Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,938. The current mayor of Fall River is Edward M. Lambert Jr. The city's motto is "We'll Try."

Geography

Fall River is located at 41°41'53" North, 71°8'49" West (41.698102, -71.146994){{GR|1}}.

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 99.0 km² (38.2 mi²). 80.3 km² (31.0 mi²) of it is land and 18.6 km² (7.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 18.84% water.

Related Topics:
United States Census Bureau - Km² - Mi²

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The city lies on the eastern border of Mount Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River, and the greater portion is built on hillsides rising quite abruptly from the water's edge to a height of more than 150 feet (46 m). From the summits of these hills the country extends back in a comparatively level table-land, on which a large section of the city now stands, and two miles (3 km) eastward from the shore lies a chain of deep and narrow ponds, eight miles long (13 km), of an average width of three-quarters of a mile, and covering an area of 3,500 acres (14 km²). These ponds are supplied by springs and brooks, draining a water- shed of 20,000 acres (80 km²), and are connected with the sea by a stream which, originally flowing unconfined over an almost level course for more than a mile, in the last half-mile (800 m) of its progress rushes down the hillside in a narrow, precipitous, rocky channel. In this distance the total fall is about 132 feet (40 m). and the volume of water 122 cubic feet per second (3.5 m³/s).

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