Editing Halifax, Massachusetts (section)

== History ==
Halifax was first settled by Europeans, most notably the Bosworth family from Bosworth Fields in England, in 1669, growing with lumbering and agriculture. It was officially separated from the town of Plympton and incorporated in 1734, and was named for [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]], England.  The town was part of an early effort to create a canal between [[Buzzards Bay]] and [[Massachusetts Bay]], when in 1795 a canal was proposed between the [[Taunton River]] and [[North River (Massachusetts Bay)|North River]]; the plan never succeeded, although the town's sawmills continued to grow, as did cranberry production, iron furnaces and a wool mill.  The railroad came in the nineteenth century, providing access for people from the city to the shores of [[Silver Lake (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)|Silver Lake]] and the [[Monponsett Pond]]s.  Today the town is mostly residential, with a small retail area growing at the center of town.<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/iprofile/118.pdf DHCD Profile - Halifax, Massachusetts (from Mass.gov)]</ref>