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Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts
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Coordinates: 41°38′10″N 70°56′05″W / 41.63611°N 70.93472°W / 41.63611; -70.93472Coordinates: 41°38′10″N 70°56′05″W / 41.63611°N 70.93472°W / 41.63611; -70.93472
Country United States
State Massachusetts
CountyBristol
Settled1652
Incorporated (town)1787
Incorporated (city)1847
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
Area
[2]
 • Total24.13 sq mi (62.50 km2)
 • Land20.00 sq mi (51.80 km2)
 • Water4.13 sq mi (10.70 km2)
Elevation
50 ft (15 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total101,079
 • Density5,054/sq mi (1,951/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code
02740, 02744–02746
FIPS code25-45000
GNIS feature ID0613714
Websitewww.newbedford-ma.gov

New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is 51 miles (82 km) south of Boston, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about 12 miles (19 km) east of Fall River. It is the ninth-largest city in Massachusetts.

Well-known people from New Bedford

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New Bedford, Massachusetts Media

  • William Allen Wall's 1842 depiction of Wampanoag people meeting Bartholomew Gosnold and his crew upon their arrival in New Bedford in 1602

  • Territories of the Wampanoag people around 1620, between first European explorations of the Acushnet River in 1602 and the establishment of Old Dartmouth in 1652.

  • Purchase deed from November 29, 1652, for Old Dartmouth.

  • Lowering Boats by Clifford Warren Ashley, held at the New Bedford Whaling Museum

  • The New Bedford waterfront in 1867

  • Old Colony Railroad Station in New Bedford, as it looked c. 1907–1915. As early as 1840, New Bedford was integrated into the northeastern economy by rail.

  • The New Bedford Meeting House, built in 1822, replaced an earlier Quaker meeting house on Spring Street

  • Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. "Presented by J. & W.R. Wing & Co., 111 Union Street." "Printed by by J. Knauber & Co." Includes indexes to points of interest and 5 col. ill. of buildings. Imperfect: Stained, darkened, brittle. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 2005-160

  • New Bedford Cotton Mill in 1923

  • North Congregational Church, Purchase Street, 1906

References

  1. ↑ Dept. Home - Tourism & MarketingTourism & Marketing. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2020 U.S. Gazetteer FilesUnited States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ QuickFacts: New Bedford city, Massachusetts. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ Medeiros, Michael. "Preserving the Manjirō Legacy," Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine South Coast Today, December 8, 2006; retrieved 2013-2-25.


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