Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

Plymouth County

25-39450

Mattapoisett is a small port town on the east coast of Massachusetts with an area of 60.4 square kilometers and about 6300 inhabitants ( 2000).

Geography

Massapoisetts is just 20 meters above the sea level. The landscape is typical of New England, densely wooded and green. The cityscape is dominated by wide boulevards and wooden colonial houses.

History

Mattapoisett was founded in 1750 as a suburb of Rochester, and in 1857 a separate place. First trading post for Ship Chandlers in the current urban area of ​​Mattapoisett there were already around 1680. The reason for founding a city in the territory of Mattapoisett were the fish-rich waters off the coast and the fish-rich Mattapoisett River.

The place in the 19th century for its excellent shipbuilders became known. Whaling ships from Mattapoisett known and respected worldwide, 1740-1860 left more than 400 sailing ships, the yards of the city. The best known were probably the whalers hikers, the most beautiful whaling ship of its time and the last sailing ship which ran in 1878 as a whaler from the stack and the Acushnet, sailed on the Herman Melville. With the advent of steamships and the decline of the whaling shipyards lost orders and the city was close to bankruptcy. However, the upper classes of New York and Boston discovered the picturesque village as the ideal place for their summer residences, which is still the main source of income of the city.