Rockland, Massachusetts Rockland, Massachusetts Official seal of Rockland, Massachusetts Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
The town separated and incorporated as Rockland on March 9, 1874.
During King Philip's War, the town was the site of an encampment amid his raids on the town of Scituate. During the twentieth century, the town was the site of a portion of the landing strips of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 10.1 square miles (26 km2), of which 10.0 square miles (26 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.79%, is water.
Rockland is bordered by Weymouth to the northwest, Hingham to the northeast, Norwell to the northeast, Hanover to the east, Hanson to the south, Whitman to the southwest, and Abington to the west.
Rockland is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Brockton and 22 miles (35 km) south of Boston.
There are a several ponds throughout the town, including Accord Pond at the junction with Hingham and Norwell, and Studleys Pond (known to small-town inhabitants as Reeds Pond) just south of Rockland Center, can be seen along Market Street.
There are a several brooks throughout town, one of which is sourced at the Abington-Rockland Reservoir near the northeast corner of town.
There are a several parks throughout the town, as well as a small town forest just south of the Naval Air Station.
A short stretch (2/3 of a mile long) of Massachusetts Route 3 crosses the northeast corner of town, granting access to Route 228, which terminates just south of the highway.
Route 123 and Route 139 pass from west to east just south of the center of town, running coextensively for roughly 2/3 of a mile.
There are stops in South Weymouth (alongside the Naval Air Station) and Abington (just south of Route 123), not far from the town line.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Statistically, Rockland is the 103rd most crowded improve in the Commonwealth, just below the state average.
Rockland is the 62nd most densely populated improve in the Commonwealth, and the fourth most densely populated in Plymouth County.
On the nationwide level, Rockland is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is represented by Bill Keating.
The state's junior member, propel in a special election following the appointment of John Kerry to United States Secretary of State, is Ed Markey.
On the state level, Rockland is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Fifth Plymouth district, which includes the suburbs of Hanover and Norwell.
The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Norfolk and Plymouth District, which includes Abington, Holbrook, Quincy, and part of Braintree. The town is patrolled by the First (Norwell) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police. The town has its own police and fire department; the police department is positioned near the easterly junction of Routes 123 and 139 and the fire department is positioned along Union Street, the town's chief street.
The Rockland Memorial Library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) and the Southeastern Massachusetts Library System (SEMLS).
Rockland is governed by an open town meeting form of government.
Rockland operates its own school fitness for the town's approximately 2,500 students.
Rogers Middle School is positioned adjoining to Memorial Park, in a new facility instead of in 2012 and connected to the high school.
A newly renovated Rockland Senior High School serves ninth through twelfth undertaking students. In addition to the high school, students may attend South Shore Vocational Technical High School in Hanover no-charge of charge.
The town also has two private schools, Calvary Chapel Academy and Holy Family School.
The Holy Family School is a Catholic parochial school which extends to eighth grade, and is associated with the Holy Family Church of Rockland.
Children living in Rockland are also eligible to attend South Shore Charter Public School.
Located in neighboring Norwell, the school offers entrance to neighboring suburbs on the South Shore.
Many students and their families also choose to attend private high schools in the area, including Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton, Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Fontbonne Academy in Milton, Boston College High School in Boston, Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, and more.
Rockland Trust Company, the biggest publicly interchanged commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts, with $4.6 billion in assets and over 1000 employees Town officials and people have moved forward with accomplishments to revitalize Rockland Center.
The stretch of Union Street is plentiful with mix-use buildings that reflect the tradition of Rockland Center's past vibrancy. The town shares a weekly journal with neighboring Abington, The Rockland Standard.
WRPS (88.3 FM) is a airways broadcast owned by Rockland High School.
Mckinley School, assembled in 1909 as Rockland High School and now the Rockland Community Center "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rockland town, Plymouth County, Massachusetts".
Rockland Historical Commission - Chronology "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions inside Massachusetts".
"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).
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