Editing Dartmouth, Massachusetts

{{Short description|Town of historical importance in the United States}}
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'''Dartmouth''' ([[Massachusett language|Massachusett]]: {{Lang|wam|Apponeganset}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ricketson |first=Daniel|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1263627689|title=The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their settlement to the present time|date=1858|publisher=D. Ricketson|pages=13|oclc=1263627689}}</ref>) is a coastal town in [[Bristol County, Massachusetts]], United States. [[Old Dartmouth]] was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts to be settled by Europeans in 1652, primarily English. Dartmouth is part of [[New England|New England's]] farm coast, which consists of a chain of historic coastal villages, vineyards, and farms. June 8, 2014, marked the 350th year of Dartmouth's incorporation as a town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20140602/news/140609960|title=Dartmouth's rich 350-year history|last=GUHA|first=AUDITI|website=southcoasttoday.com|language=en|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> It is also part of the Massachusetts [[South Coast (Massachusetts)|South Coast]].

The northern part of Dartmouth hosts the town's large commercial districts. The southern part of town abuts [[Buzzards Bay]], and there are several other waterways, including Lake Noquochoke, Cornell Pond, [[Slocums River]], Shingle Island River and [[Paskamanset River|Paskamansett River]]. The town has several working farms and one vineyard, which is part of the Coastal Wine Tour. With a thriving agricultural heritage, the town and state have protected many of the working farms.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The southern part of Dartmouth borders [[Buzzards Bay]], where a lively fishing and boating community thrives; off its coast, the [[Elizabeth Islands]] and [[Cuttyhunk Island|Cuttyhunk]] can be seen. The New Bedford Yacht Club in [[Padanaram, Massachusetts|Padanaram]] hosts a bi-annual regatta. It has been a destination for generations as a summer community. Notable affluent sections within South Dartmouth are Nonquitt, [[Round Hill (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)|Round Hill]], Barney's Joy, and Mishaum Point. As of the 2020 census, the year-round population of Dartmouth was 33,783.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2500516425| title=Census - Geography Profile: Dartmouth town, Bristol County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref>

Dartmouth is the third-largest town (by land area) in Massachusetts, after [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] and [[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]].<ref name="Mass areas">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0400000US25.06000| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212153427/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0400000US25.06000| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> The distance from Dartmouth's northernmost border with [[Freetown, Massachusetts|Freetown]] to [[Buzzards Bay]] in the south is approximately {{convert|16|mi|km}}. The villages of [[Hixville Village Historic District|Hixville]], [[Bliss Corner, Massachusetts|Bliss Corner]], [[Padanaram, Massachusetts|Padanaram]], [[Smith Mills, Massachusetts|Smith Mills]], and [[Russells Mills Village Historic District|Russells Mills]] are located within the town. Dartmouth shares borders with [[Westport, Massachusetts|Westport]] to the west, [[Freetown, Massachusetts|Freetown]] and [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] to the north, [[Buzzards Bay]] to the south, and [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] to the east. Boat shuttles provide regular transportation daily to [[Martha's Vineyard]] and [[Cuttyhunk Island]].

The local weekly newspapers are ''The Dartmouth/Westport Chronicle and Dartmouth Week.'' The Portuguese municipality of [[Lagoa, Azores|Lagoa]] is [[Twinned cities|twinned]] with the town; along with several other Massachusetts and [[Rhode Island]] towns and cities around [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Lurdes C. da |title=Azorean city of Lagoa to celebrate its 500 years with local Sister Cities, special exhibition to open May 13 in Dartmouth |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/local/ojornal/2022/05/05/azorean-city-lagoa-celebrate-its-500-years-local-sister-cities-special-exhibition-open-may-13-dartmo/9631120002/ |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=Fall River Herald News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The origin of the name is considered to be named after [[Dartmouth, England]]. This could have been because [[Bartholomew Gosnold]], the first European to explore the land, sailed to America on a ship from Dartmouth in England. It could have been also named Dartmouth to commemorate when the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] stopped in Dartmouth for ship repairs.<ref name=":8" />

==History==
=== Early colonial history ===
Before the 17th century, the lands that now constitute Dartmouth had been inhabited by the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]] Native Americans, who were part of the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]] family and had settlements throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including [[Martha's Vineyard]] and [[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket]]. Their population is believed to have been about 12,000.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2020 |title=The Old Dartmouth Purchase {{!}} New Bedford Whaling Museum |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |access-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203160505/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |archive-date=February 3, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2021 |title=Evolution of Old Dartmouth - New Bedford Whaling Museum |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/regional-history/evolution-of-old-dartmouth/ |access-date=August 21, 2021 |website=www.whalingmuseum.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Wampanoag]] inhabited the area for up to a thousand years before European colonization, and their ancestors had been there longer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barboza |first=Robert |title=Genealogist brings 'missing' Wampanoag history in Westport, Dartmouth to forefront |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/special/20180116/genealogist-brings-missing-wampanoag-history-in-westport-dartmouth-to-forefront |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729024952/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/special/20180116/genealogist-brings-missing-wampanoag-history-in-westport-dartmouth-to-forefront |archive-date=29 July 2020 |website=[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|southcoasttoday.com]] |location=New Bedford |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In [[John Winthrop]]'s (1587–1649) journal, he wrote the name of Dartmouth's indigenous tribes as being the Nukkehkammes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Dartmouth: The Early History of a Massachusetts Coastal Town |publisher=American Printing |date=October 2001 |isbn=978-0971459106 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=49 |language=EN}}</ref> The English explorer [[Bartholomew Gosnold]] in the ship ''Concord'' landed on [[Cuttyhunk Island]] on May 15, 1602, and explored the area before leaving and eventually settling in the [[Jamestown Colony]] of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=New Bedford Whaling |title=Exploration & "Discovery" |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/exploration-discovery |access-date=January 5, 2020 |website=New Bedford Whaling Museum |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729035255/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/exploration-discovery |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gosnolds explorations of the area took him to [[Round Hill (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)|Round Hill]], which he named Hap's Hill. Additionally he described the territories of Dartmouth as being covered in fields with flowers, [[beech]] and cedar groves. He picked wild strawberries, and noticed deer. He also saw the [[Apponagansett River]] which runs through Padanaram Harbor, and the [[Acushnet River]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Comiskey |first=Kathleen Ryan |title=Secrets of Old Dartmouth |publisher=Reynolds-DeWalt |year=1976 |edition=Revised |location=New Bedford, Massachusetts |pages=23–25}}</ref>

Settled sparsely by the natives, with the arrival of the pilgrims in Plymouth, the region gradually began to become of interest to the colonists, until a meeting was held to officially purchase the land.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Brief History {{!}} Dartmouth, MA |url=https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/357/A-Brief-History |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=www.town.dartmouth.ma.us}}</ref>

=== Old Dartmouth ===
{{Main|Old Dartmouth}}
[[File:A_Deed_Appointed_to_be_Recorded_(Dartmouth_Purchase)_1652.pdf|thumb|Purchase deed from November 29, 1652, for Old Dartmouth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Deed Appointed to be Recorded. |url=https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/glc02924002 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |publisher=Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History}}</ref>]]
[[File:Wôpanâak_Nation_c_1620-01.svg|thumb|Territories of the [[Wampanoag]] people around 1620, between the first European explorations of the Acushnet River in 1602 and the establishment of Old Dartmouth in 1652.]]

On March 7, 1652, English colonists met with the native tribe and purchased [[Old Dartmouth]]—a region of {{convert|115,000|acres|km2}} that now contains the modern cities and towns of Dartmouth, [[Acushnet, Massachusetts|Acushnet]], [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]], [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]], and [[Westport, Massachusetts|Westport]]—in a treaty between the Wampanoag—represented by Chief Ousamequin '''('''[[Massasoit]]) and his son [[Wamsutta]]—and high-ranking "Purchasers" and "Old Comers" from [[Plymouth Colony]]: [[John Winslow (1597–1674)|John Winslow]], [[William Bradford (governor)|William Bradford]], [[Myles Standish]], Thomas Southworth, and John Cooke.<ref name="gilderlehrman.org">{{Cite web |title=A Deed Appointed to be Recorded. {{!}} Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |url=https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/glc02924002 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |website=www.gilderlehrman.org}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> John Cooke had come to America as a passenger on the [[Mayflower]], a [[Baptists|Baptist]] Minister, he was forced to leave Plymouth due to religious views that differed from the rest of the Plymouth Colony. He would settle in Old Dartmouth.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=Comiskey |first=Kathleen Ryan |title=Secrets of Old Dartmouth |publisher=Reynolds-DeWalt |year=1976 |edition=Revised |location=New Bedford, Massachusetts |pages=31}}</ref>

<blockquote>30 yards of cloth, eight moose skins, fifteen axes, fifteen hoes, fifteen pair of breeches, eight blankets, two kettles, one cloak, £2 in wampum, eight pair of stockings, eight pair shoes, one iron pot and 10 shillings in another commoditie [sic].<ref>[[Nathaniel Philbrick|Philbrick, Nathaniel]]. ''[[Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War|Mayflower]]''. Penguin, 2006. p.171 {{ISBN|978-0-14-311197-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-03 |title=The Old Dartmouth Purchase|website=New Bedford Whaling Museum |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |access-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203160505/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |archive-date=2020-02-03 }}</ref><ref name="town.dartmouth.ma.us">{{Cite web |title=A Brief History |url=https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/about-our-town/pages/brief-history |access-date=2020-01-05 |publisher=Town of Dartmouth MA}}</ref></blockquote>

While the Europeans considered themselves full owners of the land through the transaction, the Wampanoag have disputed this claim because the concept of exclusive [[land ownership]]—in contrast with hunting, fishing, and farming rights—was a foreign concept to them.<ref name=":422">{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2021 |title=Evolution of Old Dartmouth |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/regional-history/evolution-of-old-dartmouth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821032344/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/regional-history/evolution-of-old-dartmouth/ |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |publisher=New Bedford Whaling Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the European interpretation of the deed, in one year, all Natives previously living on the land would have to leave. This led to a lengthy land dispute as the deed did not define boundary lines, and merely referred to the ceded land as, "that land called Dartmouth"<ref name=":1" /> and the younger son of [[Massasoit]], [[Metacomet]], began to question the boundary lines of the purchase. [[Metacomet]] stated that he had not been consulted about the sale, and he had not given his written permission. The situation culminated with new boundaries drawn up by referees. Chief Massasoit gave his final permission to the changes in 1665.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Dartmouth: The Early History of a Massachusetts Coastal Town |publisher=American Printing |date=October 2001 |isbn=978-0971459106 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=86–87 |language=en}}</ref>

About six months after the official purchase, Dartmouth began to be settled by English immigrants around November 1652, and it was officially incorporated in 1664.<ref name="town.dartmouth.ma.us" /> While the Europeans considered themselves full owners of the land through the transaction, the Wampanoag disputed this claim because the concept of [[land ownership]]—in contrast with hunting, fishing, and farming rights—was a foreign concept to them.<ref name=":9" />

The town was purchased by 34 people from the Plymouth Colony, but most of the purchasers never lived in Dartmouth. Only ten families came to reside in Dartmouth. Those ten families were the Cooks, Delanos, Francis', Hicks', Howlands, Jennys, Kemptons, Mortons, Samsons, and Soules.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Comiskey |first=Kathleen Ryan |title=Secrets of Old Dartmouth |publisher=Reynolds-DeWalt |year=1976 |edition=Revised |location=New Bedford, Massachusetts |pages=35}}</ref>

=== Quakers ===
[[File:DartmouthMA ApponegansettMeetingHouse.jpg|thumb|The [[Apponegansett Meeting House]], built in 1791, is the oldest Quaker meeting house in southeastern Massachusetts. The site had been used by the Quaker community since at least 1699.]]

Members of the [[Quakers|Religious Society of Friends]], also known as [[Quakers]], were among the early European settlers on the [[South Coast (Massachusetts)|South Coast]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Wittenberg |first=Ariel |title=The story of Dartmouth's first settlers: The Quakers |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20140602/NEWS/140609959 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |website=southcoasttoday.com |language=en}}</ref> They had faced persecution in the [[Puritans|Puritan]] communities of [[Plymouth Colony]] and [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]; the latter banned the Quakers in 1656–1657.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Lukesh |first=Susan Snow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4X_bCwAAQBAJ&q=Plymouth_Colony_and_Massachusetts_Bay_quaker_dartmouth_1652&pg=PA31 |title=Frozen in Time: An Early Carte de Visite Album from New Bedford, Massachusetts |date=February 15, 2016 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4834-3920-4 |language=en}}</ref> When the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] annexed the Plymouth Colony in 1691, Quakers already represented a majority of the population of Old Dartmouth.<ref name=":6" /> In 1699, with the support of [[Peleg Slocum]], the Quakers built their first [[meeting house]] in Old Dartmouth, where the [[Apponegansett Meeting House]] is now located.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Ricketson, Daniel |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1263627689 |title=The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their settlement to the present time |date=1858 |publisher=D. Ricketson |oclc=1263627689}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

At first, the Old Dartmouth territory was devoid of major town centers, and instead had isolated farms and small, decentralized villages, such as [[Russells Mills Village Historic District|Russells' Mills]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Old Dartmouth Purchase |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203160505/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/old-dartmouth-purchase |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |website=New Bedford Whaling Museum |language=en}}</ref> One reason for this is that the inhabitants enjoyed their independence from the Plymouth Colony and they did not want to have a large enough population for the Plymouth court to appoint them a minister.<ref name=":6" /> There are still Quaker meeting houses in Dartmouth, including the Smith Neck Meeting House, the Allens Neck Meeting House, and the [[Apponegansett Meeting House]], which is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

=== King Philip's War ===
[[File:Russell Garrison in Padanaram 01.jpg|thumb|English colonists residing in Old Dartmouth garrisoned at [[Russell Garrison]] in June 1675 fearing an attack from the [[Pokanoket people|Pokanoket]] in King Philip's War.]]{{Main|King Philip's War}}
The rising European population and increasing demand for land led the colonists' relationship with the indigenous inhabitants of New England to deteriorate. European encroachment and disregard for the terms of the Old Dartmouth Purchase led to [[King Philip's War]] in 1675.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Arato |first1=Christine A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sypwQ2nRv4cC&pg=PA2 |title=Safety Moored at Last: History, existing conditions, analysis, preliminary preservation issues |last2=Eleey |first2=Patrick L. |date=1998 |publisher=National Park Service |isbn=978-0-912627-66-3 |language=en}}</ref> In this conflict, [[Wampanoag]] tribesmen, allied with the [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]] and the [[Nipmuc]], raided Old Dartmouth and other European settlements in the area.<ref name=":3" /> Europeans in Old Dartmouth garrisoned in sturdier homes—John Russell's garrison in [[Padanaram, Massachusetts|Padanaram]], John Cooke's home in [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]], and a third garrison on [[Palmer Island Light|Palmer Island]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conflict - Irreconcilable Differences |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/conflict |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203160929/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/harboring-hope-in-old-dartmouth/conflict |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |website=New Bedford Whaling Museum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=1675: When Dartmouth was at War |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/chronicle/2012/01/04/1675-when-dartmouth-was-at/49779235007/ |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Revolutionary War ===
One of the minutemen signalled by [[Paul Revere]] spread the alarm of the approaching British forces into Dartmouth, after moving through [[Acushnet, Massachusetts|Acushnet]], [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]], and Bedford Village. Three companies of Dartmouth [[Minutemen]] were marched out of the town on April 21, 1775, by Captain Thomas Kempton to a military camp in Roxbury, joining 20,000 other soldiers. Prior to the [[American Revolutionary War|war]] Kempton had been a whaler in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]]. The additional two Dartmouth companies were led by Captain's Dillingham and Egery. The last Dartmouth town meeting called in the name of [[George III]] occurred in February 1776. Also in 1776, and again in 1779, Dartmouth voters where called upon to sit on the Committee of Correspondence, Safety and Inspection, with the job of looking for individuals performing treasonous acts—and to report them to the War Council. Dartmouth had two companies of soldiers in the 18th Regiment of the Bunker Hill Army. No Dartmouth troops were ever again ordered north following March 17, 1776.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Dartmouth: The Early History of a Massachusetts Coastal Town |publisher=American Printing |date=October 2001 |isbn=978-0971459106 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=181–186 |language=EN}}</ref>

In 1778 the village of Padanaram was raided by British troops as part of [[Grey's raid]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barboza |first=Robert |title=Patriots of Old Dartmouth |publisher=Vineyard Sound Books |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-9825075-6-8}}</ref> The village was then known as Akin's Landing, and following Elihu Akin driving three [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] out of the village in September 1778, British raiding parties burned down most of the village, focusing on Akin's properties. The raiders targeted Akin specifically because he had expelled the Loyalists from Dartmouth.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Medeiros |first=Peggi |title=Akin House: The Elihu Akin House Narrative |url=https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=baker_documentation |website=Roger Williams University}}</ref> They forced Akin to move to his only remaining property, a small home on Potters Hill—the [[Elihu Akin House|Elihu Akin house.]] Elihu never financially recovered from the attack and died poor, he lived at the house until he died in 1794.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Guest views: Preserving Dartmouth's 1762 Elihu Akin House |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/chronicle/2015/03/06/guest-views-preserving-dartmouth-s/35052428007/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite web |title=Akin House |url=https://rwu.shorthandstories.com/baker-akin/ |access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=rwu.shorthandstories.com |language=en}}</ref> Fixing the damage to the town from the raid cost £105,960 in 1778. Which is roughly equivalent to nine million dollars in today's money.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Kate |date=October 23, 2020 |title=Dartmouth during the American Revolution |url=https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/article/dartmouth-during-american-revolution/50249 |access-date=June 18, 2023 |website=Dartmouth the Week Today |language=en}}</ref> In honor of Elihu, and to commemorate his earlier shipbuilding, the village of Padanaram was called Akin's Wharf for 20 years after the war.<ref name=":7" />

In 1793 [[Davolls General Store]] was established in the Russells Mills area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sousa |first=Ron |title=Russells Mills Village Historic Tours |url=https://dartmouthrotary.com/stories/russells-mills-village-historic-tours}}</ref>

=== Civil War ===
==== Prewar years ====
[[File:Ann Alexander of New Bedford.png|thumb|The ship [[Ann Alexander (ship)|''Ann Alexander'']], built at [[Russells Mills Village Historic District|Russells Mills Village]] in 1805, was rammed and sunk by a [[sperm whale]] bull in 1851.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sawtell |first=Clement Cleveland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwgaAAAAIAAJ |title=The Ship Ann Alexander of New Bedford: 1805-1851 |date=1962 |publisher=Marine Historical Association |language=en}}</ref>]]

In the years before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], in the early 1840s, Dartmouth launched a whaling vessel owned by Sanford and Sherman, had a bowling Alley burn down, as well as hosting an Abstinence rally with some shops refusing to sell [[Rum]] and cider. In 1855, the town was home to one [[cotton mill]], three [[salt works]], one factory that made [[railroad car]]s, sleighs, wagons, and coaches, two [[tanneries]], seven [[shoemakers]], and five shingle mills, as well as launching one ship. The town had an abundance of livestock, including over a thousand sheep and cows. 850 swine. 428 oxen. As well as 4102 acres of English hay, and 712 acres of [[Indian corn]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |publisher=Command Print Solutions |date=October 2004 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=1–10 |language=EN}}</ref>

==== 1861 ====
The first town meeting in Dartmouth related to the Civil War was held on May 16, 1861, and contained a preamble about the towns stance on the war.<ref name=":2" />

{{Blockquote|text=The Government of the United States is now in a struggle for National existence, popular Liberty, the perpetuity of the Constitution, and the Supremacy of the Laws against the Myrmidous of Slavery and enimies [sic.] of popular Liberty, Therefore resolved that as patriots and friends of the Constitution the National Government and our righted institutions, we the people of Darmouth in Town Meeting assembled do recognize the full extent of the perilous position of our once happy but now beligerent [sic.] and distrac [sic.] country and also, the duty whiche [sic.] we owe to that Constitution and Flag under which we have lived in happiness and prosperity for more than Eighty Years And that we proffer unreservedly and with cheerfulness our aid and cooperation in defence of our liberties and National Flag.|title=Dartmouth Town Meeting Notes}}

At the onset of the Civil War, the first troops to be sent to [[Washington, D.C.]] in Massachusetts were called by telegram on April 15, 1861, by [[Henry Wilson|Senator Henry Wilson]]. The Dartmouth men enlisted in the first call to arms were enlisted in the 18th, 33rd, 38th, and 40th [[regiment]]s.

==== 1862 ====
According to the [[New Bedford Republican Standard]], on September 4, 1862, Dartmouth fulfilled its part in the quota sent from [[Washington, D.C.]] Which called for 20 companies, three full regiments, and four regiments of militia to be brought from Massachusetts. The fighting force was meant to be made up of the strongest companies in the state. Dartmouth had eight men in the 18th Regiment, twelve men in the 38th Regiment, and one in both the 33rd and 40th.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |publisher=Command Print Solutions |date=October 2004 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=15–37 |language=EN}}</ref>

In 1862, the town of Dartmouth voted to pay volunteers for the war. [[William Francis Bartlett]] stopped in Dartmouth after being wounded at the [[Siege of Yorktown (1862)|Siege of Yorktown]]. Several Dartmouth soldiers were at the [[Second Battle of Bull Run]]. George Lawton, Leander Collins, Robert H. Dunham, Frederick Smith, Joseph Head, Abraham R. Cowen, and John Smith were all present at the battle. They served in the 8th Battery MVM, the 16th, and 18th Regiment MVI, and the light artillery. In the New Bedford Republican Standards August 18, 182 issue it was reported that a Dartmouth town meeting voted to pay a $200  bounty to nine-month volunteers. In the month following the [[Battle of Antietam]], many Dartmouth men joined the 3rd regiment of infantry in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. They completed training at [[Camp Joe Hooker]] in [[Lakeville, Massachusetts|Lakeville]] before leaving for Boston on October 22, 1862. They then embarked on the Merrimac and Mississippi for [[New Bern, North Carolina]]. Dartmouth then proceeded to fulfil its second quota, sending 20 men to Company F, and three to company G. At the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]], Private Joseph Head, a machinist, Frederick Smith, a seaman, and Frederick H. Russell—all from Dartmouth—were injured. Isaac S. Barker, a carpenter, was killed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |date=October 2004 |publisher=Command Print Solutions |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=40–47 |language=EN}}</ref>

==== 1863 ====
On March 3, 1863, the town voted to raise $5,000  for monthly payments of aid for families of volunteers. Acting Master James Taylor of the [[ironclad warship]] [[USS Keokuk (1862)|USS Keokuk]] arrived at his Dartmouth home on April 21, 1863. He looked "as if he had suffered anything but defeat," after the Keokuk attacked [[Fort Sumter]] and was riddled with bullet holes. Dartmouth soldiers also fought at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. Three soldiers served in the 1st Regiment MVI, one in the 16th, and 33rd, and six in the 18th.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |date=October 2004 |publisher=Command Print Solutions |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=50–60 |language=EN}}</ref>

[[David Lewis Gifford]] was a [[Union Army]] soldier from Dartmouth, who received the [[Medal of Honor]]. He enlisted in December 1863, at age 1— as a member of the [[4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment]]. Following the steamer the USS ''Boston'' running aground on an [[Oyster|Oyster bed]], leaving 400 individuals within range of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] artillery. Gifford and four other men—led by [[George W. Brush]]—manned a small boat and ferried stranded soldiers to a safe area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Patrick |date=January 28, 2019 |title=Dartmouth |url=https://macivilwarmonuments.com/2019/01/28/dartmouth/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Massachusetts Civil War Monuments Project |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Valor awards for David L. Gifford |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/620 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812214541/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=620 |archive-date=August 12, 2014  |url-status=live |access-date=June 27, 2022 }}</ref>

==== 1864 ====
In April 1864, the people of Dartmouth voted to raise money to fill the quota of men for the service. At the [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]], Bradford Little from Dartmouth was wounded, and Edwin C. Tripp from Dartmouth died at the [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]. Three Dartmouth men were wounded at the [[Siege of Petersburg]]. Thos. C Lapham wrote to his uncle on Chase Road in Dartmouth from General Hospital Number One in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]] on January 20, 1864. He described the cold weather in what he called <nowiki>''Old''</nowiki> Dartmouth, as well as writing about his maladies while serving in the South, and morale among the troops, before sending his regards to his family in Dartmouth. Nahum Nickelson was another resident of Dartmouth who served in the Civil War. He enlisted in the [[35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment]] as a drummer in March 1864. He trained for five weeks in Boston Harbor before taking a transport ship to [[Alexandria, Virginia]], where he joined the [[Battle of the Wilderness]] and the battles in Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He was mustered out in July 1865. Once returning to Dartmouth, he built a home and would eventually be rewarded the Boston Cane, which was awarded to the oldest living resident in Dartmouth, and would be buried in the Padanaram cemetery, where he used to be a caretaker. Private Humphrey R. Davis (a seaman from Dartmouth) died in May 1864 as a [[prisoner of war]] in [[Andersonville Prison]]. During the [[1864 United States presidential election]], 384 people in Dartmouth voted to reelect [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |date=October 2004 |publisher=Command Print Solutions |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=60–63, 85 |language=EN}}</ref>

=== Modern history ===
[[File:Round hill telescope.jpg|thumb|300px|The former MIT antenna atop Round Hill]]

The [[Watuppa Branch]] railroad started to serve Dartmouth in 1875.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |publisher=Command Print Solutions |date=October 2004 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=1 |language=EN}}</ref>

During the late 19th century its coastline became a summer resort area for wealthy members of New England society.

[[Lincoln Park (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)|Lincoln Park]] was established in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Co. of New Bedford, and became an amusement park in the mid-20th century with rides such as the [[wooden roller coaster]] [[Comet (Lincoln Park)|The Comet]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lincoln Park's Comet roller coaster demolished today in Dartmouth, evoking memories of thrills past |url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/07/11/lincoln-parks-comet-roller-coaster-demolished-today-in-dartmouth-evoking-memories-of-thrills-past/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Round Hill (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)|Round Hill]] was the site of early-to-mid 20th century research into the uses of [[radio]] and [[microwave]]s for [[aviation]] and [[communication]] by [[MIT]] scientists, including physicist [[Robert J. Van de Graaff]]. There in 1933 he built the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator (now located at the [[Museum of Science (Boston)]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lindahall.org/robert-van-de-graaff/|title=Robert Van de Graaff - Scientist of the Day|website=Linda Hall Library|date=December 20, 2018|language=en|access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> It is also the site of the Green Mansion, the estate of "Colonel" [[Edward Howland Robinson Green]], a colorful character who was son of the even more colorful and wildly eccentric [[Hetty Green]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peculiar-story-hetty-green-aka-witch-wall-street-180967258/|title=The Peculiar Story of the Witch of Wall Street|website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref>

In 1936, the Colonel died. The estate fell into disrepair as litigation over his vast fortune continued for eight years between his widow and his sister. Finally, the court ruled that Mrs. Hetty Sylvia Wilks, the Colonel's sister, was the sole beneficiary. In 1948, she bequeathed the entire estate to MIT, which used it for microwave and laser experiments. The giant antenna, which was a landmark to sailors on Buzzards Bay, was erected on top of a 50,000-gallon water tank. Although efforts were made to preserve the structure, it deteriorated and was demolished on November 19, 2007.

Another antenna was erected next to the mansion and used in the development of the [[Ballistic Missile Early Warning System]]. MIT continued to use Round Hill through 1964. It was sold to the [[Society of Jesus]] of New England and was used as a retreat house. The upper floors were divided into 64 individual rooms. The main floor was fitted with a chapel, a library, and meeting rooms.

In 1970 the Jesuits sold the land and buildings to Gratia R. Montgomery. In 1981, Mrs. Montgomery sold most of the land to a group of developers who have worked to preserve the history, grandeur and natural environment. The property is now a gated, mostly summer residential community on the water featuring a nine-hole golf course.

In 1980 [[Sunrise Bakery and Coffee Shop]] opened its first store in Dartmouth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GazelleGazelle |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Sunrise Bakery For Sale After 42 Years in New Bedford, Dartmouth |url=https://fun107.com/sunrise-bakery-for-sale-after-42-years-in-new-bedford-dartmouth/ |access-date=May 17, 2023 |website=FUN 107 |language=en}}</ref>

The town appeared in national news in 2013 when [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], then a university student at Dartmouth, participated in the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston Marathon Bombings Update: Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was on U-Mass-Dartmouth campus this week, classmates say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-marathon-bombings-update-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-was-on-u-mass-dartmouth-campus-this-week-classmates-say/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=April 19, 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Diantha |last2=Bidgood |first2=Jess |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Boston Marathon Bombing: What We Know |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/us/boston-marathon-bombings-trial-what-you-need-to-know.html |access-date=May 2, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:سور إنجلترا الجديدة.jpeg|thumb|A rock wall ([[dry stone]] wall) typical of New England, abundant in Dartmouth.]]
[[File:Padanaram Bridge.JPG|thumb|200px|The village of [[Padanaram, Massachusetts|Padanaram]], with its bridge in the foreground]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|252.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|157.8|km2|order=flip}}  is land and {{convert|94.8|km2}} or, 37.53%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500516425| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161509/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500516425| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dartmouth town, Bristol County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> It is the third largest town by area in Massachusetts.<ref name="Mass areas"/>

The town is accessible by [[Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)|I-195]] and [[U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts|US 6]], which run parallel to each other through the northern-main business part of town from New Bedford to Westport on an east-west axis within a mile or two apart from one another.

Dartmouth includes the [[Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve]] that extends from Fall River into many protected forests of North Dartmouth in the Collins Corner, Faunce Corner, and Hixville sections of town. The [[Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve]] extends its protected forest lands into the [[Freetown-Fall River State Forest]] and beyond.

Numerous rivers  flow north-south in Dartmouth, such as the [[Copicut River]], [[Shingle Island River]], [[Paskamanset River]], [[Slocums River]], Destruction Brook, and Little River. Dartmouth is divided into two primary sections: North Dartmouth ([[United States Postal Service|USPS]] [[ZIP code]] 02747) and South Dartmouth (USPS ZIP code 02748).

The town is bordered by [[Westport, Massachusetts|Westport]] to the west, [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] to the east, [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] and [[Freetown, Massachusetts|Freetown]] to the north, and [[Buzzards Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the south.

The highest point in the town is near its northwestern corner, where the elevation rises to over {{convert|78|m|order=flip}} above sea level north of Old Fall River Road.<ref>U.S. Geological Survey ''Fall River, MA'' 7.5 by 15-minute quadrangle, 1985.</ref>

=== Ecology and natural resource management ===
[[File:Slocum's River Reserve P1140026.jpg|thumb|Image taken at Slocum's River Reserve, land purchased by the DNRT and [[The Trustees of Reservations]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 25, 2012 |title=Slocum's River Reserve {{!}} Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT) |url=https://dnrt.org/slocumsriver/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>]]

The [[Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies]], located in South Dartmouth, is a non-profit organization that provides educational programs on aquatic environments in southeastern New England. It is across the mouth of the [[Slocums River]] from [[Demarest Lloyd State Park]], a popular state beach known for its shallow waters.

The [[Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust]] in Dartmouth, is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] [[land trust]] incorporated in 1971 working to preserve and protect Dartmouth's natural resources.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust |url=https://dnrt.org/ |access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref> The trust has protected 5,400 acres of land since 1971 and owns 1,800 acres in Dartmouth as of 2020,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=DNRT renews accreditation, protects over 1,800 acres |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20200308/dnrt-renews-accreditation-protects-over-1800-acres |access-date=March 20, 2020 |website=southcoasttoday.com |language=en}}</ref> including 35 miles of hiking trails, and ocean and river walks. The DNRT is accredited through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the [[Land Trust Alliance]].<ref name=":0" /> The Trust organizes such activities as photography tours, summer outdoor yoga series, bird watching, and plant identification. Its summer evening Barn Bash and winter fundraising auction are held annually. Since 1999, nearly 20 Boy Scouts from four troops have completed Eagle Scout projects through the DNRT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eagle Scouts improve Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust properties |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20191125/eagle-scouts-improve-dartmouth-natural-resources-trust-properties |access-date=February 6, 2020 |website=The Herald News, Fall River, MA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DNRT's annual Barn Bash raised more than $25,000 |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20150908/NEWS/150909426 |access-date=March 20, 2020 |website=southcoasttoday.com |language=en}}</ref> The Trust's headquarters building is located on the former Helfand Farm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community garden offers plots to SouthCoast residents |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20170507/community-garden-offers-plots-to-southcoast-residents |access-date=March 20, 2020 |website=southcoasttoday.com |language=en |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320203448/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20170507/community-garden-offers-plots-to-southcoast-residents |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Highway===
[[Massachusetts Route 140|Route 140]] and [[Massachusetts Route 24|Route 24]] are located just outside Dartmouth's borders in New Bedford and Fall River, respectively, and both provide access to [[Boston]] and points north of the area. [[Route 177 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)|Route 177]] begins just over Dartmouth's border with Westport, running west into Rhode Island and providing a link between the Newport-area (Tiverton, Little Compton, and Aquidneck Island) with the Fall River/New Bedford area. [[Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)|I-195]] and [[U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts|US 6]] pass directly through Dartmouth, and also offer connections to the aforementioned three Massachusetts routes; the former provides access to Route 140, while the latter can be used to access Route 24 and Route 177.

Both [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton, RI]] and [[Little Compton, Rhode Island|Little Compton, RI]] are geographically part of Massachusetts, lacking direct interstate highway connections with the rest of Rhode Island. Instead, smaller routes connect to the area (RI 138, MA/RI 24, RI 177/MA 177, and MA 81, and MA 88).{{Clarify|date=August 2020}} Route 24 lies an average of 15 to 20 miles away in Tiverton, RI and Little Compton, RI, [[Route 177 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)|Route 177]] and [[Massachusetts Route 140|Route 140]] and [[Massachusetts Route 24|Route 24]] are based upon old Indian routes and trails.

===Bus===
Public transportation in Dartmouth is primarily provided by the [[Southeastern Regional Transit Authority]], which provides direct bus services between several points in Dartmouth and to the adjacent cities of New Bedford and Fall River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srtabus.com/new-bedford|title=New Bedford Route Schedules|website=Southeastern Regional Transit Authority|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> Transfers at either terminus offer connections to [[T.F. Green Airport]] via [[Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.p-b.com/tf-green-airport/|title=T.F. Green Service|website=Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref> and various locales in Rhode Island via [[Peter Pan Bus]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peterpanbus.com/locations/massachusetts/fall-river/|title=Fall River station|website=Peter Pan Bus |access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref><ref  name = "Peter Pan New Bedford">{{cite web|url=https://destinationnewbedford.org/listing/peter-pan-bus-lines/|title=Peter Pan Bus Lines|website=Destination New Bedford|access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> the latter company also offers connections from New Bedford to Cape Cod and Boston.<ref name = "Peter Pan New Bedford"/> Direct daily bus service from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] and [[Boston]] was formerly offered via DATTCO buses; this service was cut back to only one express round-trip every Friday in the wake of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dattco.com/bus-schedules/boston-commuter-schedules/|title=SouthCoast – Boston Express|website=DATTCO|date=2021|accessdate=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassd.edu/transportation/bostonbus|title=DATTCO Bus: UMassD to Boston|website=University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231125402/http://www.umassd.edu/transportation/bostonbus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Water===
Despite its border along Buzzard's Bay, Dartmouth does not have any major water-based transport. However, the adjacent cities of Fall River and New Bedford offer several indirect ferry connections, with routes to Newport and Block Island<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blockislandferry.com/schedules-fares/fall-river-hi-speed-schedule|title=Fall River Hi-Speed Schedule|website=Block Island Ferry|access-date=July 23, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724020909/https://www.blockislandferry.com/schedules-fares/fall-river-hi-speed-schedule|url-status=dead}}</ref> from the former and Martha's Vineyard,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/between-new-bedford-marthas-vineyard-ma |title=New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard Ferry |website=SeaStreak}}</ref> Nantucket,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/between-new-bedford-nantucket-ma/|title=New Bedford to Nantucket Ferry|website=SeaStreak}}</ref> and [[Cuttyhunk Island|Cuttyhunk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cuttyhunkferryco.com|title=Cuttyhunk Ferry Company|website=The Cuttyhunk Ferry Company}}</ref> from the latter.

===Rail===
The nearest [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] stations are {{bts|Church Street}} and {{bts|New Bedford}}, both in New Bedford. The [[Massachusetts Coastal Railroad]] operates freight service through Dartmouth on the North Dartmouth Industrial Track  ([[Watuppa Branch]]).

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations | type=USA | align=right
 | 1850|3868
 | 1860|3883
 | 1870|3367
 | 1880|3430
 | 1890|3122
 | 1900|3669
 | 1910|4378
 | 1920|6493
 | 1930|8778
 | 1940|9011
 | 1950|11115
 | 1960|14607
 | 1970|18800
 | 1980|23966
 | 1990|27244
 | 2000|30666
 | 2010|34032
 | 2020|33783
 | 2023*|33419
 | footnote= * = population estimate. {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2022 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 24, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Government==
===Local government===
Since 1928, Dartmouth has been governed by a [[representative town meeting]], its legislative body, and [[Select Board]], its executive body. Prior to 1928, the town was governed by an [[open town meeting]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1927 Chap. 0026. An Act Providing For Precinct Voting, Representative Town Meetings, Town Meeting Members, A Referendum And A Moderator To Serve For A Year In The Town Of Dartmouth |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/items/01c75d6f-417c-4c84-8270-6957543e3970 |website=archives.lib.state.ma.us |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> The Town Hall is located in the former Poole School, which also served as [[Dartmouth High School (Massachusetts)|Dartmouth High School]] for several years. The town is patrolled by a central police department, located near Smith Mills on the site of the former Job S. Gidley School. There are five fire stations in the town divided among three fire districts, all of which are paid-call departments. There are two post offices (North Dartmouth, under the 02747 ZIP Code, and South Dartmouth, under the 02748 ZIP Code).

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" | Voter registration and party enrollment as of August 24, 2024<ref>[https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/enrolment_count_20240903.pdf#page=4 Massachusetts Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of August 24, 2024]</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Unenrolled voter|Unenrolled]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 16,265
| style="text-align:center;" | 65.47%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 5,850
| style="text-align:center;" | 23.55%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,415
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.72%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent}}
| [[Political designations in Massachusetts|Political Designation]]
| style="text-align:center" | 230
| style="text-align:center" | 0.93%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 84
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.34%
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:center;" | 24,844
! style="text-align:center;" | 100%
|}

===County government===
The Bristol County Sheriff's Office maintains its administrative headquarters and operates several jail facilities in the Dartmouth Complex in North Dartmouth in Dartmouth. Jail facilities in the Dartmouth Complex include the Bristol County House Of Correction and Jail, the Bristol County Sheriff's Office Women's Center, and the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center.<ref name="JailFacilities">"[http://www.bcso-ma.us/facilities.htm Facilities]." Bristol County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved on January 30, 2012. "400 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA 0274" and "Bristol County House Of Correction and Jail 400 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747" and "Bristol County Sheriff's Office Women's Center 400 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747" and "C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center: 400 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747"</ref>

===State & national government===
Dartmouth is located in the Ninth Bristol state representative district, which includes all of Dartmouth as well as parts of Freetown, Lakeville, and New Bedford. The current state representative is [[Christopher Markey]]. The town is represented by [[Mark Montigny]] in the state senate in the Second Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes the city of New Bedford and the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Mattapoisett. Dartmouth is the home of the Third Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police, which relocated in 2006 from Route 6 to just north of the retail center of town on Faunce Corner Road. On the national level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 9, which is represented by [[William R. Keating]]. The state's junior (Class I) Senator is [[Ed Markey]] and the state's senior (Class II) Senator, is [[Elizabeth Warren]].

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Dartmouth presidential election results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:1970/|title=Election Results}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third parties]]
! Total Votes
! Margin
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.75%''' ''9,792''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.49% ''7,778''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.76% ''314''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17,884
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.26%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.06%''' ''8,586''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.64% ''6,738''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.31% ''859''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16,183
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.42%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.21%''' ''9,880''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.08% ''5,985''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.72% ''277''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16,142
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.13%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.39%''' ''10,442''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.11% ''5,876''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.50% ''419''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16,737
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.28%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.16%''' ''10,218''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.91% ''4,855''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.93% ''142''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15,215
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.25%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.06%''' ''8,800''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.95% ''3,916''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.99% ''810''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13,526
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.11%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.16%''' ''7,852''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.65% ''3,017''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|11.19% ''1,370''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12,239
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.50%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.12%''' ''6,571''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.14% ''2,846''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|26.74% ''3,437''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12,854
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.38%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.27%''' ''6,563''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.94% ''5,009''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.79% ''92''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11,664
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.32%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1984]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.29% ''5,355''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.36%''' ''5,695''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.35% ''39''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11,089
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|3.07%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.13% ''4,044''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''46.52%''' ''4,934''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|15.35% ''1,628''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|10,606
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.39%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.72%''' ''5,314''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.88% ''4,242''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.40% ''336''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9,892
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10.84%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1972 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.32%''' ''4,975''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.84% ''4,828''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.84% ''83''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9,886
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|1.49%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.61%''' ''4,738''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.38% ''3,590''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.01% ''348''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8,676
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.23%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.75%''' ''5,392''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.52% ''2,509''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.73% ''58''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7,959
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.22%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1960]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.26%''' ''4,292''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.61% ''3,194''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.13% ''10''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7,496
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.65%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1956]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.93% ''2,328''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.65%''' ''4,309''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.42% ''28''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|6,665
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.72%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1952 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1952]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.25% ''2,323''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.41%''' ''3,575''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.34% ''20''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|5,918
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|21.16%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1948]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.51% ''2,047''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.31%''' ''2,170''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.18% ''184''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|4,401
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2.79%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1944]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.23% ''1,832''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.66%''' ''1,885''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.11% ''4''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|3,721
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1.42%
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1940]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.49%''' ''1,878''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.15% ''1,756''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.36% ''13''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|3,647
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|3.35%
|}

==Libraries ==
[[File:1899 SouthDartmouth public library Massachusetts.png|thumb|left|Old Southworth Library, Padanaram, 1899]]

Dartmouth established public library services in 1895.<ref>Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gbUYAQAAIAAJ v.9] (1899).</ref><ref>http://www.dartmouthpubliclibraries.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819171023/http://www.dartmouthpubliclibraries.org/ |date=August 19, 2013 }} Dartmouth Public Libraries Retrieved November 11, 2010</ref> Today there are two libraries, the Southworth (Main) Library in South Dartmouth, and the Dartmouth Public Library—North Branch. The Southworth Library is part of the Sails Library Network, and shares a name with an [[Southworth Library (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)|older library]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southworth Library -- Dartmouth Public Libraries |url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/6480 |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref> The older library, also called Southworth, was founded in 1878, by the pastor of the Congregational Church of South Dartmouth. The location of the Old Southworth library was purchased in 1888, and dedicated in 1890, due to funds from John Haywood Southworth—who furnished the library with 2,500 books in memory of his father. At the time the library required the purchase of a 50 cent library card to borrow books. The library was acquired by the town of Dartmouth in 1927. The building lacked space to contain books by 1958, and in April 1967 it was voted upon to build a new library with $515,000 on Dartmouth Street.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shelford |first=Chloe |title=The storied history of the Old Southworth Library |url=https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/article/storied-history-old-southworth-library/36599 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Dartmouth |language=en}}</ref> In fiscal year 2008, the town of Dartmouth spent 1.5% ($865,864) of its budget on its public libraries—approximately $25 per person.<ref>July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What's Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: [http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php Municipal Pie Reports] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |date=January 23, 2012 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2010</ref> Additionally, the Dartmouth Free Public library existed in [[Russells Mills Village Historic District|Russells Mills]], moving to various locations throughout the area—catering mostly to children at the local schools there.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haskell |first=Elsie |title=History of the Dartmouth Public Libraries |url=https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif466/f/uploads/historyofthedartmouthpubliclibrariesbyelsiehaskell.pdf}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Brutalist architecture of UMass Dartmouth.jpg|thumb|The campus of the [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]]]]

Dartmouth is governed by a single school department whose headquarters are in the former Bush Street School in Padanaram. The school department has been experiencing many changes in the past decade, with the opening of a new high school, and the moving of the former Middle School to the High School. The town currently has four elementary schools, Joseph P. DeMello, George H. Potter, James M. Quinn, and Andrew B. Cushman. The town has one middle school (located in the 1955-vintage High School building) next to the Town Hall, and one high school, the new [[Dartmouth High School (Massachusetts)|Dartmouth High School]], which opened in 2002 in the southern part of town. Its colors are Dartmouth green and white, and its fight song is "Glory to Dartmouth;" unlike the college, however, the school still uses the "Indians" nickname, with a stylized brave's head in profile as the logo which represents the Eastern Woodland Natives that first inhabited the area.

In addition to DHS, students may also attend [[Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School]] or Bristol County Agricultural High School. The town is also home to private schools including [[Bishop Stang]], and Friends Academy.

Since the 1960s, Dartmouth has been home to the [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]] campus, located on Old Westport Road, just southwest of the Smith Mills section of town. The campus was the result of the unification of the [[Bradford Durfee College of Technology]] in Fall River and the [[New Bedford Institute of Textiles and Technology]] in New Bedford in 1962 to form the '''Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute'''. The campus itself was begun in 1964 and its unique [[Brutalism|Brutalist]] design was created by [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]], then the head of Yale's School of Architecture. From 1969 until its inclusion into the [[University of Massachusetts]] system in 1991, the school was known as '''Southeastern Massachusetts University''', reflecting the school's expansion into liberal arts. The campus has expanded over the years to its current size, with several sub-centers located in Fall River and New Bedford.

==Culture==
Notable artists associated with Dartmouth include [[Beatrice Chanler]], [[Dwight William Tryon]], [[Ernest Ludvig Ipsen]], and [[Pete Souza]].

===Dartmouth Community Band===
The Dartmouth Community Band was established in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community band ready for summer of shows |url=https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/article/community-band-ready-summer-shows/53743 |access-date=June 4, 2022 | website=Dartmouth Week | quote=The band was first formed in 1974 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702144030/https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/article/community-band-ready-summer-shows/53743 | archivedate=July 2, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The band plays regular summer concerts in Apponagansett Park as a part of the Dartmouth Parks and Rec. Summer Concert Series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dartmouth Community Band {{!}} Town of Dartmouth MA |url=https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/recreation-division/pages/dartmouth-community-band |access-date=June 4, 2022 |website=www.town.dartmouth.ma.us}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Frederic Vaughan Abbot]] (1858–1928), U.S. Army brigadier general (summer resident)<ref name="Herald">{{cite news |date=September 27, 1928 |title=Colonel Frederick V. Abbot, Famed Engineer Of The World War, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90588079/obituary-for-frederick-vaughan-abbot/ |work=[[The Journal News|The Yonkers Herald]] |location=Yonkers, NY |page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Naseer Aruri]] (1934–2015), internationally recognized scholar-activist and expert on Middle East politics, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and human rights
* [[Andrea Campbell]] (born 1982), [[Massachusetts attorney general]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stout |first1=Matt |title=AG Andrea Campbell, a one-time Boston mayoral candidate, moving to South Coast - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/12/metro/andrea-campbell-moving-boston-dartmouth-south-coast/ |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=April 3, 2025 |date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ezekiel Cornell]] (1732–1800), member of Continental Congress 1780–1782
* [[Henry H. Crapo]] (1804–1869), 14th [[Governor of Michigan]]
* [[William W. Crapo]] (1830–1926, U.S. House Representative representing Massachusetts' 1st District
* [[David Lewis Gifford]] (1844–1904), U.S [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, regarding his service during the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Arthur Golden]] (born 1956), author, ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (summer resident)
* [[Edward Howland Robinson Green]] (1868–1936), a businessman
* [[Edith Ellen Greenwood]] (born 1920), the first female recipient of the [[Soldier's Medal]]
* [[Huda Kattan]] (born 1983), CEO of [[Huda Beauty]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fun107.com/makeup-mogul-probably-loves-dartmouth-pizza-joint-as-much-as-you/|title=Makeup Mogul Probably Loves Dartmouth Pizza Joint as Much as You|date=March 3, 2019 }}</ref> 
* [[Téa Leoni]] (born 1966), film and television actress (summer resident)
* [[Arthur Lynch (American football)|Arthur Lynch]] (born 1990), former football tight end for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Lewis Lee Millett]] Sr., recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor (Korean War)
* [[Brian Rose (baseball)|Brian Rose]] (born in 1976), a former Major League Baseball player
* [[Philip Sheridan]] (1831–1888), Union general in the American Civil War who died at his summer home in Nonquitt
* [[Peleg Slocum]] (1654–1733), Quaker and proprietor of Dartmouth<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch No. 3 - New Bedford Whaling Museum |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/old-dartmouth-historical-society-sketches/old-dartmouth-historical-sketch-no-3/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |website=www.whalingmuseum.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Pete Souza]] (born 1954), former [[Chief Official White House Photographer]] (2009–2017), grew up in Dartmouth<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petesouza.com/content.html?page=3|title=Bio|website=www.petesouza.com}}</ref>
* [[Jordan Todman]] (born 1990), was a football running back for six NFL teams
* [[Bernard Trafford]] (1871–1942), football player for [[Harvard University]] and chairman of First National Bank of Boston<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news |title=B. Trafford Dead; Boston Banker, 71 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/01/03/85014353.html?pageNumber=19 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1942}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Tucker]] (1854–1939), individualist, anarchist and egoist; English translator of the works of [[Max Stirner]]
* [[Donald Eugene Webb]] (1931–1999), longest fugitive on the [[FBI's Most Wanted List]] and prime suspect in the murder of a Pennsylvania police chief who made headlines in 2017 when his remains were discovered buried in his wife's backyard.

==In popular culture==
* ''[[The Terror Factor]]'', a 2007 horror comedy film, is set in Dartmouth.

==See also==
* [[Dartmouth, England]]
* [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |title=Resident and Business Directory of Dartmouth, Westport and Acushnet Massachusetts, 1905 |url=https://archive.org/details/residentbusiness00hopk |location=Hopkinton, Mass. |publisher=A. E. Foss |date=1905 |oclc=48412957 |ol=14038546M}}
* {{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly Morrison |date=2001 |title=Dartmouth: The Early History of a Massachusetts Coastal Town |location=Dartmouth, Mass. |publisher=B. M. Glennon |isbn=0-9714591-0-X |oclc=50841507 |language=en-us}}

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