Mansfield, Massachusetts Mansfield Town Hall Mansfield Town Hall Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
As of the United States 2010 Census, the town populace is 23,184. Mansfield is in the south-southwest suburbs of Boston and is also close to Providence, Rhode Island.
The village of Mansfield Center is positioned in the town.
The town is twinned with Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England.
It was titled for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, a pro-colonial member of the House of Lords. Mansfield is the home of the Xfinity Center (formerly known as Great Woods, Tweeter Center and Comcast Center) concert venue, one of the most prominent in New England.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 20.7 square miles (54 km2), of which, 20.5 square miles (53 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (1.25%) is water.
There are five conservation areas in the town.
They are, from biggest to smallest: the Great Woods Conservation Area, Maple Park Conservation Area, York Conservation Area, Marie Strese Conservation Area, and Sweet Pond Conservation Area.
Mansfield's locale is 28 miles south of Boston, 14 miles west of Brockton, and 19 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island.
The town's northern border is also a portion of the northern border of Bristol County.
Its neighborhoods include East Mansfield, Ginty Corner, Mansfield Center, Purdy Corner and West Mansfield.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town is governed by an open town meeting, and is managed by a board of selectmen and town manager.
The town has a police department positioned in the center of town, as well as two fire stations, near the town center and near Purdy Corner.
The Mansfield Public Library is positioned at Memorial Park, and the postal service is near the intersection of Routes 106 & 140.
On the state level, the town is represented in the State Senate as a portion of the Bristol and Norfolk district, including Dover, Foxborough, Mansfield, Medfield, Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Walpole, as well as parts of Attleboro and Sharon.
The town is a part of three separate state representative districts, the First and Fourteenth Bristol and Eight Norfolk districts.
The town is also patrolled by Troop H (Metro Boston region) of the Massachusetts State Police, 3rd District (Foxborough barracks).
On the nationwide level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 4, which is represented by Joseph P.
Mansfield has its own school department consisting of five schools, governed by a superintendent of schools (whose office is positioned directly adjoining to the town hall) and a school committee.
(Coincidentally, the school department building was once the enhance library and before that, it was the town hall, and the town hall was once the high school.) There are five schools serving various levels inside the town: the Roland Green Preschool, the Everett J.
Qualters Middle School (serving grades 6-8), and Mansfield High School.
Other than the Roland Green Preschool, all the town's schools are positioned on either side of East Street near the center of town.
In addition to the enhance schools inside the town, Mansfield inhabitants can also send their kids to the Foxboro Regional Charter School no-charge of charge.
High school students may also attend Southeastern Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Easton or Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton no-charge of charge.
The town has one parochial school, Saint Mary's, which serves grades K-8, and an Islamic high school, Al-Noor Academy, which opened in 2000 and serves the Islamic improve along the I-95 corridor.
Mansfield is also known for its outstanding high school sports.
In 2013, the Mansfield Hornets football team won the Division II state title.
The Mansfield Public Library was established in 1884. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Mansfield spent 0.86% ($605,929) of its budget on its enhance library some $25 per person. One of the intersections of Interstates 95 and 495 is positioned on the Mansfield-Foxborough town line, with both highways going through the town.
The town also has a stop along the MBTA's commuter line between Providence and Boston, and is serviced by Mansfield Municipal Airport, which serves lesser airplane .
Mansfield is effectively equidistant between two global airports, with parts of the town being closer to either Logan International Airport in Boston or T.F.
"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1.
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
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