Howlands

Howlands is a hamlet in Town of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Howlands is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bisbee Corner, as well as near the hamlet Cowen Corner.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Howlands Station”, “Howlands, MA”, and “Howlands, Massachusetts”

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Rochester Cattle Pound and Long Pond.

North Rochester Cattle Pound

Historic site

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

North Rochester Cattle Pound is a historic site, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Howlands.

Long Pond is a 33-acre pond in Rochester, Massachusetts. The pond is connected to Snipatuit Pond, where its outflow goes. The water quality is impaired due to toxic metals. Long Pond is situated 2 miles south of Howlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Middleboro and West Wareham.

South Middleboro

Village

Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.

South Middleboro is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Howlands.

West Wareham

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Wareham is a census-designated place in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Wareham had a population of 2,224. West Wareham is situated 4½ miles east of Howlands.

Rochester

Photo: Schlitzer90, CC0.

Rochester is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,717 at the 2020 census. Rochester is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the cities and towns that surround Buzzards Bay, Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River.

Howlands

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Town of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.79733° or 41° 47′ 50″ north

Longitude

-70.84532° or 70° 50′ 43″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87HFQ5W3+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158807055

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4940058

Wikidata ID

Q122556642

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