New Bedford, Massachusetts

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city municipality

New Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in southeastern Massachusetts known for its prominent 19th-century whaling industry and working waterfront.

Aliases (4)

New Bedford ×5
New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States ×2
Port of New Bedford ×1
The New Bedford ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	508 → 774 →
borderedBy	Acushnet, Massachusetts → Dartmouth, Massachusetts → Fairhaven, Massachusetts → Freetown, Massachusetts →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States of America →
county	Bristol County, Massachusetts →
economicSector	fishing industry → manufacturing → renewable energy support services → seafood processing →
foundedAs	Dartmouth, Massachusetts →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasAirport	New Bedford Regional Airport →
hasCulturalEvent	Feast of the Blessed Sacrament → New Bedford Folk Festival → New Bedford Whaling City Festival →
hasEducationalInstitution	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science & Technology →
hasHeritageSite	New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park →
hasHistoricDistrict	Acushnet Heights Historic District → County Street Historic District → New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park →
hasMuseum	New Bedford Art Museum → New Bedford Whaling Museum →
hasNickname	The Whaling City →
hasPort	Port of New Bedford →
hasSportsTeam	New Bedford Bay Sox →
hasWaterBody	Buzzards Bay → Clark's Cove →
incorporationDate	1787 →
knownFor	19th-century whaling industry → Portuguese-American community → commercial fishing → historic architecture → seafood industry → textile manufacturing history → working waterfront →
legislativeDistrict	Massachusetts 9th congressional district →
locatedIn	southeastern Massachusetts →
locatedOn	Acushnet River → Buzzards Bay →
namedAfter	Bedford, England →
partOf	New England →
postalCodePrefix	02740 →
state	Massachusetts →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Buzzards Bay ("New Bedford") → New Bedford, Massachusetts ("Port of New Bedford") →	hasPort
Albert Bierstadt → Anna Murray Douglass →	residence
Massachusetts coastline ("New Bedford") →	adjacentTo
William Greenleaf Eliot ("New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States") →	birthPlace
Massachusetts →	contains
Southeastern Massachusetts ("New Bedford") →	containsCity
Bristol County, Massachusetts →	countySeat
Bristol County, Massachusetts →	hasCity
Dukes County, Massachusetts →	hasFerryServiceTo
Bristol County, Massachusetts →	hasLargestCity
Eastern Massachusetts ("New Bedford") →	includesCity
Walter Sickert ("The New Bedford") →	notableWork
John W. Tukey ("New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Moby-Dick ("New Bedford") →	setting
Delano family →	settledIn