Talk:Bristol County, Massachusetts
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I deleted the reference to the county being nicknamed the'the Bayou' because of its supposedly wet and rural character. With nearly 1,000 people per square mile, it has been some time since the county was rural except for some small pockets. The nickname is unsourced, and I have never seen any reference to it in any of the local media.
I have added a list of the current elected officials, although I haven't been able to figure out how to format them correctly, and deleted reference to Sheriff Hodgson as the 'High Sheriff'. There is no such office in Massachusetts. A Massachusetts sheriff is principally the guy who runs the county jail.
--Conant Webb 12:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- If there's no such office, why is the title used in Plymouth County, as well as the former Franklin County? Seems to me the adjective's optional. Sahasrahla 02:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Granted, the Plymouth County Sheriff calls himself 'High Sheriff' and one Federal District Court judge has used the term. However, if you search the Massachusetts General Laws for 'sheriff' you get dozens of hits, but 'high sheriff' yields only one instance where 'high' and sheriff' happen to appear in the same paragraph. [1]Conant Webb 17:03, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
