Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton, Massachusetts
City
City Hall
Seal
Nickname: The City of Champions
Motto(s): "Education, Industry, Progress"
Location in Plymouth County in Massachusetts
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Coordinates: 42°05′00″N 71°01′08″W / 42.08333°N 71.01889°W / 42.08333; -71.01889
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Plymouth
Settled	1700
Incorporated (town)	1821
Incorporated (city)	1881
Government
• Type	Strong mayor/council
Area ^[1]
• Total	21.52 sq mi (55.73 km²)
• Land	21.33 sq mi (55.25 km²)
• Water	0.18 sq mi (0.48 km²)
Elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	105,643
• Density	4,952.09/sq mi (1,912.05/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	02301–02305
Area code	508/774
FIPS code	25-09000
GNIS feature ID	0617571
Website	www.brockton.ma.us

Brockton is a town in Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It and the town of Plymouth are the county seats of Plymouth County.

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Brockton is also called 'the city of champions' because world boxing champions Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler came from there.

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
County seats: Brockton and Plymouth
Cities	Bridgewater Brockton
Towns	Abington Carver Duxbury East Bridgewater Halifax Hanover Hanson Hingham Hull Kingston Lakeville Marion Marshfield Mattapoisett Middleborough Norwell Pembroke Plymouth Plympton Rochester Rockland Scituate Wareham West Bridgewater Whitman
CDPs	Bridgewater (CDP) Cedar Crest Duxbury (CDP) Green Harbor Hanson (CDP) Hingham (CDP) Kingston (CDP) Marion Center Marshfield (CDP) Marshfield Hills Mattapoisett Center Middleborough Center North Lakeville North Pembroke North Plymouth North Scituate Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock Onset The Pinehills Plymouth (CDP) Scituate (CDP) South Duxbury Southfield (CDP) Wareham Center West Wareham Weweantic White Island Shores
Other villages	Cedarville Chiltonville Ellisville Manomet Micajah Heights Plymouth Beach Priscilla Beach South Carver South Plymouth South Pond Vallerville Wellingsley West Plymouth West Wind Shores White Horse Beach

v t e Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Regions	Cape Ann Greater Boston Greater Lowell Cape Cod,
Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Note: Nine former counties were in the District of Maine
Cities	Agawam Amesbury Attleboro Barnstable Beverly Boston Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee East Longmeadow Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams Northampton Palmer Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown Westfield West Springfield Weymouth Winthrop Woburn Worcester Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see all municipalities)

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