Jones River
The Jones River is a 7.5-mile-long river running through Kingston, Massachusetts. The river drains about 30 square miles of the river and it has measured the flow at 0.7 cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area.Photo: OldPine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Jones‘ River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mill Pond and Kingston station.
Mill Pond
Reservoir
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mill Pond is a 13-acre pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts in the village of Island Creek. The pond is located south of Island Creek Pond. Island Creek runs through the pond.
Kingston station
Railway station
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingston station is an MBTA Commuter Rail serving the Plymouth/Kingston Line, located off of Massachusetts Route 3 south of downtown Kingston, Massachusetts. Kingston station is situated 1½ miles south of Jones River.
Myles Standish Burial Ground
Cemetery
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury, Massachusetts is, according to the American Cemetery Association, the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States. Myles Standish Burial Ground is situated 2 miles northeast of Jones River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Rocky Nook.
Kingston
Kingston is a small residential town on the South Shore of Massachusetts. There are many historical sites that are associated with the original Plymouth Colony within its borders including the home of Governor Bradford and battle sites of King Phillip's War.Rocky Nook
Hamlet
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Rocky Nook is a neighborhood in Kingston, Massachusetts. The neighborhood sits on a small peninsula of land on Kingston Bay where the Jones River meets the Atlantic Ocean, near Duxbury, Massachusetts.
South Duxbury
Village
South Duxbury is a census-designated place in the town of Duxbury in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,360 at the 2010 census. South Duxbury is situated 2 miles northeast of Jones River.
Jones River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Jones River” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “জোন্স নদী”
- Catalan: “Jones”
- Cebuano: “Jones River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Jones”
- Venetian: “Jones”
- Welsh: “Afon Jones”
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