Onset
Onset is a census-designated place in the town of Wareham, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,573 at the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,570 residents
- Description: census designated place in the town of Wareham, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Onset, MA” and “Onset, Massachusetts”
- Postal code: 02558
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wickets Island and Water Wizz.
Wickets Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wickets Island is a 4.6 acres island located in Onset Harbor in Wareham, Massachusetts. It is located 1,100 feet from shore.
Water Wizz
Water park
Water Wizz, touted as "Cape Cod's only water park", is a family-owned water park located in East Wareham, Massachusetts and attracting about 100,000 visitors yearly.
Onset Island
Island
Onset Island is a small, private association owned island located at the western end of the Cape Cod Canal in the Town of Wareham, near Onset, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buzzards Bay and Bourne.
Buzzards Bay
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buzzards Bay is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,859 at the 2010 census. It is the most populous of the five CDPs in Bourne. Buzzards Bay is situated 2½ miles east of Onset.
Bourne
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourne is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Canal runs through it. Bourne includes seven villages: Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore and Sagamore Beach.
Wareham
Photo: Kevin Rutherford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wareham is a town in Massachusetts at the head of Buzzards Bay. Wareham calls itself "The Gateway to Cape Cod" and is sometimes included as a Cape Cod town. It includes the villages of Onset, East Wareham and West Wareham.
Onset
Latitude
41.74203° or 41° 44′ 31″ northLongitude
-70.65966° or 70° 39′ 35″ westPopulation
1,570Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ONSOpen location code
87HFP8RR+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158909287OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Onset” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أونست”
- Cebuano: “Onset”
- Chechen: “Онсет”
- Chinese: “昂塞特”
- Dutch: “Onset”
- French: “Onset”
- German: “Onset”
- Gilaki: “آنست (ماساچۊست)”
- Gilaki: “آنست”
- Irish: “Onset”
- Italian: “Onset”
- Ladin: “Onset”
- Persian: “آنست، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “آنست”
- Polish: “Onset”
- Portuguese: “Onset”
- Serbian: “Онсет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Onset, Massachusetts”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Onset”
- South Azerbaijani: “آنست، ماساچوست”
- Spanish: “Onset”
- Tatar: “Онсет”
- Turkish: “Onset”
- Ukrainian: “Онсет”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Park and Onset Beach.
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