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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Bristol County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 579,200. The shire town is Taunton. Some governmental functions are performed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, others by the county, and others by local towns and cities. See administrative divisions of Massachusetts. The property deed records are kept in Taunton, Attleboro, Fall River, and New Bedford.
Bristol County is part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area. The county is adjacent to the state of Rhode Island.
The adjacent counties are Plymouth County, Norfolk County, Bristol County, Rhode Island (RI), Newport County, Rhode Island, Providence County, Rhode Island, and Dukes County.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 31,709
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1800 | 33,880
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1810 | 37,168
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1820 | 40,908
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1830 | 49,592
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1840 | 60,164
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1850 | 76,192
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1860 | 93,794
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1870 | 102,886
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1880 | 139,040
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1890 | 186,465
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1900 | 252,029
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1910 | 318,573
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1920 | 359,005
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1930 | 364,590
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1940 | 364,637
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1950 | 381,569
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1960 | 398,488
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1970 | 444,301
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1980 | 474,641
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1990 | 506,325
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Bristol County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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