River with a list of the city's sights

  • Group of workers in the Sagamore Manufacturing Company in August 1911 photographed by Lewis Hine

  • Border City Mill Apartments, Fall River, Massachusetts

  • Davol Mills, Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts

  • Massachusetts Route 79 viaduct and Braga Bridge in Fall River. The Quequechan River flows beneath the parking lot. The viaduct was demolished in 2014 and replaced with a surface boulevard.

  • Old City Hall, demolished in 1962 for construction of Interstate 195

  • Fall River on Mount Hope Bay in 1905

  • Quequechan River Rail Trail

References

  1. ↑ Appears to have first been coined in Thayer Lincoln, Jonathan. The City of the Dinner-Pail (1909). Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press; Houghton Mifflin Company.
    • Coburn, Frederick William. History of Lowell and Its People I (1920)Lewis Publishing Company. p. 345.
    • "The Dinner Pail". American Heritage XLVII (2). April 1996. "Fall River has been called the City of the Dinner Pail. Although I haven't seen a dinner nail [sic] in many years, I remember it well. It was made of galvanized tin, had three nesting compartments, and a bail handle.". 
  2. ↑ Chapter 2-1, Current City Charter Archived September 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, rev. 1995 under ordinance 1995-42.
  3. ↑ "A Rallying Cry for the Dream Chasers, A Mantra for the Hard Workers: Fall River Case Study" (in en-US). Figmints Digital Creative Marketing. February 17, 2017. https://www.figmints.com/blog/make-it-here-fall-river/. Retrieved October 23, 2017. 
  4. ↑ 2020 U.S. Gazetteer FilesUnited States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 QuickFacts: Fall River city, Massachusetts. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 129
  7. ↑ Battleship Cove; America's Fleet MuseumBattleship cove. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 7
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