Stoughton, Massachusetts Stoughton, Massachusetts Official seal of Stoughton, Massachusetts Stoughton is positioned in Massachusetts Stoughton - Stoughton Stoughton / sto t n/ (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
The town is positioned approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston, 25 miles (40 km) from Providence, and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod.
Stoughton was settled in 1713 and officially incorporated in 1726, from the southwestern portion of the large town of Dorchester.
The Suffolk Resolves were written in Old Stoughton (current day Milton, Massachusetts) at Doty's Tavern. They are thought to be the basis for the Declaration of Independence.[by whom?] The meeting encompassed the Rev.
In 1874, the Stoughton Public Library was established. The earliest choral society in the United States is positioned in Stoughton.
Founded in 1786 as The Stoughton Musical Society, it is now known as the Old Stoughton Musical Society.
It has the earliest constitution of any musical society in the United States, written in 1787, only a several weeks after the United States Constititution.
The artwork is presently on display in the attic at the Stoughton Historic Society.
The Save Our Stoughton campaign thriving nationwide attention in the 1980s for their work picketing a small-town adult book store. Most recently, Stoughton became the first municipality in Massachusetts to declare itself a "No Place for Hate" town.
Stoughton's train station was assembled in 1888, and is the only one in Massachusetts to home a clock tower.
The station is unique in many ways as it was assembled out of stones from a West Street quarry that belonged to Stoughton resident Myron Gilbert. In 1974 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2009, however, the MBTA permanently closed the station, which stood at the end of the Stoughton Branch of the MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line.
In 2015, members of Town Meeting voted to purchase the train station from the state.
Stoughton Square in 1908 According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 16.3 square miles (42 km2), of which 16.0 square miles (41 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (2.41%) is water.
Stoughton borders Canton to the north, Randolph to the northeast, Avon to the east, Brockton to the southeast, Easton to the south, and Sharon to the west.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace was spread out with 81.5% of age 16 years and over, 78.7% of age 18 years and over, 75.7% of age 21 years and over, 20.1% of age 62 years and over, and 16.4% of age 65 years and over.
Stoughton has good access to the county-wide roadway network, being served by a several state routes and 3 interchanges on Route 24.
Stoughton also has access to county-wide transit, being served by bus from Brockton and MBTA Commuter rail at the station in downtown Stoughton.
The Town is governed by a Selectmen-Manager plan with a representative Town meeting.
Stoughton's Annual Town Meeting meets in May, and is chaired by the Town Moderator.
Sullivan, Peter Brown, Robert O'Regan and Robert Cohn. The Town Manager is Michael Hartman. The Stoughton Fire Department provides fire suppression, rescue and EMS services to Stoughton.
The Stoughton Fire Department operates out of two stations.
Station #1 is positioned at 30 Freeman Street and Station #2 is positioned at 1550 Central Street. The Freeman Street Fire Station was opened on June 13, 1927 and has received updates throughout the years and is still open today. There is one enhance high school in Stoughton, one enhance middle school, five elementary schools and a several parochial and private schools in close-by towns.
Stoughton High School has an award-winning music program, as well as an award-winning newspaper, The SHS Knight, and well-known jazz and marching bands.
The town is presently in the planning stages for assembly of a new high school.
At the joint meeting of the Board of Selectman, the Stoughton School Committee and the SHS Building Committee on Tuesday November 17, 2015, there was a unanimous vote to endorse the building universal by both the Board of Selectman and the Stoughton School Committee.
The Stoughton High School Building Committee voted on Thursday, November 12, 2015 to recommend to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) that the Town construct option C2 - A, to build a new Stoughton High School.
Stoughton High School https://shs.stoughtonschools.org/ The Stoughton Youth Athletic Club (STOYAC) offers girls softball, boys and girls basketball, football and cheering. Stoughton Youth Soccer League (SYSL) offers both in-town and travel soccer programs for spring and fall season in divisions ranging from u5 and u6 (co-ed) to u16 and even u18, when there is sufficient participation.
Stoughton Youth Baseball is affiliated with Cal Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth Baseball.
Stoughton Lacrosse offers programs and leagues for both boys and girls in four divisions, u9, u11, u13 and u15.
Stoughton is on an MBTA commuter rail line that runs to South Station in Boston via the Providence/Stoughton Line.The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) provides small-town bus service.
Every year on the 4th of July, Stoughton has a parade.
The town of Stoughton organizes swimming programs at the Ames Long Pond and provides basketball courts and horseshoe pits at the small-town parks.
The town of Stoughton also offers barbecue spots and picnic areas.
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