Fall River, Massachusetts

**Fall River** is a city in southeast Massachusetts. The city had a population of 94,000 at the 2020 census. Fall River was founded in 1803. In 1804 the town name was changed to Troy, named for Troy, New York. In 1834 the name changed back to Fall River.

A fire in 1834 destroyed the center of the village. The rebuilding effort is the origin of the city's motto "We'll Try". It became a city in 1854. Fall River became famous as a leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. It is also known for Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels. It is the home of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59).

Fall River was also the home of Lizzie Borden. In 1893 she was put on trial for the axe-murders of her parents. She was found not guilty, but the people of Fall River treated her like an outcast for the rest of her life.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Fall River, Massachusetts
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Downtown_Fall_River.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Fall River in September 2007
- **image flag**: Flag of Fall River, Massachusetts.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Fall River, Massachusetts.svg
- **image blank emblem**: FallRiver logo.svg
- **blank emblem size**: 50px
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **nicknames**: "The Scholarship City", "The River", "Spindle City", "Where the River Falls"
"The City of the Dinner Pail"
- **mottoes**: "We'll Try"
"Make It Here"
- **image map**: Bristol County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Fall River highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Fall River in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- **pushpin map**: Massachusetts#USA
- **pushpin label**: Fall River
- **pushpin label position**: left
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Massachusetts##Location in the United States
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Massachusetts, County
- **subdivision name2**: Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1670
- **established title2**: Incorporated (town)
- **established date2**: 1803
- **established title3**: Incorporated (city)
- **established date3**: 1854
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 104.22
- **area total sq mi**: 40.24
- **area land km2**: 85.79
- **area land sq mi**: 33.12
- **area water km2**: 18.43
- **area water sq mi**: 7.12
- **elevation m**: 37
- **elevation ft**: 72
- **population total**: 94000
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 1095.73
- **population density sq mi**: 2837.91
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 02720–02724
- **area code**: Area code 508, 508/Area code 774, 774
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 25-23000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0612595