The Town of Hanson, Massachusetts in Plymouth County was incorporated in 1820, Hanson’s economy was dominated by lumbering, shingle making, and the cranberry industry. In 1912, a huge cranberry packing house was built in Hanson. This, with many later additions, eventually became the Ocean Spray Corporation.

Hanson is considered one of the inland towns of Massachusetts’s South Shore, and is bordered by Rockland and Hanover to the north, Pembroke to the east, Halifax to the south, East Bridgewater to the west, and Whitman to the northwest. Hanson is home of the Burrage Pond Wildlife Park offers ponds, marsh, swamps and retired cranberry bogs with several miles of walking trails. This is an excellent spot for bird-watching. Credit resourse info hanson-ma.gov