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Welcome to Mansfield ...

Mansfield is located in Bristol County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mansfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1815.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Mansfield has a population of 24,484 people<2> (see below for details).

Mansfield is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Mansfield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mansfield: 508 & 774<4>

The ZIP code for Mansfield: 02048<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mansfield had an population of 24,484 people. This is an increase of 5.61% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.24% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Mansfield had a population of 23,184 people. This makes Mansfield the county's 7th most populous community.

The population of Mansfield represents 0.35% of the total population of Massachusetts (which has 6,547,629 people), making it the state's 81st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 23,184 people, the population of Mansfield increased 3.44% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 22,414 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Mansfield.

Communities Also Named Mansfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Mansfield - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (4), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mansfield.

Communities near Mansfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mansfield.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mansfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mansfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mansfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mansfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mansfield. See our Newspapers Page for Mansfield.

Adding Mansfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mansfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mansfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Mansfield post office opened in 1815.

We also found Mansfield in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mansfield.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mansfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mansfield.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mansfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Mansfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Mansfield area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mansfield). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mansfield or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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