Jones Pond Dam

Jones Pond Dam is a dam in Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts. Jones Pond Dam is situated nearby to Northside Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Northside Cemetery and Rider Tavern.

Northside Cemetery

Cemetery

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Northside Cemetery is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Jones Pond Dam.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

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The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road. Rider Tavern is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Jones Pond Dam.

Northside Village Historic District

Historic site

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The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop. Northside Village Historic District is situated 1 mile southeast of Jones Pond Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Spencer.

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.

Spencer

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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation.

Leicester

Town

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Leicester is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,087 at the 2020 United States census. Leicester is situated 5 miles northeast of Jones Pond Dam.

Jones Pond Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Location: Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.17956° or 42° 10′ 46″ north

Longitude

-71.96421° or 71° 57′ 51″ west

Elevation

883 feet (269 metres)

Open location code

87JC52HP+R8

GeoNames ID

4941028

Wikidata ID

Q48990965

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In Other Languages

“Jones Pond Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Jones Pond Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
Cebuano: “Jones Pond Dam”

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