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Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 93,810 in the 2010 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the smallest neighborhood in the city, but the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. Brockton is one of the windiest cities in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph.〔()〕 Brockton was listed among the top 100 most dangerous cities in the country by neighborhoodscouts, ranking in as the 41st most violent city in the country in 2014. 〔()〕 ==History== In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding land, then known as Saughtucket, to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821, when it became the town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in 1874, after a contentious process finally decided on naming it after Isaac Brock, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls. Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the American Civil War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the latter parts of the 20th century Brockton had a large shoe and leather products industry. 〔 http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1959832707/Once-known-as-Shoe-City-Brockton-loses-its-last-factory 〕 File:1906 Brockton station postcard.JPG|Brockton station on a 1906 postcard Image:Oldest House in Brockton Heights, MA.jpg|Oldest house in 1910 Image:Main Street, Looking North From Crescent, Brockton, MA.jpg|Main Street c. 1910 Image:Howard & Foster's Shoe Factory, Brockton, MA.jpg|Shoe factory in 1910 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brockton, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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