Easton, Massachusetts

Library designed by Richardson in North Easton.
Image:Easton, MA Seal.jpg Seal
Settled: 1694 – Incorporated: 1725
Zip Code(s): 02356 – Area Code(s): 508 / 774
Official website: http://www.easton.ma.us/
Location
Location in Massachusetts
Government
County	Bristol County
Form of Government	Open town meeting
Executive office	Town Administrator
Geography
Area
Total	29.2 mi² / 75.5 km²
Land	28.4 mi² / 73.7 km²
Water	0.7 mi² / 1.9 km²
Coordinates	42°01′28″ N 71°07′45″ W
Elevation	112 ft / 34 m
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
Population
Total (2000)	22299
Density	784.1/mi² / 302.7/km²

Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,299 at the 2000 census. photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Henry Hobson Richardson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Mr. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Area code 508 was split from area code 617 on July 16, 1988. ... 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Easton is governed by an elected committee of selectmen and a town administrator. Its public high school is Oliver Ames High School, whose athletic mascot is the tiger. Easton is also home to Stonehill College. Selectmen are the elected representatives of a New England town that compose the board of selectmen. ... A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council-manager form of city government. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... // Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located just 22 miles south of Boston on a 375 acre campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames. ...

History

View from The Rockery showing Oakes Ames Memorial hall (left), Ames Free Library (center), and 66 Main Street (right)

Easton was first settled in 1694 and was officially incorporated in 1725. Image File history File links North Easton, MA: View from The Rockery showing Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the Ames Free Library, and 66 Main Street. ... Image File history File links North Easton, MA: View from The Rockery showing Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the Ames Free Library, and 66 Main Street. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ...

In 1694, the first settler, Clement Briggs established his home near the Easton Green. In 1711, the Taunton North Purchase area became Norton, and in 1713, the twenty-six families settled in Easton and hired Elder William Pratt as their first minister. There was no legal parish in Easton until 1722 when the East Precinct of Norton was recognized. In 1725, the area was incorporated as the Town of Easton; it was so named because it was formerly called the "East End" of the Taunton North Purchase and was shortened by pronunciation to Easton.

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 most notable of the Ames family were Oakes Ames, a key figure in the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal, and Oliver Ames(R), governor of Massachusetts from 1887 – 1890. The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks UP) (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad network in the United States. ... Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 - May 28, 1873) was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. ... The Crédit Mobilier of America scandal of 1872 involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company. ... Oliver Ames (February 4, 1831 - October 22, 1895) was a U.S. political figure. ...

The Ames family shaped the town's economy, and was responsible for the presence of a number of landmark buildings in the town designed by H. H. Richardson, originator of the Richardsonian Romanesque style and designer of Trinity Church in Boston. Library, North Easton, MA Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 - 1886) was the outstanding American architect of his day, one of a half-dozen most influential American architects. ... Richardsonian Romanesque has both French and Spanish Romanesque characteristics, like the First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Michigan by architechs George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice in 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of American architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston in Massachusetts. ... Trinity Church is a common name for churches of many Christian denominations, especially in the Anglican Communion. ...

Richardson buildings in Easton include:

• The Ames Free Library (town library as of 2005)
• Oakes Ames Memorial Hall (rarely used as of 2005)
• The Old Colony Railroad Station (houses the Easton Historical Society)
• The Ames Gate Lodge (privately owned by the Ames family as of 2005)

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• H.H.Richardson/F.L.Olmstead Intermediate School

Although intended to be the town hall, the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall was never accepted by the town and never used for that purpose.

In addition, there is a commercial building at 66 Main Street which designed and build in the nineteenth century by Richardson's office in a Richardsonian style. The Richardson buildings are all located within a compact area designated as the H. H. Richardson Historic District. The area also includes The Rockery, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also landscaped grounds of Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and the Ames Free Library. The Rockery is an attraction in Brighton, East Sussex, England. ... Frederick Law Olmsted, oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1895, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina Daniel France (September, 1988 was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City, the countrys oldest coordinated system of...

Within a few blocks of the H. H. Richardson Historic District is Unity Church, built by the Ames family in 1875, and designed in the Gothic Revival Style by John Ames Mitchell. It includes an ornate oak frieze including sculptures of twenty-two angels playing music, carved by John Kirchmayer (1860-1930), and two notable stained-glass windows, "Angel of Help," and "Figure of WIsdom," both by John LaFarge (1835-1910). "Figure of Wisdom," completed in 1901, is the largest stained-glass work created by LaFarge. John LaFarge (March 31, 1835–November 14, 1910) was a painter,stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer. ...

Geography and Transportation

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 75.5 km² (29.2 mi²). 73.7 km² (28.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of it (2.54%) is water. The town, in addition to its own smaller state forest, includes part of Borderland State Park at the northwest corner of town, Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area at the southeast corner of town, and all of Wheaton Farm Conservation Area in the southwest. All of the town's waterways are considered part of the Taunton River Watershed area, which in turn is the eastern section of the Narragansett Bay Watershed area. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... The Taunton River, historically also called the Taunton Great River, is a river in southern Massachusetts in the United States. ... Narragansett Bay, shown in pink. ...

Easton makes the northeastern corner of Bristol County, where the county intersects with Plymouth County to the east and Norfolk county to the north. The roughly trapezoidal-shaped town is bordered by Brockton and West Bridgewater to the east, Taunton and Raynham to the south, Norton to either side of its southwest corner, Mansfield to the west, and Sharon and Stoughton to the north. The localities of Easton include Alger's Corner, Daley Corner, Easton Center, Easton Green, Eastondale, Five Corners, Furnace Village, Goward's Corner, Morris Corner, Morse Corner, North Easton, Pratt's Corner, and South Easton.   Settled: 1700 â€“ Incorporated: 1821 Zip Code(s): 02301 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ...   West Bridgewater is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Settled: 1652 â€“ Incorporated: 1731 Zip Code(s): 02767 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ...   Settled: 1669 â€“ Incorporated: 1711 Zip Code(s): 02766 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... Mansfield is a town located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. ...   Nickname: cowtown Settled: 1650 â€“ Incorporated: 1775 Zip Code(s): 02067 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ...   Stoughton (Official Name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ...

There are no divided highways passing through town, the closest being the Route 24, which can be accessed just one-half mile east in Brockton at Route 123 (Exit 17 A-B) or three-quarter miles east at Route 106 (Exit 16 A-B). Route 123 passes from northeast to southwest through town, and Route 138 passes north to south. Route 106 also passes from east to west, being coextensive with Route 123 for approximately a mile beginning at Five Corners and going westward. Massachusetts State Highway 24 (Route 24) is a freeway (though not up to Interstate Highway standards north of I-495) in Southeastern Massachusetts, linking Fall River with the Boston metropolitan area. ... Massachusetts Route 138, is a north-south state highway in Massachusetts. ...

Easton has a single rail line which is currently abandoned. However, plans are in the works to extend the Stoughton line of the MBTA's commuter rail service south towards Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford using that rail line. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ...

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 22,299 people, 7,489 households, and 5,571 families residing in the town. The population density was 302.7/km² (784.1/mi²). There were 7,631 housing units at an average density of 103.6/km² (268.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.94% White, 1.59% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.13% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 7,489 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.21. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the town the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $69,144, and the median income for a family was $82,190. Males had a median income of $51,429 versus $35,912 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,732. About 0.7% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Government and Education

Easton is governed by open town meeting, led by a board of selectmen. The Town Hall is located in North Easton, not too far from the town center. There is one police station, three fire stations (near Five Corners, Easton Green and North Easton), three post offices (near Easton Green, near Five Corners, and in North Easton) and two libraries (the main branch, Ames Free Library, at the center of North Easton, and the Five Corners Branch). An Open Town Meeting is a form of municipal legislature, typical in the New England region of the United States. ... The Board of Selectmen is commonly the executive arm of town government in New England. ...

There are three elementary schools serving kindergarten through third grade: Moreau Hall Elementary School at Daley Corner, Parkview Elementary School in North Easton, and Center Elementary School in Easton Center. There are two schools serving grades 4-6: Frederick Law Olmstead School and Henry Hobson Richardson School, both located in North Easton's school area. Grades 7 through 9 attend Easton Junior High School, and high school students attend Oliver Ames High School. OA's athletics teams are the Tigers, and the school colors are orange and black. The town is also home to Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School, which serves all the bordering towns (except Taunton and Raynham), plus Foxborough. Students may attend choose to attend Southeastern, Oliver Ames or Bristol County Agricultural High School free of charge. There are no private schools located in the town.

Easton is a part of three separate state representative districts: 8th Plymouth (which includes all of Raynham and Bridgewater), 10th Plymouth (which includes West Bridgewater and parts of Brockton), and 11th Plymouth (which includes parts of Brockton). It is a part of two state senatorial districts: 2nd Plymouth and Bristol (including all or parts of Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson and Whitman) and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth (including parts of Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater). The Massachusetts State Police Troop D (Southeast Massachusetts), Barracks 3 (Middleborough) patrol the Easton area. On the national level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 9, which is currently represented by Stephen Lynch. The state's senior (Class I) Senator, up for re-election in 2006, is Edward M. Kennedy, and the state's junior (Class II) Senator, up for re-election in 2008, is John F. Kerry. Stephen Lynch could refer to: Stephen Lynch (comedian) Stephen Lynch (cricketer) Stephen Lynch (politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Edward Moore Ted Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...

Notable residents

• Oakes Ames, (1804-1873), born in Easton, manufacturer and United States Congressman^[1]
• Oliver Ames, (1831-1895), born in North Easton, governor of Massachusetts ^[1]
• Jim Craig, goaltender for the gold medal winning 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team
• Sean Parker, Meteorologist for News 7 in Vermont

Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 - May 28, 1873) was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Oliver Ames (February 4, 1831 - October 22, 1895) was a U.S. political figure. ... A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered... After his win in the final game of the 1980 Olympics, Craig searches the stands for his father. ...

References

• 1. ^ ^{a b} (1967) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 

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Malden Auditorium in 1909   Settled: 1640 â€“ Incorporated: 1649 Zip Code(s): 02148 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ...   Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ...   Nickname: medfa (bostonian) Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1630 Zip Code(s): 02155 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ... Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School prior to its demolition in 2005 Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... 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Caption Pittsfield is a city located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ...   Settled: 1625 â€“ Incorporated: 1792 Zip Code(s): 02169, 02170, 02171 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://ci. ... Revere is a city located in Suffolk County, Massachusetts and borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the south, Everett and Malden to the west, Saugus and Lynn to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. ...   Nickname: Witch City Settled: 1626 â€“ Incorporated: 1626 Zip Code(s): 01970 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ...   Nickname: City of Homes Settled: 1636 â€“ Incorporated: 1636 Zip Code(s): 01103 01107 01108 01119 01129 â€“ Area Code(s): 413 Official website: http://www. ... Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1842 Zip Code(s): 02143 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ...   The Town of Southbridge is a city[1] in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...   Often called the true birthplace of the industrial revolution, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ...   Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1630 Zip Code(s): 02472 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... The Town of West Springfield is a city[1] in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Nickname: The Whip City Founded Incorporated May 19, 1669   County Hampden County Mayor Richard K. Sullivan Jr. ...   Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1635 Zip Code(s): 02188 - 02189 - 02190 - 02191 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ... Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts. ...   Nickname: The Heart of the Commonwealth, The City of the Seven Hills, Wormtown Settled: 1673 â€“ Incorporated: 1684 Zip Code(s): 01608 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ...
Topics	Culture | Geography | Government | History | Images | Towns | Villages This is the History of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a state in the United States. ... The following is a list of towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. ...