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MIDDLEBORO — Most people think of Middleboro as a quiet town. But the municipality was once one of the largest settlements in the early United States. According to data from the 1790 United States ...

According to data from the 1790 United States Census, Middleboro had a population of 4,526, which meant it was 16th largest settlement in the United States at the time. That meant that in 1790 ...

President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of ...

Since the first U.S. census in 1790, no resident has ever been omitted ... Biden's order "will be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions ...

“The first census in the United States (1790) counted almost 4 million residents. The first census in Great Britain (1801) counted almost 11 million residents. Fast forward to today when ...