Brockton, Massachusetts Library system. The main library is a Carnegie building and is located at 304 Main Street, and there are two branch libraries. Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 95,314 in the 2015 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County. Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city
Brockton, Massachusetts the Brockton Veterans Administration Hospital to the southwest. The VA Hospital is the sponsoring institution for the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry program. It serves as a teaching facility for residents of various medical specialties from Boston University, physician assistant students from Northeastern University, nursing students from the University of Massachusetts Boston and pharmacy students from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Brockton has a community health center that serves individuals with low income and poor access to health care at Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. The city of Brockton is protected around the clock by 174 paid, professional firefighters