Weir Village

Weir Village is a village of the city of Taunton in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately one mile south of the city center on the banks of the Taunton River, near the point where it becomes tidal.

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Type: Suburb
Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
Also known as: “The Weir”, “Weir”, “Weir Village, MA”, and “Weir Village, Massachusetts”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Colony History Museum and Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Old Colony History Museum

Museum

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The Old Colony History Museum is located at 66 Church Green in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Since 1926, the museum has occupied the historic former Bristol Academy school building.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Cemetery

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Crocker, Cohannet, and Barnum Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts. Opened in 1836, but based on a family burial ground dating to the early 18th century, it is the fourth garden cemetery in the U.S. rural cemeteries, based on the early Victorian model of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Neck of Land Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Neck of Land Cemetery is a small historic cemetery on Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Established in 1687 near the confluence of the Mill and Taunton Rivers, it was the city's first cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taunton and Westville.

Taunton

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Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green.

Westville

Hamlet

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Westville is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally designated populated regions of the city. Westville is situated 2½ miles west of Weir Village.