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One of the first interior towns in Massachusetts. First settled in sixteen fifty as Nunkatateset, part of Duxbury, it was officially incorporated in sixteen fifty-six as Bridgewater. At its greatest historical extent, the town included large parts of the modern towns of Abington, West Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Brockton, Pembroke, and Hanson. The exact origin of the town's name is not known, although there are some clues. The town seal includes the Bridgewater, England coat of arms. A story told says that the origin of the name could be from when the town was first settled, the only way to enter from the south was by going over the Taunton River. Bridgewater lies along the Taunton River, which has several other rivers and brooks which branch off of the main waterway. There are also several ponds, the largest of which is Lake Nippenicket, along the western edge of the town. There is also a state forest, a town forest, several conservation areas and a large portion of the Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area, in the western part of town. Parts of this swamp give rise to the so-called "Bridgewater Triangle", a small area of concentrated reports of strange Fortean phenomena, colonial "dark days," Bigfoot and mysterious black panthers, UFO sightings, and other weird encounters, a phrase coined by Loren Coleman, author of *Mysterious America* (NY: Simon and Schuster, two thousand seven), often compared to the "Bermuda Triangle." Bridgewater shares its school district with neighboring Raynham, with both towns operating their own elementary and middle schools, and sending their students to a common high school. Bridgewater has two elementary schools, Burnell Elementary (located adjacent to the Bridgewater State campus) and the George H. Mitchell Elementary (south and west of the town center, formerly known as Bridgewater Elementary), both of which serve students from kindergarten through grade four. Burnell also has fifth and sixth grade classes, while Mitchell's fifth and sixth grade students attend Meredith G. Williams Middle School with the town's entire seventh and eighth grade population. The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School is located in Bridgewater, west of the town center. B-R's athletics teams are nicknamed the Trojans, and their colors are red, blue and white. The school's chief rival is Silver Lake Regional High in Kingston, whom they play in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. A new rivalry has started with East Bridgewater in recent years. The athletic teams of the Williams Middle School use the Spartans nickname.
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