Editing Halifax, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|17.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|16.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, or 6.81%, is water.  Statistically, Halifax is the 235th largest town in the Commonwealth by land area, and is eighteenth out of the twenty-seven communities in Plymouth County.  Halifax is bordered by [[Hanson, Massachusetts|Hanson]] to the north, [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]] to the northeast, [[Plympton, Massachusetts|Plympton]] to the southeast, [[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]] to the southwest, and [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]] and [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts|East Bridgewater]] to the west.  Halifax is approximately {{convert|12|mi}} west of [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]], {{convert|13|mi}} southeast of [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]], and {{convert|33|mi}} south-southeast of [[Boston]].

Much of Halifax's geography is dictated by water.  The town lies on the western banks of [[Silver Lake (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)|Silver Lake]], and is also the site of [[Robbins Pond (Massachusetts)|Robbins Pond]], Indian Trail Reservoir and Burrage Pond in the west of town, and East and West [[Monponsett Pond]]s near the center of town.  The two Monponsett Ponds are separated by a narrow strip of land, barely {{convert|150|ft|m}} wide in some spots, and this strip of land also accommodates part of [[Massachusetts Route 58|MA Route 58]].  Part of the town's border with Bridgewater is defined by the [[Taunton River]], which also spawns the [[Winnetuxet River]] and several other brooks into town.  And, on either side of the Monponsett Ponds lie swamps, with Great Cedar Swamp to the west and Peterson Swamp to the east.  The town also shares a small conservation area with neighboring Plympton and the larger [[Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area]] with Hanson.