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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bristol County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, adjacent to the state of Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 548,285. 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. Despite multiple seats being displayed on some maps, the formal county seat is Taunton; Fall River and New Bedford are not county seats, but there are some courthouses and other county-operated facilities in those two places. The property deed records are kept in Taunton, Attleboro, Fall River, and New Bedford. The adjacent counties are Plymouth County; Norfolk County; Bristol County, Rhode Island; Newport County, Rhode Island; Providence County, Rhode Island; and Dukes County.
The county offices are located in the superior courthouse in Taunton at the Taunton Green.
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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