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Halifax, Massachusetts
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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.
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.
Narrative compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and
Community Development (DHCD |
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