The population was 26, at the census. The town is located approximately 15 miles 24 km from Boston , 25 miles 40 km from Providence , and 35 miles 56 km from Cape Cod.
Stoughton was first settled in and was officially incorporated in It was named after William Stoughton , who was the first chief justice of Colonial Courts and the notorious chief justice of the Salem Witch Trials. The meeting included Rev. Joseph Warren. Originally an agricultural community, Stoughton developed into an important shoemaking center. In , the Stoughton Public Library was established.
The oldest choral society in the United States is located in Stoughton. In , this musical society distinguished itself by performing several concerts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, heard by an audience of several thousand people.
The citizens of Stoughton pride themselves on their social activism. The Save Our Stoughton campaign attracted national attention in the s for their work picketing a local adult book store. Most recently, Stoughton became the first municipality in Massachusetts to declare itself a "No Place for Hate" town. Stoughton's train station was built in , and is the only one in Massachusetts to house a clock tower.
The station is unique in many ways as it was built out of stones from a West Street quarry that belonged to Stoughton resident Myron Gilbert. In it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over a million dollars was raised to restore the station to its original luster in time for the th anniversary.
It is the only train station in the country that still has the look and charm of a 19th century train station.. On August 15, , Stoughton was hit by a moderate earthquake. Although the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory was affected, the shockwaves did not reach to Boston. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of Stoughton borders Canton to the north, Randolph to the northeast, Avon to the east, Brockton to the southeast, Easton to the south, and Sharon to the west.
Stoughton has what may be described as something between a humid continental climate and a humid subtropical climate, such as is very common in coastal southern New England. Summers are typically warm and humid, while winters are cold, windy, and snowy. Prevailing wind patterns that blow offshore affect Stoughton, minimizing the influence of the Atlantic Ocean. Spring in Stoughton can be warm, with temperatures as high as the 90s when winds are offshore, although it is just as possible for a day in late May to remain in the 40s because of cool ocean waters.
Stoughton's coastal location on the North Atlantic, although it moderates temperatures, also makes the town very prone to Nor'easter weather systems that can produce much snow and rain. The town averages about 43 in cm of precipitation a year, with Snowfall increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the town especially north and west of the town —away from the warming influence of the ocean.
At the time there were only one school house in Stoughton, that at Ponkapoag. First school house built on the site of the Stoughton Historical Society. The committee consisted of: Capt.
Three new school houses erected during this time period. Part annexed to Bridgewater. Stoughton constructs a third school house in the First Precinct now Canton. A petition to the General Court was sent from Stoughton. Stoughtonham and Dorchester were to sell the "School Farm" at Wrentham. Joseph Warren. Battle of Lexington - Minute Men from Stoughton answer the call. James Endicott in charge.
Stoughton Sentinel. March 26 - April 29, for Minute Men by Hon. Stoughtonham and other districts are made a town by an act passed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Benjamin Church treason revealed in Drapers Gazette Sept. Quote from intercepted letter: "The Com. To make merit of my service I sent them down and when they received them they sent them to Stoughton to be out of danger, even though they had formed the resolution as I before hinted of fortifying Bunkers' Hill.
Richard Gridley , First Engineer, U. Benjamin Church , see Diary of Dorothy Dudley, p. Barry Resolutions in town meeting exactly expressing Declaration of Independence six weeks before adoption at Philadelphia. The Town Meeting voted to support. Independence "with lives and fortunes".
Powder mill begins operation in Stoughton which supplies most of powder during first 3 years of the war. Cannon also cast here. Thomas Crane, Daniel Vose. A copy of the Declaration was entered into the town record book.
Part included in new town of Foxborough. Representative in Legislature. Stoughton Powder mill blew up. Pettengill is killed. Stoughtonham name changed to Sharon. Total of men from Stoughton served in Reuolutionary War. Aaron Bancroft , father of George Bancroft , preached here.
First President American Unitarian Association. Church of Christ on the Green second building dedicated; became Universalist in Ministers: Rev. Thomas Jones , Rev. Jedediah Adams , Rev. By , when Stoughton became an incorporated village, the population had grown to , with most citizens being of Yankee descent. Most of the town lay between the river and the railroad tracks. The community's economic base was still agricultural.
After the Civil War, however, a manufacturing economy began to develop, with T. G Mandt's Wagon Works being the most important industry. A second wagon works was opened, and by World War I, a total of over men were employed. At the same time, leaf tobacco became the important local crop, with hundreds of people, many of them women, employed in the seventeen tobacco warehouses in town.
The principal source of labor for Stoughton's industries was the pool of Norwegian immigrants who arrived starting in the 's. Probably alerted to the availability of jobs by members of the well-established Norwegian farming community east of town, they arrived in great numbers and transformed Stoughton into one of the most Norwegian towns in the country.
Prior to the building of Plant 5, sheet metal operations were also housed in that building. Today, Plant 3 is home to the Grain Hauler line. With another expansion soon to follow in , Plant 6 was doubled in size to , square feet and expanded from two to four lines and built a wide variety of van trailers and intermodal containers, many to unique customer specifications.
This plant held the capacity to build almost 20, units per year. In , Plant 5 was built. This , square foot facility is devoted to steel fabrication, welding, and painting.
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