Bellingham, Massachusetts
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Bellingham (/ˈbɛlɪŋˌhæ̃m/) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,945 at the 2020 census.[1] The town sits on the southwestern fringe of Metropolitan Boston, along the rapidly growing "outer belt" that is Interstate 495. It is formally a part of the Boston–Cambridge–Quincy metropolitan statistical area, as well as the Providence metropolitan area.[2]
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Bellingham, Massachusetts | |
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Coordinates: 42°05′12″N 71°28′30″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
County | Norfolk |
Settled | 1713 |
Incorporated | 1719 |
Government | |
• Type | Open town meeting |
Area | |
• Total | 49.2 km2 (19.0 sq mi) |
• Land | 47.9 km2 (18.5 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 89 m (293 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 16,945 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
ZIP Code | 02019 |
Area code | 508/774 |
FIPS code | 25-04930 |
GNIS feature ID | 0618315 |
Website | www |
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For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bellingham, please see the article Bellingham (CDP), Massachusetts.