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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
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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Oakland is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally designated populated regions of the city. Oakland is situated 1½ miles north of Westville.
Weir Village
Suburb
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 in the United States, 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″ northLongitude
-71.1356° or 71° 8′ 8″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87HCVVP7+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158860725OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Westville” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Westville”
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