Acushnet

New Bedford is in on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.
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  • Type: Town with 10,500 residents
  • Description: town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Achushnet”, “Achushnet Village”, “Acushena”, “Acushnet, MA”, and “Acushnet, Massachusetts”
  • Postal code: 02743

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Anthony of Padua Church and Central New Bedford Historic District.

Place of worship
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St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in , part of the Diocese of Fall River. is situated 2 miles southwest of Acushnet.

Park
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The is one of nine historic districts in , , United States. The district encompasses the city's central business district, built up during the time in the late 19th century when textiles had replaced whaling as the city's main industry. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Acushnet.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery located in at 274 Main Street. Laid out in the rural style, it was established in 1850 by Warren Delano II, the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. is situated 2 miles south of Acushnet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairhaven and New Bedford.

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is a town in , United States. It is located on the of Massachusetts where the flows into , an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

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is in on the southern coast. 's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in the town of in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 5,480. is situated 5 miles south of Acushnet.

Acushnet

Latitude
41.68066° or 41° 40′ 50″ north
Longitude
-70.90782° or 70° 54′ 28″ west
Population
10,500
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US KUS
Open location code
87HFM3JR+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158891788
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4928720
Wiki­data ID
Q2426530
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Acushnet” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكوشينت”
  • Basque: “Acushnet”
  • Catalan: “Acushnet”
  • Cebuano: “Acushnet”
  • Chechen: “Акушнет”
  • Chinese: “阿庫什內特”
  • Czech: “Acushnet”
  • Dutch: “Acushnet”
  • French: “Acushnet”
  • German: “Acushnet”
  • Greek: “Ακούσνετ”
  • Hungarian: “Acushnet”
  • Irish: “Acushnet”
  • Italian: “Acushnet”
  • Japanese: “アクシュネット”
  • Kazakh: “Akyuşnet”
  • Kazakh: “Акюшнет”
  • Kazakh: “اكيۋشنەت”
  • Kirghiz: “Акюшнет”
  • Malagasy: “Acushnet, Massachusetts”
  • Malagasy: “Acushnet”
  • Mazanderani: “اکشنت (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “اکشنت”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Acushnet (Massachusetts)”
  • Norwegian: “Acushnet”
  • Persian: “اکشنت، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “اکشنت”
  • Polish: “Acushnet”
  • Portuguese: “Acushnet”
  • Russian: “Акашнет”
  • Russian: “Акушнет”
  • Slovak: “Acushnet”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آکوشنت، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Acushnet (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Acushnet”
  • Swedish: “Acushnet”
  • Tatar: “Акушнет”
  • Turkish: “Acushnet, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Acushnet”
  • Ukrainian: “Акушнет”
  • Urdu: “اکشنٹ، میساچوسٹس”
  • Volapük: “Acushnet”
  • Welsh: “Acushnet, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Acushnet”

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