Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States;
the population is 95,708 as of 2019. Along with Plymouth, it is one of
the two county seats of Plymouth County. It is the seventh largest
city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of
Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and
Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports
programs. Two villages within it are Montello and Campello, both of
which have MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is
the smallest neighborhood, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts
a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. It is the second-windiest city in
the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph.In 1649,
Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding land, then known as
Saughtucket, to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was
part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821,
when it became the town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in
1874, after a contentious process finally decided on naming it after
Isaac Brock (the initial British commanding general at Queenston
Heights, where invading American troops suffered a rout, in 1812),
after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to
Niagara Falls. Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the
American Civil War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes,
and until the latter parts of the 20th century, Brockton had a large
shoe and leather products industry.In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit)
sold the surrounding land, then known as Saughtucket, to Myles
Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area,
which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821, when it became the
town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in 1874, after a
contentious process finally decided on naming it after Isaac Brock
(the initial British commanding general at Queenston Heights, where
invading American troops suffered a rout, in 1812), after a local
merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls.
Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the American Civil
War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the
latter parts of the 20th century, Brockton had a large shoe and
leather products industry.According to the United States Census
Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km2), of
which 21.5 square miles (56 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26
km2) (0.56%) is water. Brockton is the 162nd largest city by land area
in the Commonwealth, and the twelfth largest of the twenty-seven towns
in Plymouth County. Brockton is bordered by Stoughton to the
northwest, Avon to the north, Holbrook to the northeast, Abington to
the northeast, Whitman and East Bridgewater to the southeast, West
Bridgewater to the south, and Easton to the west. Brockton is
approximately 25 miles south of Boston, and 30 miles northeast of
Providence, Rhode Island.Brockton is mostly an urban setting, lying
along the Salisbury Plain River, which once powered the many shoe
factories of the city. To the northeast lies the Beaver Brook
Conservation Land, attached to the southern end of the Ames Nowell
State Park in Abington. There are several parks throughout the city,
but the largest is D.W. Field Park, an Olmsted-inspired park which
includes ponds, Waldo Lake and Brockton Reservoir in Avon, as well as
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