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Whitman

Whitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The village of Auburnville is located at the southwest edge of Whitman.

Whitman was first settled by Europeans in 1670 and was officially incorporated in 1875. Prior to becoming Whitman, it was formally the southern parish of the town of Abington. The new name, Whitman, was taken from Augustus Whitman whose family who grew up in South Abington, and was adopted in 1886. Before adopting the name Whitman, the small town was known as Little Comfort.

Whitman has a rich history that is deeply rooted in the shoemaking industry. Regal Shoe and Bostonian Shoe are perhaps the most notable. At one time there were over 20 shoe factories and related factories making metal shanks in town. There are a few abandoned factories left, and some have been turned into condominiums.

In the late 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies in Whitman at the Toll House Inn on Bedford Street. The Toll House burned completely on New Year's Eve 1984, in a fire that originated in the kitchen. The inn was not rebuilt. The site is marked with a historical marker, and that land is now home to a Wendy’s restaurant and Walgreens Pharmacy. The former Whitman Savings Bank was also the first in the country to offer Savings Bank Life Insurance (SBLI). Home of the famous Peaceful Meadows Ice Cream house. In 1964 The Venus Cafe was founded by former professional Wrestler Peter Drosos, who fought under the name Pete "The Golden Greek". Also home of Saftler's Inc, one of the oldest and largest independently owned fabric stores in the country.

The small town today is mostly residential, with a small town forest in the northeast corner of town. The eastern half of the town is divided by the Shumatuscacant River, which is dammed near the town center at the site of the town's mills. The eastern half of town is also dominated by two meadows, the Hobart Meadow to the north and the Bear Meadow to the south, both along the banks of the river.

The intersection of Route 18 and Route 27 is at the center of town. Route 14 also intersects with Route 27, about three quarters of a mile south of the town center. Route 58 also crosses through the eastern corner of town. There are no interstates or divided highways in town; the nearest highway is Route 24 which passes through Brockton. Whitman has a stop, located on Route 27, along the Kingston-Route 3 route of the MBTA’s commuter rail. The rail, formerly the Old Colony Line, passes through the eastern half of town, east of the mill ponds and meadows. There is no air service to the town; the nearest international air service can be reached at Logan International Airport in Boston, 26 miles north of Whitman.

Since the mid-1960s, Whitman has been paired with Hanson as a part of what was the Whitman-Hanson Regional High School School District but later joined as Whitman-Hanson Regional School District with the addition of the elementary and middle schools. There are two elementary schools in town; the Park Avenue School serves pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students, and the Duval and Conley Schools (in the east and west parts of town, respectively) serve students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The Whitman Middle School, located south of Route 27 in the western part of town, serves students from sixth to eighth grades. Students from both Whitman and Hanson attend Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, located along Route 27 on the Hanson side of the road. Students moved into the new, more technologically advanced school building in 2005 from the previous school, which was closer to the road. Whitman-Hanson's teams are known as the Panthers, and their colors are crimson and black. One of their chief rivals is nearby Abington, whom they play in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. (The former Whitman-Hanson High School is no longer standing. It was torn down after a new high school was built. Its old location is now home to athletic fields.)

In addition to Whitman-Hanson, students may choose to attend South Shore Regional Vocational Technical High School in Hanover free of charge. There are no private schools in the town, but both Hanson and Brockton have private schools. The nearest college is Massasoit Community College in neighboring Brockton.

Source: Wikipedia.org

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Number of properties currently on the market in Whitman:

Single Family: 57 Properties
Mobile Home: 0 Properties
Condo: 16 Properties
Multi Family: 8 Properties

Number of new Whitman Real Estate listings in the last month:

Single Family: 8 Properties
Mobile Home: 0 Properties
Condo: 2 Properties
Multi Family: 2 Properties

Average sale price for Real Estate sold in Whitman over the last 6 months:

Single Family: $299,192
Mobile Home: $0
Condo: $237,707
Multi Family: $311,643

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