City of New Bedford

New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Bedford Regional Airport and Central New Bedford Historic District.

New Bedford Regional Airport

Aerodrome

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New Bedford Regional Airport is a Part 139 Commercial-Service Airport, municipally-owned and available for public use. The airport is located three nautical miles northwest of the city center belonging to the City of New Bedford, a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

Central New Bedford Historic District

Park

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The Central New Bedford Historic District is one of nine historic districts in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. The district encompasses the city's central business district, built up during the time in the late 19th century when textiles had replaced whaling as the city's main industry.

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Place of worship

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St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of the Diocese of Fall River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairhaven and Dartmouth.

Fairhaven

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Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

Dartmouth

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Dartmouth is a town in Bristol County, in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. Dartmouth includes the sections called "North Dartmouth" and "South Dartmouth". It is home to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

City of New Bedford

Type: Locality with 95,100 residents
Also known as: “Acushnet” and “Awshena”
Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6615° or 41° 39′ 41″ north

Longitude

-70.9382° or 70° 56′ 18″ west

Population

95,100

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

87HFM366+HP

GeoNames ID

4945134

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