Dighton

Taunton is a city in 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.
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  • Type: Village with 8,100 residents
  • Description: town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Dighton, MA” and “Dighton, Massachusetts”
  • Postal code: 02715

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dighton Rock and Dighton Rock State Park.

Archaeological site
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The is a 40-ton boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at , formerly part of the town of Dighton.

Park
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is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on the eastern shore of the Taunton River in the town of , .

Cemetery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berkley and Assonet.

Village
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Taunton is a city in 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. is situated 3 miles northeast of Dighton.

Hamlet
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is one of two in the town of in , United States. An original part of the town, was settled in 1659 along with the city of , then a part of Freetown. is situated 3 miles southeast of Dighton.

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is a rural town on the Assonet River in the region of . It includes the villages of East and Assonet.

Dighton

Latitude
41.81449° or 41° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
-71.11962° or 71° 7′ 11″ west
Population
8,100
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US DGT
Open location code
87HCRV7J+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158843799
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4934827
Wiki­data ID
Q2418377
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dighton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دايتون”
  • Basque: “Dighton”
  • Catalan: “Dighton”
  • Cebuano: “Dighton”
  • Chechen: “Дайтон”
  • Chinese: “戴頓”
  • Chinese: “戴顿”
  • Dutch: “Dighton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده دايتون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دايتون”
  • French: “Dighton”
  • German: “Dighton”
  • Haitian: “Dighton, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Dighton”
  • Hebrew: “דייטון”
  • Hungarian: “Dighton”
  • Italian: “Dighton”
  • Japanese: “ダイトン”
  • Kazakh: “Daýton”
  • Kazakh: “Дайтон”
  • Kazakh: “دايتون”
  • Kirghiz: “Дайтон”
  • Mazanderani: “دیگتون (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “دیگتون”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dighton”
  • Norwegian: “Dighton”
  • Persian: “دیگتون، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “دیگتون”
  • Polish: “Dighton”
  • Portuguese: “Dighton”
  • Russian: “Дайтон (Массачусетс)”
  • Russian: “Дайтон”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دیقتون، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Dighton (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Dighton”
  • Swedish: “Dighton”
  • Tatar: “Дайтон”
  • Turkish: “Dighton”
  • Ukrainian: “Дайтон”
  • Urdu: “ڈائٹن، میساچوسٹس”
  • Volapük: “Dighton”
  • Welsh: “Dighton, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Dighton”
  • “Dighton”

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