GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
(As of September 2003)
Address:
City Hall
One Government Center
Fall River, MA 02722
Phone: (508) 324-2000
Fax: (508) 324-2211
Form of Government: Mayor-Council
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Mayor: Edward M. Lambert, Jr. (508) 324-2600
Municipal Council President: William F. Whitty (508) 324-2231
DEMOGRAPHICS
2000 Population (2000 U.S. Cenus): 91,938
1990 Population (1990 U.S. Census): 92,703
1990 Households: 37,303
Average Persons per Households: 2.44
EDUCATION (Mass. Dept. of Education)
Public School Enrollment (94/95) :
Fall River: (K-12) : 12,409
Greater Fall River (9-13): 1,148
Bristol County (9-12) : 346
GEOGRAPHY
Location in State: Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Somerset on the northwest; Freetown on the north and northeast; Dartmouth on the southwest; Westport on the south; Tiverton, Rhode Island on the southwest; and Mount Hope Bay and the mouth of the Taunton River on the west. Fall River is 50 miles south of Boston. (Source: EOCD, Mass.)
Total Land Area: 38.68 sq.
miles
Dry Land Area: 31.48 sq. miles
Population Density: 2945 sq. miles
Metropolitan Statistical Area (1993 Definition): Providence-Fall
River-Warwick, RI-MA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES
Fall River Office of Economic Development
One Government Center, Fall River, MA 02722
Contact: Kenneth Fiola, Jr., Esq., ec.D.
Fall River Office of Community
Development
66 Troy Street, Fall River, MA 02721 (508) 679-0131
Chamber of Commerce:
Fall
River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry
200 Pocasset Street, Fall
River, MA 02721
Director: Peter Kortright (508) 676-8226
Other related web sites:
Official
Fall River Home Page
Fall
River Office of Economic Development
South
Shore Business Calendar
Battleship
Cove