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Fall River
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city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Fall River is a city located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is notable as a significant industrial and cultural center in southeastern Massachusetts.
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- Official name
- Fall River
- Population
- 94000
- Area
- 104.236098
- Elevation
- 37
- Official website
- www.fallriverma.org
- Image
- Downtown Fall River.jpg
- Households
- 38709
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- Commons category
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1670-00-00
- P8168
- Kesennuma
- water as percent of area
- 17.6759
- per capita income
- 26906
- postal code
- 02724
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Welcome sign in Fall River Fall River municipal flag over City Hall Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state, and the second-largest municipality in the county behind New Bedford. It abuts the Rhode Island state line with Tiverton, Rhode Island, to its south.
Located along the eastern shore of Mount Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River, the city gained recognition during the 19th century as a leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. While the textile industry has long since moved on, its impact on the city's culture and landscape is still prominent. Fall River's official motto is "We'll Try", dating back to the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1843. Nicknamed The Scholarship City after Irving Fradkin founded Dollars for Scholars there in 1958, mayor Jasiel Correia introduced the "Make It Here" slogan as part of a citywide rebranding effort in 2017.