Assonet Bay Shores

Assonet Bay Shores is a neighborhood in Bristol, Massachusetts. Assonet Bay Shores is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Merriwood, as well as near Camp Welch.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dighton Rock and Freetown Town Hall.

Dighton Rock

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, formerly part of the town of Dighton. Dighton Rock is situated 1½ miles northwest of Assonet Bay Shores.

Freetown Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assonet and Freetown.

Assonet

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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 2 miles northwest of Assonet Bay Shores.

Assonet Bay Shores

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.79594° or 41° 47′ 45″ north

Longitude

-71.08977° or 71° 5′ 23″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87HCQWW6+93

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158800719

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4929358

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