Hodges Village Dam

Hodges Village Dam, a United States Army Corps of Engineers flood control project on the French River in Oxford, Massachusetts was built in 1959 as a response to the 1936 floods which took lives and caused tremendous property damage in the Thames River basin of Connecticut.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buffumville Lake Park and Huguenot Fort.

Buffumville Lake Park

Park

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Buffumville Lake Park is situated 1½ miles west of Hodges Village Dam.

Huguenot Fort

Park

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The Huguenot Fort is a historic fortification site on Fort Hill Road in Oxford, Massachusetts. Huguenot Fort is situated 2 miles southeast of Hodges Village Dam.

Clara Barton Homestead

Museum

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The Clara Barton Homestead, also known as the Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, is a historic house museum at 60 Clara Barton Road in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara Barton Homestead is situated 2½ miles north of Hodges Village Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Charlton.

Oxford

Town

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Webster is a small town of about 16,000 in the South County region of Central Massachusetts along the Connecticut border. It was founded in 1832 by Samuel Slater, one of the initiators of the United States Industrial Revolution.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.