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Berkley is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston and east of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 6,764 according to the 2020 census, making it the least populated town in the county.

The gift town of Berkley, then belonging to the adjoining towns of Dighton and Taunton, was first contracted in 1638. It was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1735. The town was named for the philosopher and bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753), who lived in Newport, Rhode Island from 1728 to 1731. The correct in the spelling to “Berkley” was likely due to the carelessness of the engrossing clerk of the Massachusetts General Court.

Berkley’s obsolescent Town Hall, a two-story white clapboard building located on Berkley Common, was built in 1849. When a further Town Hall was built across the street in 2015, the Old Town Hall became house to the Berkley Historical Society. The new 9,778-square-foot Town Hall was built in 2014–2015, at a cost of $3.5 million. The new building contains a senior center, office, kitchen, and high-efficiency LED lighting.