New Bedford, Massachusetts
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.
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| Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts Location in Bristol County, Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 41°38′10″N 70°56′05″W / 41.63611°N 70.93472°WCoordinates: 41°38′10″N 70°56′05″W / 41.63611°N 70.93472°W | |
| Country | 22x20px United States |
| State | 22x20px Massachusetts |
| County | Bristol |
| Settled | 1652 |
| Incorporated (town) | 1787 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1847 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.13 sq mi (62.50 km2) |
| • Land | 20.00 sq mi (51.80 km2) |
| • Water | 4.13 sq mi (10.70 km2) |
| Elevation | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 101,079 |
| • Density | 5,054/sq mi (1,951/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Code | 02740, 02744–02746 |
| FIPS code | 25-45000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0613714 |
| Website | www |
Well-known people from New Bedford
- Frederick Douglass, 19th century abolitionist and editor.
- Quinn Sullivan, musical child prodigy
Sister cities
- Tosashimizu, Kōchi, Japan since 1987[4]
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
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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.
- A Deed Appointed to be Recorded (Dartmouth Purchase) 1652.pdf
Purchase deed from November 29, 1652, for Old Dartmouth.
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Lowering Boats by Clifford Warren Ashley, held at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
- New Bedford, Massachusetts-old harbor.jpeg
The New Bedford waterfront in 1867
- New Bedford station postcard (2).jpg
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.
- Friends Meeting House, Spring Street, New Bedford, MA, 1933, Library of Congress.png
The New Bedford Meeting House, built in 1822, replaced an earlier Quaker meeting house on Spring Street
- View of the city of New Bedford, Mass., 1876 LOC 2005628469.tif
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
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North Congregational Church, Purchase Street, 1906
References
- ↑ "Dept. Home - Tourism & Marketing". Tourism & Marketing. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: New Bedford city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ↑ Medeiros, Michael. "Preserving the Manjirō Legacy," Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine South Coast Today, December 8, 2006; retrieved 2013-2-25.
