Westville

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.

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Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Westville, Massachusetts”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taunton Public Library and Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Taunton Public Library

Library

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Taunton Public Library is the public library of Taunton, Massachusetts. It is located at 12 Pleasant Street, in an architecturally distinguished Beaux Arts building built in 1903 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, to which a modern addition was made in 1979. Taunton Public Library is situated 2½ miles northeast of Westville.

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. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is situated 2 miles east of Westville.

Winthrop Street Baptist Church

Place of worship

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Winthrop Street Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 39 Winthrop Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The Late Gothic Revival church was built in 1862 and was the second Baptist church built on the site. Winthrop Street Baptist Church is situated 2½ miles northeast of Westville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Dighton and Oakland.

North Dighton

Village

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North Dighton is a village, which is situated 1½ miles south of Westville.

Oakland

Hamlet

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Taunton is a city in and the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River, which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, 10 miles to the south. Oakland is situated 1½ miles north of Westville.

Weir Village

Suburb

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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. Weir Village is situated 2½ miles east of Westville.

Westville

Categories: neighborhood, unincorporated community, and locality
Location: City of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.88621° or 41° 53′ 10″ north

Longitude

-71.1356° or 71° 8′ 8″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87HCVVP7+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158860725

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4955312

Wikidata ID

Q7989767

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In Other Languages

“Westville” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Westville”

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