Archive:Town Origins, Bristol County
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Bristol County - 1685 from Plymouth Colony
| Acushnet | came fr | Fairhaven | 1860 |
| Acushnet | part to | New_Bedford | 1875 |
| Assonet | joined | Taunton | 1640 |
| Attleboro | was | Attleborough | 1914 |
| Attleborough | came fr | Rehoboth | 1694 (North Purchase) |
| Attleborough | bound | Rehoboth | 1710 |
| Attleborough | part as | Cumberland,RI | 1747 |
| Attleborough | part to | Wrentham | 1830 |
| Attleborough | part as | N_Attleborough | 1887 |
| Attleborough | became | Attleboro | 1914 |
| Berkley | came fr | Taunton | 1735 |
| Berkley | part fr | Dighton | 1735 |
| Berkley | part fr | Dighton | 1799 |
| Berkley | part fr | Taunton | 1810 |
| Berkley | part fr | Taunton | 1842 |
| Berkley | part fr | Taunton | 1879 |
| Bristol | joined | RI | 1747 |
| Dartmouth | was | --- | 1664 |
| Dartmouth | part as | New_Bedford | 1787 |
| Dartmouth | part as | Westport | 1787 |
| Dartmouth | part to | Westport | 1793 |
| Dartmouth | part to | Westport | 1795 |
| Dartmouth | part to | Westport | 1805 |
| Dartmouth | part to | New_Bedford | 1845 |
| Dartmouth | part to | New_Bedford | 1888 |
| Dighton | came fr | Taunton | 1712 (South Prec.) |
| Dighton | part to | Berkley | 1735 |
| Dighton | part to | Berkley | 1799 |
| Dighton | part as | Wellington | 1814 |
| Dighton | annexed | Wellington | 1826 |
| Dighton | part to | Somerset | 1854 |
| Easton | came fr | Norton | 1725 |
| Fairhaven | came fr | New_Bedford | 1812 |
| Fairhaven | part fr | Freetown | 1815 |
| Fairhaven | bound | Rochester | 1836 |
| Fairhaven | part as | Acushnet | 1860 |
| Fall_River | came fr | Freetown | 1803 |
| Fall_River | became | Troy | 1804 |
| Fall_River | was | Troy | 1834 |
| Fall_River | part fr | Tiverton,RI | 1862 |
| Freemen's_Land | became | Freetown | 1683 |
| Freetown | was | Freemen's_Land | 1683 |
| Freetown | part as | Fall_River | 1803 |
| Freetown | part to | Fairhaven | 1815 |
| Little_Compton | joined | RI | 1747 |
| Mansfield | came fr | Norton | 1770 |
| N_Attleborough | came fr | Attleborough | 1887 |
| New_Bedford | came fr | Dartmouth | 1787 |
| New_Bedford | part as | Fairhaven | 1812 |
| New_Bedford | part fr | Dartmouth | 1845 |
| New_Bedford | part fr | Acushnet | 1875 |
| New_Bedford | part fr | Dartmouth | 1888 |
| Norton | came fr | Taunton | 1710 |
| Norton | part as | Easton | 1725 |
| Norton | part fr | Stoughton | 1753 |
| Norton | part as | Mansfield | 1770 |
| Pawtucket | came fr | Seekonk | 1828 |
| Pawtucket | joined | RI | 1862 |
| Raynham | came fr | Taunton | 1731 |
| Rehoboth | was | Seconet | 1645 |
| Rehoboth | part as | Attleborough | 1694 (North Purchase) |
| Rehoboth | bound | Attleborough | 1710 |
| Rehoboth | part as | Seekonk | 1812 |
| Seconet | became | Rehoboth | 1645 |
| Seekonk | came fr | Rehoboth | 1812 |
| Seekonk | part as | Pawtucket | 1828 |
| Seekonk | part as | E_Providence,RI | 1862 |
| Somerset | came fr | Swansey | 1790 |
| Somerset | part fr | Dighton | 1854 |
| Swansea | was | Swansey | 1900 |
| Swansey | was | --- | 1667 |
| Swansey | part as | Somerset | 1790 |
| Swansey | became | Swansea | 1900 |
| Swansey | part as | Warren | ? |
| Taunton | was | --- | 1639 |
| Taunton | annexed | Assonet | 1640 |
| Taunton | part as | Norton | 1710 |
| Taunton | part as | Dighton | 1712 (South Prec.) |
| Taunton | part as | Raynham | 1731 |
| Taunton | part as | Berkley | 1735 |
| Taunton | part to | Berkley | 1810 |
| Taunton | part to | Berkley | 1842 |
| Taunton | part to | Berkley | 1879 |
| Troy | was | Fall_River | 1804 |
| Troy | became | Fall_River | 1834 |
| Warren | joined | RI | 1747 |
| Warren | came fr | Swansey | ? |
| Wellington | came fr | Dighton | 1814 |
| Wellington | joined | Dighton | 1826 |
| Westport | came fr | Dartmouth | 1787 |
| Westport | part fr | Dartmouth | 1793 |
| Westport | part fr | Dartmouth | 1795 |
| Westport | part fr | Dartmouth | 1805 |
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