History of Hanson, Massachusetts, USA

Hanson, Massachusetts
Plymouth county. This town is watered by a branch of North river and several ponds. It was taken from Pembroke in 1820, and lies in the vicinity of large beds of excellent iron ore. The manufactures of Hanson consist of ship anchors and knees, nails, carriage springs, iron castings, leather, shoes, sawed boxes and shingles: total annual amount, about $70,000. Population, 1837, 1,058. It lies 24 miles S.S.E. from Boston and 15 N.N.W. from Plymouth.

This town was separated from Pembroke. It is watered by a branch of North River, and several ponds. Shoes and nails are the principal manufactures, and iron ore abounds in the vicinity.

Distance from Plymouth, 15 miles ; from Boston, 24.

Hanson, a post-township of Plymouth co., Mass., on the Old Colony railroad, 25 miles S. by E. from Boston. Population, 1217.

Hanson is a very pleasant and industrious farming and manufacturing town, situated in the northern part of Plymouth County, about 25 miles south by southeast of Boston. The Plymouth Branch of the Old Colony Railroad runs diagonally through the town, having stations at two postal villages, Hanson (centre) and South Hanson. The other villages are North Hanson and Gurney's Corners, The Hanover Branch of the Old Colony Railroad has a station within a few rods of the northeast angle of the town.

The boundaries of Hanson are Rockland and Hanover on the north, Pembroke on the east, Halifax on the south, and East Bridgewater and Whitman on the west. The assessed area is 9,030 acres, of which 6,014 are devoted to forest. The trees are almost exclusively pine and oak. There are low hills at the north, three on the eastern side, and an extended elevation at the centre; but with these slight exceptions the surface is nearly a level plain. It embraces several extensive ponds and cedar swamps,—...

Hanson, a post-village in Hanson township, Plymouth co., Mass., on the Old Colony Railroad (Plymouth Branch), 25 miles S. by B. of Boston. It has 2 churches. The township contains a village named South Hanson, and has manufactures of shoes, shoe-nails, and boxes. Pop. 1265.

Hanson, a post-village in Hanson township (town), Plymouth co., Mass., 26 miles S. by E. of Boston. The town has manufactures of bricks, etc. Pop. in 1900, 1456.