Swansea, Massachusetts Swansea, Massachusetts Swansea Town Hall Swansea Town Hall Official seal of Swansea, Massachusetts Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts.
It is positioned at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, 47 miles (76 km) south of Boston, and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
Swansea was titled for the Welsh town of Swansea, which had been the hometown of some initial settlers.
John Miles, the founder of the first Baptist Church in Wales, moved to Swansea in 1662/3. William Brenton had purchased the territory from Native Americans. Parts of its territory were originally part of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
In 1667 the first Baptist church in Massachusetts relocated to Swansea from Rehoboth after experiencing theological intolerance there, and Swansea was incorporated as an autonomous town.
What is now Barrington, Rhode Island (part of Massachusetts until 1747) was separated from the rest of Swansea in 1717, over theological differences. In the late 1890s, street cars connected the town to Providence, Fall River and Taunton, and the town has retained a suburban residentiary feel.
Swansea attained national consideration in 1985 when Mark Hoyle, a young hemophiliac who had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, was allowed to attend enhance schools.
In 2015-2016 Swansea's online forum known as The Swansea Facebook Group.
The man turned out to be Patrick Higgins, known most famous for his campaign to kick the Swansea Public Library Cat Penny out of her home. After the group was shut down a new alpha group emerged "The REAL Swansea Facebook Group".
The town has a total region of 25.5 square miles (66 km2), of which 23.1 square miles (60 km2) is territory and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), or 9.67%, is water.
The town is bordered by Dighton on the northeast, Somerset on the east, Mount Hope Bay on the south, Warren, Rhode Island, on the southwest, Barrington, Rhode Island, on the west, and Seekonk and Rehoboth to the north.
Part of the town's border with Somerset is made up of the Lees River.
The Cole, Kickamuit and Palmer rivers also pass through the town on their way south to Mount Hope Bay (for the Kickamuit, Cole and Lees rivers) and Narragansett Bay (for the Palmer).
The entire town is a part of the Narragansett Bay watershed area.
The town's neighborhoods include Barneyville, North Swansea, Swansea Village, Birch Swamp Corner, Hortonville, Luther Corner, South Swansea, Touissett, Ocean Grove, and Smokerise.
Swansea is 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Providence and 47 miles (76 km) south of Boston.
Much of the town's retail businesses are positioned along the highways, with the region around the junction of U.S.
Route 6 and Massachusetts Route 118 being the locale of Swansea Mall, a large single-level mall that is the center of the retail district.
However, outside of the retail region (as well as the densely populated neighborhoods of Ocean Grove, South Swansea and Smokerise), much of the region is rural.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. In the town, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
On the state level, Swansea is a part of two state representative districts, the Fourth Bristol (including Rehoboth, Seekonk and part of Norton, Rep.
The town is part of the First Bristol and Plymouth state senatorial district, which includes the communities of Fall River, Freetown, Lakeville, Rochester, Somerset and Westport, presently Senator Michael Rodrigues (D-Westport) represents Swansea.
Swansea is patrolled by Troop D (Southeast District), 3rd (Dartmouth) Barracks of the Massachusetts State Police.
On the nationwide level, the town is part of Massachusetts's 4th congressional district, which is represented by Joseph Kennedy III.
Swansea also maintains the tradition of open Town Meetings.
The town operates on a budget of approximately $10 million, which does not include another $13.5 million spent on schools.
The town has four fire stations (the Central station being in South Swansea, with branch stations in North Swansea, Central Swansea and Ocean Grove), one library, a single police station, and a new postal service.
The town has two playgrounds, as well as a town beach with a picnic region (near the mouth of the Cole), and the town conservation farm.
The Swansea Public Schools serve the town, with four elementary schools (Joseph G.
Brown Elementary School near the town center, and Mark Hoyle Elementary School in North Swansea), as well as Joseph Case Junior High School and Joseph Case High School, both positioned in the town center.
High school students also have the option of attending Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River, or Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton.
There are two Christian schools in town, and there are also small-town Catholic schools in close-by Warren and Fall River.
Jeffrey Begin - Swansea Representative, Diman School Committee Swansea has two exits off I-195 serving the town, Exit 2 (Route 136) and 3 (Route 6 to Route 118).
Swansea Mall, 262 Swansea Mall Drive Regal Swansea Stadium 12 (movie theater), 207 Swansea Mall Drive f.y.e, a mainstay for music, movies, and more, Swansea Mall, 262 Swansea Mall Drive Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swansea, Massachusetts.
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