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Bristol County
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county in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- Founded
- June 2, 1685 (from Plymouth Colony )
- Named after
- Bristol, Rhode Island
- Seat
- Taunton
- Largest city
- New Bedford
- Total
- 691 sq mi (1,790 km )
- Land
- 553 sq mi (1,430 km )
- Water
- 138 sq mi (360 km ) 20%
- Estimate 2025
- 593,640
- Density
- 1,050/sq mi (404/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 8th , 9th
- Website
- https://www.countyofbristol.net/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Bristol
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Massachusetts
- Contains
- Attleboro
- Capital
- Taunton
- Population
- 579200
- Area
- 1790
- Shares border with
- Dukes County
- Official website
- countyofbristol.net
- Image
- Bristol Superior Court Taunton.jpg
- Households
- 220365
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- water as percent of area
- 20
- native label
- Bristol County
- topic has template
- Template:Bristol County, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Commons category
- Bristol County, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Bristol County, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1685-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- different from
- Bristol
- per capita income
- 36900
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Encyclopedic overview
Bristol County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 579,200. The shire town is Taunton. Some governmental functions are performed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, others by the county, and others by local towns and cities. The county is the sixth most populous county in Massachusetts. Bristol County is part of the Providence metropolitan area, which is also included in Greater Boston. The county is adjacent to the state of Rhode Island. It is geographically adjacent to the Massachusetts counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, and Dukes (via water), and the Rhode Island counties of Bristol, Newport, and Providence.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bristol County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.