Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River, Massachusetts
City
	Downtown Fall River in September 2007
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	Nicknames: "The Scholarship City", "The River", "Spindle City", "Where the River Falls"; "The City of the Dinner Pail"
	Mottoes: "We'll Try"; "Make It Here"
	Location of Fall River in Bristol County, Massachusetts
	Fall River Location in Massachusetts Fall River Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 41°42′05″N 71°09′20″W / 41.70139°N 71.15556°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Bristol
Settled	1670
Incorporated (town)	1803
Incorporated (city)	1854
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
Area
• Total	40.24 sq mi (104.22 km2)
• Land	33.12 sq mi (85.79 km2)
• Water	7.12 sq mi (18.43 km2)
Elevation	72 ft (37 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	94,000
• Density	2,837.91/sq mi (1,095.73/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	02720–02724
Area code	508/774
FIPS code	25-23000
GNIS feature ID	0612595
Website	www.fallriverma.gov

Fall River is a city in southeast Massachusetts. The city had a population of 94,000 at the 2020 census.^[5] Fall River was founded in 1803.^[6] In 1804 the town name was changed to Troy, named for Troy, New York. In 1834 the name changed back to Fall River.^[6]

A fire in 1834 destroyed the center of the village. The rebuilding effort is the origin of the city's motto "We'll Try".^[6] It became a city in 1854. Fall River became famous as a leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. It is also known for Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels.^[7] It is the home of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59).

Fall River was also the home of Lizzie Borden.^[8] In 1893 she was put on trial for the axe-murders of her parents. She was found not guilty, but the people of Fall River treated her like an outcast for the rest of her life.^[8]

References

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Appears to have first been coined in Thayer Lincoln, Jonathan (1909). The City of the Dinner-Pail. Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press; Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Coburn, Frederick William (1920). History of Lowell and Its People. Vol. I. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 345. For Fall River's rapid rise...the labor union movement has been much more vigorous in 'the City of the Dinner Pail' and at New Bedford than it ever has been in Lowell
- "The Dinner Pail". American Heritage. Vol. XLVII, no. 2. April 1996. Fall River has been called the City of the Dinner Pail. Although I haven't seen a dinner nail [sic] in many years, I remember it well. It was made of galvanized tin, had three nesting compartments, and a bail handle.
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Chapter 2-1, Current City Charter Archived September 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, rev. 1995 under ordinance 1995-42.
- "The Municipal Register for 1857, Containing the City Charter, with Rules and Orders of the City Council, and the Ordinances of the City of Fall River". Fall River (Mass.): J.S. Potter. February 8, 2018 – via Google Books.
↑ "A Rallying Cry for the Dream Chasers, A Mantra for the Hard Workers: Fall River Case Study". Figmints Digital Creative Marketing. February 17, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "QuickFacts: Fall River city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 129
↑ "Battleship Cove; America's Fleet Museum". Battleship cove. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 7

[1] Appears to have first been coined in Thayer Lincoln, Jonathan (1909). The City of the Dinner-Pail. Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press; Houghton Mifflin Company.
Coburn, Frederick William (1920). History of Lowell and Its People. Vol. I. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 345. For Fall River's rapid rise...the labor union movement has been much more vigorous in 'the City of the Dinner Pail' and at New Bedford than it ever has been in Lowell

"The Dinner Pail". American Heritage. Vol. XLVII, no. 2. April 1996. Fall River has been called the City of the Dinner Pail. Although I haven't seen a dinner nail [sic] in many years, I remember it well. It was made of galvanized tin, had three nesting compartments, and a bail handle.

[2] Coburn, Frederick William (1920). History of Lowell and Its People. Vol. I. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 345. For Fall River's rapid rise...the labor union movement has been much more vigorous in 'the City of the Dinner Pail' and at New Bedford than it ever has been in Lowell

[3] "The Dinner Pail". American Heritage. Vol. XLVII, no. 2. April 1996. Fall River has been called the City of the Dinner Pail. Although I haven't seen a dinner nail [sic] in many years, I remember it well. It was made of galvanized tin, had three nesting compartments, and a bail handle.

[2] Chapter 2-1, Current City Charter Archived September 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, rev. 1995 under ordinance 1995-42.
"The Municipal Register for 1857, Containing the City Charter, with Rules and Orders of the City Council, and the Ordinances of the City of Fall River". Fall River (Mass.): J.S. Potter. February 8, 2018 – via Google Books.

[5] "The Municipal Register for 1857, Containing the City Charter, with Rules and Orders of the City Council, and the Ordinances of the City of Fall River". Fall River (Mass.): J.S. Potter. February 8, 2018 – via Google Books.

[marketingslogan-3] "A Rallying Cry for the Dream Chasers, A Mantra for the Hard Workers: Fall River Case Study". Figmints Digital Creative Marketing. February 17, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-4] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.

[QF-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "QuickFacts: Fall River city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[Koorey129-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 129

[7] "Battleship Cove; America's Fleet Museum". Battleship cove. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

[Koorey7-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Stefani Koorey, Fall River History Club, Fall River Revisited (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012), p. 7

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
County seat: Taunton
Cities	Attleboro Fall River New Bedford Taunton
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Ghost town	Norton Furnace

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