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Stoughton / ˈ s t oʊ t ən / (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census. The town is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston, 31 miles (50 km) from Providence, Rhode Island, and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod.
- Stoughton Center
- Bird Street Conservation Area
- Stoughton Historical Society
- Town Spa Pizza
- Ames Long Pond
- Fuller Craft Museum
- D.W. Field Park
- Borderland State Park
- Treetop Adventures
- Crescent Ridge Dairy
One of many things to like about Stoughton is its unpretentious town center, with a batch of local businesses and a few fine local landmarks. The most recognizable of these is the clock tower of Stoughton Station, built in the Romanesque Revival style using local stone in 1888. For food there’s a wide range of cuisines, all within walking distance....
A big chunk of southern Stoughton is protected as picture-perfect conservation land, brimming with wildlife and ideal for activities like hiking, birding and mountain biking. Containing hidden ponds, former farmland, and the old Gilbert’s Quarry where the stone was extracted for Stoughton Railroad Station in the 1880s, Bird Street Conservation Area...
One of the grandest buildings in Stoughton Center is the Lucius Clapp Memorial, a Renaissance Revival former library from 1903. Designed by Stoughton architect Walter Atherton (1863-1945), this was the town’s first purpose-built library, and is on the site of its first schoolhouse from the 18th century. Now this structure is the home of the Stought...
This local go-to has been in business since 1955, and still uses the same basic pizza recipe as the day it opened. Town Spa Pizza had humble beginnings, setting up in the upstairs of a former furniture factory on Porter St (by the railroad crossing), and taking over the entire building by 1962. Then in 1986 the restaurant moved to its current locat...
Large bodies of water are almost ever-present in Stoughton, and this is especially true of the west side of town. Next to the Bird Street Conservation Area sits the 86-acre Ames Long Pond, which is divided into two basins by West Street. The south basin, with its serene wooded shoreline, is the setting for the town’s supervised swimming program in ...
Just across the town line in Brockton is a high-profile museum dedicated to applied arts, and the only institution of its kind in the region. The Fuller Craft Museum was founded in 1946, and has a magnificent lakeside setting, couched in woodland where there’s an arresting display of sculpture. The museum’s permanent collection includes exceptional...
The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton is next to a chain of linked water bodies that form the backbone of a 700+ acre park. Cross Pond, the southernmost, dates as far back as the 1790s. Following a bequest by the businessman Daniel Waldo Field, the land was turned into a public park in the 1920s, and is a picturesque recreation hotspot, just a few mi...
In the neighboring towns of Easton and Sharon there’s a marvelous former estate, now in the care of the DCR. On more than 1,800 acres, Borderland was purchased in 1906 by Harvard botanist Oakes Ames and his wife, the prominent suffragist and artist Blanche Ames Ames. Blanche oversaw the construction of their splendid Gothic Revival mansion (1910), ...
For another adventure in the woods there’s a high ropes course less than ten minutes away in Canton. This award-winning attraction is billed as the top climbing and zip-lining experience in Greater Boston. TreeTop Adventures features ten different trails, varying in difficulty from beginner to expert, with a challenging assortment of transitions to...
Just over the line in Sharon there’s another veteran local business, this one dating back more than 90 years. Crescent Ridge Dairy started out delivering milk and quality provisions across Massachusetts in 1932, and started making ice cream from the herd’s surplus milk, opening its dairy bar in 1968. Often with a long line in summer, this award-win...
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Sep 2, 2024 · Stoughton, town (township), Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., 17 miles (27 km) south of Boston. It was settled about 1713 as part of Dorchester and was separately incorporated in 1726 and named for William Stoughton, first lieutenant governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Aug 24, 2024 · Stoughton, Massachusetts, might not be the first place that comes to mind when planning a trip, but this charming town offers plenty of hidden gems. Whether you Discover the top 30 must-visit places in Stoughton, MA, from historical landmarks to hidden gems.
May 26, 2024 · From the Stoughton Historical Society and its impressive collection of artifacts to the captivating exhibits at the Stoughton Veterans Memorial Museum, these sites delve deep into Stoughton’s past and preserve important historical moments.
