Sachem Creek
Sachem Creek is a stream in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Sachem Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Norfolk Downs, as well as near the suburb North Quincy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Josiah Quincy House and Mosswetusset Hummock.
Josiah Quincy House
Museum
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Josiah Quincy House, located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University.
Mosswetusset Hummock
Island
Photo: Inquietudeofcharacter, Public domain.
Moswetuset Hummock is a Native American site and the original name of the tribe in the region named Massachusetts after them. The wooded hummock in Squantum, Massachusetts, is formally recognized as historic by descendants of the Ponkapoag people.
Massachusetts Fields School
Residential building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Massachusetts Fields School is a historic former school building at the corner of Rawson Road and Beach Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1896, it is a high-quality Colonial Revival brick building, built during Quincy's revolutionary transformation of its school system in the late 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Quincy and Neponset.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston.
Neponset
Neighborhood
Photo: Boston City Archives, CC BY 2.0.
Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag. Neponset is situated 1½ miles west of Sachem Creek.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood. Adams Shore is situated 2 miles southeast of Sachem Creek.
Sachem Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27843° or 42° 16′ 42″ northLongitude
-71.01338° or 71° 0′ 48″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JC7XHP+9JGeoNames ID
4949272
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