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| Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
| Population |
27,244 |
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| Tax Rate |
6.43 (2008) |
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| Town Web Site |
Town Web Site |
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| School Research |
Department of Education
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Independent Research
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Dartmouth, Massachusetts is located
Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Westport on the west, Fall River on the
north, and New Bedford and Buzzards Bay on the east and south. From the
intersection of Route #6 and #177 in the Westport Mills section, Dartmouth is 6
miles west of New Bedford, 6 miles south of Fall River, 53 miles south of
Boston, and about 202 miles from New York City. Principal highways are U.S. Route 6 and Interstate Route 195. The Bay Colony Railroad and Conrail provide freight rail service in
Dartmouth and interchange traffic there. Contact number for the Bay Colony:
(617) 380-3556; contact number for Conrail: (617) 783-6222
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| The Town of Dartmouth is unusual in exemplifying from its earliest history
the tension between the established Calvinist Puritan religion and those
who wished to worship in their own way.
In 1652, Massasoit, Chief Sachem of the Wampanoag Federation, sold the land
covering Dartmouth and 4 other present towns, to elders of the Plymouth
Colony, including Miles Standish, John Alden, and Governor William
Bradford. These early real estate speculators then sold the land off in
smaller parcels, primarily to religious dissidents, Quakers and Baptists,
who were seeking refuge on what was then the frontier from the religious
persecutions being launched both by the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Bay
Colonies. The town, named after an English port, was incorporated in 1664
but refused consistently to pay the "minister's tax" which was levied on
all communities to support Puritan clergy.
The community grew quickly, attracting many who disagreed with the
establishment and many more who sought work in agriculture, saltmaking or
fishing, including a significant number of Portuguese immigrants.
Dartmouth has remained through most of its history a rural agricultural
community but began adopting a summer residential and resort character in
the 19th century as wealthy and near-wealthy city dwellers from New Bedford
built and purchased vacation homes. Although Dartmouth is now primarily a
suburban bedroom community, the town came into the 20th century with
significant portions of its historic character intact; there is still
farming in Dartmouth, still a strong vacation component and still a wide
diversity in religious beliefs. The construction of Southern Massachusetts
University in the 1960's accelerated the town's growth in residential
development.
Areas of Dartmouth are rich in colonial, Federal and Greek revival
architecture and some rural areas are left, although under pressure from
housing development. Residents are proud of the fact that in Dartmouth the
past and present co-exist: the past in its farms, churches, villages and
scenic rural roads and the present in Route 6 commercial development, the
North Dartmouth Mall and emerging industrial policies. |
Map of Dartmouth
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Some information gathered on Dartmouth, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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