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Swansea was established on October 30, 1667, when Pastor John Myles, Captain Thomas Willett
and their neighbors petitioned the Court at Plymouth to establish a town. The fourth town
founded in Bristol County, Swansea originally extended from the boundaries of Taunton and
Rehoboth to Mount Hope Bay. The area was reduced three times, first by the incorporation of
Barrington as a town in 1717, then by the annexation of Warren by the state of Rhode Island
in 1747, and finally by the incorporation of Somerset as a separate town in 1790. The first
state census taken in 1765 showed Swansea's population to be 1,840. The 1994 town census
showed a population of 15,100. If you like this website and have found interesting or useful information here, please consider supporting it through a sponsor's link scattered around the site or via the Shopping page. Buying through the links does not cost you anything extra, but it does help to keep this site online. If you do not wish to shop online, you can also make a donation via PayPal to help this site continue. Thank you.
Swansea Community Profile - relevant information provided by the state
of Massachusetts: includes historic background information, geography, government,
demographics, education, recreation, municipal finance, and lots more
(http://www.state.ma.us/cc/swansea.html)
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