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New Bedford

city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
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New Bedford
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Summary

New Bedford is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,773 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bristol County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Jonathan F. Mitchell[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Funchal[6], Cuxhaven[7], Tosashimizu[8]
  • Postal code: 02740[9], 02741[10], 02742[11], 02744[12], 02745[13], 02746[14]
  • Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Bristol district[15], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district[16], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol district[17], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Bristol district[18], Massachusetts Senate's Second Bristol and Plymouth district[19]
  • Commons category: New Bedford, Massachusetts[20]
  • Inception: 1640[21]
  • Official website: https://www.newbedford-ma.gov/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Bedford, Massachusetts[23]
  • Population: 95,115[24], 95,072[25], 101,079[26]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts[27]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The American Cyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[31], New International Encyclopedia[32]
  • Official name: New Bedford[33]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in New Bedford, Massachusetts[34]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Bedford, Massachusetts[35]
  • Number of households: 39,059[36]
  • Native label: New Bedford[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from New Bedford, Massachusetts[38]
  • Different from: Bedford[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 15 m[40]
  • Area: 62.49944 km²[41], 62.500232 km²[42]
  • History of topic: timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts, history[43]
  • Water as percent of area: 17.134 percent[44]
  • Territory overlaps: New Bedford urban area[45]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for New Bedford include New Bedford Inlet[46], a fjord[47].

Why It Matters

New Bedford has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include New Bedford Inlet[46], a fjord[47].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . newbedford-ma.gov. Retrieved . newbedford-ma.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in New Bedford, Massachusetts
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+26788'}
    Coordinates → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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