Mattapoisett

Mattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.
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  • Type: Town with 6,510 residents
  • Description: town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Mattapoisett, MA”, “Mattapoisett, Massachusetts”, “Mattapoissett”, “Mattapuyst”, “Mattpoiset”, “Mettapaset”, and “Mettasaset”
  • Postal code: 02739

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ned Point Light and Third Meetinghouse.

Lighthouse
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is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer.

Place of worship
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The is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Built in 1816, it is the town's oldest surviving public building, and the one in which the meeting leading to its separation from took place.

Mattapoisett

Latitude
41.658° or 41° 39′ 29″ north
Longitude
-70.8135° or 70° 48′ 49″ west
Population
6,510
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
United Nations Location Code
US MTQ
Open location code
87HFM55P+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158860485
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4943432
Wiki­data ID
Q282802
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mattapoisett” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماتابويسيت”
  • Basque: “Mattapoisett”
  • Catalan: “Mattapoisett”
  • Cebuano: “Mattapoisett”
  • Chechen: “Маттапойзетт”
  • Chinese: “馬特波伊西特”
  • Chinese: “马特波伊西特”
  • Czech: “Mattapoisett”
  • Danish: “Mattapoisett”
  • Dutch: “Mattapoisett”
  • French: “Mattapoisett”
  • German: “Mattapoisett”
  • Haitian: “Mattapoisett, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Mattapoisett”
  • Hungarian: “Mattapoisett”
  • Italian: “Mattapoisett”
  • Japanese: “マタポイセット”
  • Kazakh: “Маттапойсэт”
  • Kirghiz: “Маттапойсэт”
  • Mazanderani: “ماتاپویست (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماتاپویست”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mattapoisett”
  • Norwegian: “Mattapoisett”
  • Persian: “ماتاپویست، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “ماتاپویست”
  • Polish: “Mattapoisett”
  • Portuguese: “Mattapoisett”
  • Slovak: “Mattapoisett”
  • Slovenian: “Mattapoisett”
  • Spanish: “Mattapoisett (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Mattapoisett”
  • Swedish: “Mattapoisett”
  • Tatar: “Маттапойзетт”
  • Turkish: “Mattapoisett”
  • Ukrainian: “Маттапойзетт”
  • Urdu: “میٹاپواسٹ، میساچوسٹس”
  • Volapük: “Mattapoisett”
  • Welsh: “Mattapoisett, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Mattapoisett”

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