Assonet
Assonet is one of two villages in the town of Freetown in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. An original part of the town, Assonet was settled in 1659 along with the city of Fall River, then a part of Freetown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 4,080 residents
- Description: human settlement in Freetown, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Assonet Village”, “Assonet, Massachusetts”, “Assonett”, and “Freetown”
- Postal code: 02702
Places of Interest
Highlights include Freetown Town Hall and Assonet Burying Ground.
Assonet Burying Ground
Cemetery
The Assonet Burying Ground is the main public cemetery for Freetown, Massachusetts. Prior to becoming a cemetery, the land occupied by the Assonet Burying Ground was used as a military musterfield for the southeastern Massachusetts area.
Profile Rock
Peak
Profile Rock was a 50-foot-high granite rock formation located in Freetown, Massachusetts, just outside Assonet village and near the Freetown State Forest. In 2019, a large section of the formation broke off.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freetown and Dighton.
Freetown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.
Dighton
Village
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green. Dighton is situated 3 miles northwest of Assonet.
Myricks
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Myricks is an association community or populated place located in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The elevation is 62 feet. Myricks appears on the Assonet U.S. Myricks is situated 3 miles northeast of Assonet.
Assonet
Latitude
41.79545° or 41° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-71.06773° or 71° 4′ 4″ westPopulation
4,080Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ASJOpen location code
87HCQWWJ+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 158809148OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Assonet” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسونيت”
- Cebuano: “Assonet”
- Chinese: “阿索尼特”
- Croatian: “Assonet”
- French: “Assonet, Massachusetts”
- French: “Assonet”
- Irish: “Assonet”
- Persian: “اسونت، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “اسونت”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Assonet”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسونت، ماساچوست”
- Turkish: “Assonet”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guilford H. Hathaway Library and United Church of Assonet.
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