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3 Bedrooms
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4 Bedrooms
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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3 Bedrooms
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| Halifax, Massachusetts |
| Population |
6,526 |
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| Tax Rate |
11.78 (2007) |
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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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Halifax, Massachusetts is located
Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Bridgewater and East Bridgewater on the west,
Middleborough on the south, Plympton on the east and southeast, Pembroke on the
northeast, and Hanson on the north. Halifax is 13 miles southeast of Brockton,
31 miles southeast of Boston, and 212 miles from New York City. Principal highways are State Routes 36, 58, and 106. Commuter rail service to South Station, Boston, will be available in
1996-97 on the Plymouth Line.
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| The Town of Halifax is a pastoral community located in the geographic
center of Plymouth County and was first settled in 1669. Early colonists
found extensive woods of white and pitch pine, cedar and oak and the first
saw mill was built about 1728 to process this lumber. Agriculture and
lumbering continued to be the basis of the community's economy and by 1794
there were five sawmills in operation. Lumber was sent south through the
Taunton River system and east to the Jones River and North River shipyards.
To the saw mills were added iron furnaces and a cotton factory by 1815 and
a large woolen mill in 1822. Halifax was the site in 1795 of an early
effort to construct a canal between Buzzards Bay and Massachusetts Bay by
connecting the Taunton and North Rivers through the ponds of Halifax and
Pembroke.
During the 19th century, as other communities became increasingly
industrialized and Halifax's industries burned or closed, the town's
economy shifted back to agriculture and substantial poultry and cranberry
production was recorded. The residential character of the town became very
pronounced as better roads like Routes 106 and 58 provided better access to
the town. In addition, the scattered summer cottage colonies began
conversions to year-round housing. |
Map of Halifax
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Some information gathered on Halifax, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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