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Place Name
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Brockton
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Pronunciation
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BRAWK-tuhn
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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92,788 (1990)
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Location
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Plymouth County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°05'N
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Longitude
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71°02'W
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Brockton
(BRAWK-tuhn), industrial city (1990 pop. 92,788),
Plymouth co., E Mass.; 42°05'N 71°02'W. Formerly a large shoe and
leather-prods. center, it now makes textiles, clothing, machinery and
machine tools, plastics, and electrical and electronic equip.; food
processing. Has col., art center, and historic mus. State park nearby.
Settled c.1700, set off from Bridgewater 1821, inc. as a city
1881.
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