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Braintree
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city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Settled
- 1625 ; 401 years ago ( 1625 )
- Colonized
- 1635 ; 391 years ago ( 1635 )
- Incorporated town
- 1640 ; 386 years ago ( 1640 )
- Incorporated city
- 2007 ; 19 years ago ( 2007 )
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Erin Joyce
- Total
- 14.56 sq mi (37.72 km )
- Land
- 13.76 sq mi (35.64 km )
- Water
- 0.80 sq mi (2.08 km )
- Elevation
- 89 ft (27 m)
- Density
- 2,844.2/sq mi (1,098.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02184/02185
- Area code
- 339 / 781
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Braintree
- Official name
- Braintree
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Suffolk County
- Population
- 39143
- Area
- 14.5
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Quincy
- Official website
- braintreema.gov
- Image
- Braintree Town Hall, MA.jpg
- Households
- 13751
- Dialing code
- 339
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- postal code
- 02184
- Commons category
- Braintree, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Braintree, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1634-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Braintree, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Braintree, Massachusetts
- different from
- New Braintree
- P8168
- Kreuzburg
- per capita income
- 47474
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Braintree ( US: /ˈbreɪnˌtri/), officially the Town of Braintree, is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor–council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 39,143 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Boston area, with access to the MBTA Red Line, and is a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's South Shore Coalition. The first mayor of Braintree was Joe Sullivan, who served until January 2020. The current mayor of Braintree is Erin Joyce, who was elected in 2023, defeating incumbent Charles Kokoros.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Braintree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.