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5 Bedrooms
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| $ 675,900 |
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4 Bedrooms
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5 Bedrooms
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2 Bedrooms
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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| $ 369,900 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 299,900 |
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4 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 334,900 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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| $ 245,000 |
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Condominium
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2 Bedrooms
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| $ 148,000 |
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Condominium
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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Condominium
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3 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 495,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 549,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| Easton, Massachusetts |
| Population |
19,807 |
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| Tax Rate |
11.49 (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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Easton, Massachusetts is located
Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Sharon and Stoughton on the north;
Brockton and West Bridgewater on the east; Raynham, Taunton, and Norton on the
south and southwest; and Mansfield on the west. Easton is located 4 miles west
of Brockton, 24 miles south of Boston, and 201 miles from New York City. Principal highways are State Routes 106, 123, and 138. Commuter rail service to Back Bay and South Stations, Boston, is available
from the neighboring towns of Mansfield (travel time to BBS: 25-38 min.;
775 MBTA parking spaces) and Stoughton (travel time 30-39 min.; 500
spaces).
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| Easton is a pretty, pleasant suburban community now, but the town began its
history as the rough frontier of the Taunton North Purchase and acted as
the hunting, fishing and lumbering preserve of early Taunton settlers.
Permanent settlement by colonists about 1695 and formal establishment of
the town in 1725 led to an impassioned controversy over the location of the
town meeting house, which split the early community.
The town''s industrial history essentially begins with the discovery of bog
iron which made Easton part of an important late 17th and 18th century iron
producing region in southwestern Massachusetts. The first commercial steel
made in the colonies was said to have been made in Easton and was evidently
used for muskets. In 1803 the Ames Shovel Company was established, and
became nationally known as having provided the shovels which laid the Union
Pacific Railroad and opened the west. In 1875 the shovel production of the
Ames plant was worth $1.5 million. The Ames family not only shaped the
town''s economy but also its geography and architecture. In the late 19th
century, the family created a remarkable legacy by donating several
landmark buildings to the town. This was remarkable not only for its
benevolence, but for its architectural significance, since the nationally
known architect H.H. Richardson designed Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the
library and the Old Colony Railroad building which now houses the Easton
Historical Society, in the impressive Romanesque style. The community has
carefully preserved these buildings, as part of the proud heritage of the
town. The Ames family also built shops and company housing. In addition,
Ames family estates effectively maintained large tracts of open space in
the community.
Through most of its history the town has retained a small but healthy
industrial base that featured the production of the Morse automobile
between 1902 and 1914, cotton and thread mills, machine shops making piano
casings and piano machinery, and the location of the spring supplying the
oldest carbonated beverage company in the country. Despite this industrial
activity, the town remained largely rural in feeling. Suburban development
since World War II has brought in a significant number of new residents. |
Map of Easton
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Some information gathered on Easton, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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