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Home  >   Government  >   Town Information  >   Carver

Town of Carver, MA Information

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Page on Carver


Government

Address:Town Hall, 108 Main Street, Carver, MA 02330 Phone: (508) 866-3400; Fax: (508) 866-4213
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 12 noon; Tuesday evening 7:00-9:00 p.m..
Board of Selectmen Meetings: Every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Carver High School Library; Board of Selectmen Chairman: Jack Angley
Form of Government: Board of Selectmen; Town Administrator (Rick LaFond); Open Town Meeting

Demographics

2005 Population estimate: 11,562 (U.S. Census estimate based on past trends)
2000 Population (2000 U.S. Census): 11,163 (percent increase=5.4%)
1990 Population (1990 U.S. Census): 10,590
2000 Housing Units: 4,127; (including unoccupied)
Yr. 2000 Average Persons per Unit: 2.70


Locus Map of Town of Carver
Carver Locus Map
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Map of Town of Carver Parcels on 2001 aerial photo
Carver Parcel Map
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Topographic Map of the Town of Carver
Carver Topographic Map
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MA DEP Core wetlands in Carver, MA
Carver Core Wetlands
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1999 land use map of Carver, MA
199 MassGIS Land Use Map of Carver (1999)
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thumbnail of Carver open space map
Carver Open Space figure

Land and Water Statistics:

CategoryValueComments
Corporate Boundaries including coastal waters:39.76 mi2BBNEP calculation from MassGIS Town Boundary layer.
Land + Freshwater:39.72 mi2BBNEP calculation from MassGIS Townsurvey layer. DHCD=39.81). Town parcel data totals= 39.77 mi2).
Area in watershed:33.51 mi2=84.3%. BBNEP calculation using BBNEP watershed boundary.
Land Area - Freshwater bodies: 36.65 mi2Entire Town. BBNEP calculation using open water and deep marsh area from DEP wetlands gis layer. DHCD=37.55
2005 Population Density:291.1 per mi2BBNEP calc, based on land+freshwater

Deed and Assessors Online Data Links

Town of Carver Online Assessors Data Base

Plymouth County Online Deeds Data Base


Of Interest

Web Slideshow: Flora and Fauna of Carver, MA
Featuring photographs by Carver resident Robert Conway.

Carver Wetlands Brochure (320 kb pdf file)
Do you know what your Conservation Commission does? The Carver "ConCom" wanted to better communicate their mission to the public, and wanted applicants to better understand their bylaw and regulations. At their request, the Buzzards Bay NEP prepared this fact sheets to educate the public and developers about their wetlands bylaw and regulations. Click the link to read the brochures.

Permitted Pollution Discharges and Toxic Waste Generators

EPA's enviro-mapper showing Carver surface water dischargers or waste generators.Groundwater dischargers are not shown.


Links

Official Town of Carver Home Page

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Page on Carver

Selected Reports

Read the Carver Open Space Survey prepared by the BBP (208 kb pdf file)

Carver 2007 NPDES Phase II MS4 permit annual report