Wareham, Massachusetts Wareham, Massachusetts Official seal of Wareham, Massachusetts Wareham is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town had a populace of 21,822. The town of Wareham includes a number of distinct recognized[who?] subsections, including Onset, Wareham Center, West Wareham, East Wareham, and Weweantic.
Wareham was first settled in 1678 by Europeans as part of the suburbs of Plymouth and Rochester.
It was officially incorporated in 1739 and titled after the town of Wareham in England.
It also served as a resort town, with many lesser resorts scattered around the town, especially in Onset.
Wareham is home of the Tremont Nail Factory, the earliest nail manufacturer in the United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 46.3 square miles (120 km2), of which 35.8 square miles (93 km2) is territory and 10.5 square miles (27 km2) is water.
Wareham is bordered by Marion to the southwest, Rochester to the west, Middleborough to the northwest, Carver and Plymouth to the north, and Bourne to the east.
The town's localities are various, the most meaningful being East Wareham, Onset, Point Independence, Wareham Center, and West Wareham.
The town is just west of Cape Cod, and is 18 miles (29 km) east of New Bedford, approximately 45 miles (72 km) east of Providence, Rhode Island and 55 miles (89 km) south-southeast of Boston.
Wareham is the innermost town on the north shore of Buzzards Bay.
The Wareham River, which is formed at the confluence of the Wankinco and Agawam rivers, flows into the harbor east of the Weweantic, and has brooks and the Mill Pond River as tributaries.
To the east lie Onset Bay and Buttermilk Bay, both of which empty into the head of the bay, at the right-of-way of the Cape Cod Canal.
Between these rivers and bays lie a several points and necks, including Cromesett Point, Swift's Neck, Long Beach Point, Indian Neck, Stony Point, Cedar Island Point, Codman's Point, Sias Point and Whittemore's Point.
The southern boundary of Myles Standish State Forest is concurrent with the town line between Wareham and Plymouth.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Today, Wareham is mostly residentiary, although it still has a strong summer tourism industry. It has retail centers along Routes 6 and 28, including Wareham Crossing, opened in 2007. Historically, the cranberry trade has dominated Wareham's economy, as evidenced by the fact that the chief small-town road is known as Cranberry Highway (Route 28) and one of the world's biggest cranberry growers, the A.D.
The University of Massachusetts Cranberry Research Station is also positioned in Wareham, as is the U.S.
Wareham is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Second Plymouth district, which also includes Carver and part of Bourne.
The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the First Plymouth and Bristol district, which also includes Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton Marion, Middleborough, Raynham and Taunton. The town is patrolled by the Seventh (Bourne) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police. On the nationwide level, Wareham is part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional precinct and is presently represented by William R.
Wareham is governed by the open town meeting form of government, which is led by a town administrator and a board of selectmen.
The Wareham Fire District (career/on-call) has stations positioned in Wareham Center (Station No.1, Manned Career/ on-call), East Wareham (Station No.4, Unmanned On-call), West Wareham (Station No.
2, Unmanned On-call) and in White Island, near Glen Charlie Pond (Station No.3, Unmanned On-call) in the northeast corner of town.
Wareham EMS has a station positioned on Sandwich Road (Route 6).
There are four postal services for the town's four ZIP codes, positioned in East Wareham (02538), West Wareham (02576), Wareham Center (02571) and a branch office in Onset (02558).
The southeast portion of Wareham is also veiled by 02532 of Buzzards Bay.
The town's enhance library, positioned athwart the street from the town hall, is part of the SAILS library network.
Wareham has a enhance school system.
Decas and Minot Forest Elementary serving the town; Wareham Middle School; and Wareham High School.
The East Wareham Partnership homes the former West Wareham Academy and the Cooperative Junior-Senior High School.
Wareham High competes in the South Coast Conference for athletics.
Wareham competes with Bourne High School in an annual Thanksgiving Day football game.
The town also sends students to Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School The town has always been a vital transit point, as the Bay Colony Railroad crosses through the town on its way to Cape Cod.
Interstates 495 and 195 both terminate in the part of town, with I-495's highway route closing on as Massachusetts Route 25, which passes through town and around Buttermilk Bay before ending at the Bourne Bridge.
Route 6 and Massachusetts Route 28 meet in East Wareham and continue on towards Cape Cod.
Route 58's southern end is at Route 28 in Rochester near the Wareham town line.
There is presently no commuter rail service to Wareham, as the MBTA's Middleborough/Lakeville commuter rail line was only restored to Middleborough/Lakeville in 1997.
The cyclic Cape - FLYER service began stopping at Wareham Village station in June 2014. Based on the success of the Cape - FLYER, commuter service to Wareham and Buzzards Bay is under consideration. A small-town bus service, the OWL (Onset Wareham Link), directed by the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA), provides bus service around Wareham.
Wareham is home to the Wareham Gatemen, a collegiate summer baseball team and a member of the Western Division of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Wareham has many town youth sports as well, including Wareham Little League, Wareham JBA, Gateway Babe Ruth, Pop Warner Wareham TIgers, Wareham Girls Softball (WGSA), and more.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wareham town, Plymouth County, 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).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
Town of Wareham.
"New Wareham Cape - FLYER Stop Opens" (Press release).
"Chamber: Bring on commuter rail to Wareham, Buzzards Bay".
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