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Mattapoisett is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,045 at the 2010 census. For geographic and demographic information on the village of Mattapoisett Center, please see the article Mattapoisett Center, Massachusetts. == History and general information == Mattapoisett was settled in 1750 and officially incorporated in 1857. Originally a part of Rochester, the area had most likely been visited by European traders and sailors. There is also evidence of prior Wampanoag Indian settlements, including burial grounds, throughout the town. In fact, the word ''Mattapoisett'' is Wampanoag for "a place of resting." Early industry included logging and farming, but Mattapoisett became best known as a center for shipbuilding and whaling. Some 400 ships were built in the town's shipyards from 1740 until the 1870s, including the ''Acushnet,'' the ship that ''Moby-Dick'' author Herman Melville sailed on and later deserted. The town supplied many of the whalers used on the East Coast in the first half of the nineteenth century. The last one, the ''Wanderer,'' was built in 1878, shortly after the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania. With the decline of whaling and associated shipbuilding, Mattapoisett transitioned into a popular summer vacation spot for prominent New York and Boston residents, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Today, the town is largely a suburban community, with most residents commuting to jobs in greater New Bedford, Providence or Boston, or operating businesses targeting summer tourism.〔(Mattapoisett Town History ) - Mattapoisett Historical Society〕 A fictitious future Mattapoisett features largely in the 1976 novel ''Woman on the Edge of Time'' by Marge Piercy. 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「Mattapoisett, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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