St. John the Baptist Church
St. John the Baptist is a historic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and a former parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Fall River. At its closure, it had been the oldest Portuguese-American parish in the United States.Photo: Lukascb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Bedford Fire Museum and Griffin Street Cemetery.
New Bedford Fire Museum
Museum
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The New Bedford Fire Museum is a local history museum at 51 Bedford Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the 1867 Fire Station No. New Bedford Fire Museum is situated 410 feet north of St. John the Baptist Church.
Griffin Street Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Griffin Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of South 2nd and Griffin Streets, and abutting the JFK Memorial Highway to the east, it is the city's oldest surviving cemetery. Griffin Street Cemetery is situated 1,300 feet northeast of St. John the Baptist Church.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Museum
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth in the South Coast of Massachusetts. New Bedford Whaling Museum is situated 3,100 feet north of St. John the Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bliss Corner and Fairhaven.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
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Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480.
Fairhaven
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Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Smith Mills
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Mills is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Smith Mills had a population of 4,832. Smith Mills is situated 3½ miles west of St. John the Baptist Church.
St. John the Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.62713° or 41° 37′ 38″ northLongitude
-70.92694° or 70° 55′ 37″ westOpen location code
87HFJ3GF+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 214671235OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q616983
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In Other Languages
“St. John the Baptist Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de New Bedford”
- French: “Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de New Bedford”
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