Fall River Facts Battleship USS Massachusetts Photo by Derek LaFleur Click on photo to enlarge Population: 91,938 (2000 U.S. Census figure) Area: 34 Square Miles Founded: 1803 Incorporated A City: 1854 Location: 50 miles from Boston, Massachusetts, about 30-35 minutes from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, about 25-30 minutes from Newport, Rhode Island and about 20 minutes or less from Providence, Rhode Island. Slade Elementary School Photo by Derek LaFleur Click on photo to enlarge Schools: 2 high schools, 4 middle schools, 28 elementary schools. (See In the News for a story on the school building plan that will ensure that a record number of new schools will be built.) Higher Education: Bristol Community College, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Center of Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center, Fisher College and the International Institute of Culinary Arts. (Also see In The News for stories on UMass Dartmouth's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center.)