Blacks Creek
Blacks Creek is a bay in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Blacks Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Merrymount, as well as near Adams Shore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Veterans Memorial Stadium and Thomas Crane Public Library.
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose outdoor stadium in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built from 1937 to 1938 under the Works Progress Administration, it seats 5,000 spectators for football, soccer, Rugby union and lacrosse.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
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The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.
Coddington School
Government office
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The Coddington School is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adams Shore and Quincy.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood.
Quincy
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Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 2 miles northwest of Blacks Creek.
Blacks Creek
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Black Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.26677° or 42° 16′ 0″ northLongitude
-70.99533° or 70° 59′ 43″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF7283+PVGeoNames ID
4930734
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