Nelson Island
Nelson Island is an island in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Nelson Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hemlocks, as well as near Fuller Shores.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Nelsons Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wampanoag Royal Cemetery and Assawompset Pond.
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is a historic Native American cemetery in Lakeville, Massachusetts. There are approximately 20 graves in the cemetery, all of Native Americans.
Assawompset Pond
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Assawompset Pond is a reservoir/pond within the towns of Lakeville and Middleboro, in southeastern Massachusetts. It shares its waters with Long Pond and is openly connected with Pocksha Pond.
Apponequel Regional High School
School building
Apponequet Regional High School, located at 100 Howland Road in Lakeville, Massachusetts opened September 21, 1959. Apponequet serves secondary academic education students from the towns of Freetown, and Lakeville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakeville and East Freetown.
Lakeville
Town
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middleborough is a largely rural town of 24,000 in Massachusetts. The name is sometimes seen as "Middleboro". Lakeville is a rural town with a population of 12,000.
East Freetown
Village
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East Freetown is one of two villages in the town of Freetown, Massachusetts, United States. Added to the town in 1747, East Freetown was originally an outpost settlement of Tiverton, Rhode Island, then a part of Massachusetts.
North Lakeville
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Lakeville is a census-designated place in the town of Lakeville in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Lakeville had a population of 3,290.
Nelson Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8134° or 41° 48′ 48″ northLongitude
-70.94499° or 70° 56′ 42″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
87HFR374+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 145177451OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Nelson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nelson Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hemlocks and Fuller Shores.
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Highlights include Lewis Island and Long Pond Conservation Area.
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