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ArtWeek SouthCoast, a multi-community salute to creativity, returns with more than 50 events celebrating art and artists. ArtWeek SouthCoast, a multi-community salute to creativity, returns with ...
The Hixville Village Historic District is a historic district in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.. The intersections of North Hixville Road and Old Fall River Roads, the historic cemetery, The North Hixville Road Fire Station, Cornell Pond on the Copicut River, Hixville General Convenience Store and The First Church of Hixville define the center of Hixville Village in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Quakers were among the earliest European settlers of the Old Dartmouth area, which included most of what is now Westport, Acushnet, New Bedford, and Fairhaven. [4] Their first meeting house was built on this property (exact location undetermined) in 1699, and the cemetery is the burial ground for many of Dartmouth's early settlers.
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 (now the city of New Bedford and towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport) in the South Coast of Massachusetts.
Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a public recreation area comprising more than 800 acres (320 ha) on the Atlantic Ocean in the southern portion of the town of Westport, Massachusetts. [3] The reservation is one of the state’s "most popular facilities ... welcom[ing] hundreds of thousands of visitors per year."
Roughly Main St. from Charles St. to the West Branch of the Westport River, including Cape Bial and Valentine Lns. 41°31′24″N 71°04′29″W / 41.5233°N 71.0747°W / 41.5233; -71.0747 ( Westport Point Historic
The area that is now Westport, Massachusetts was originally part of neighboring Dartmouth, separating in 1787.One of the area's earliest settlements was on the barrier island at the mouth of the Westport River, with the point between its two branches developed as an agricultural area, with a ferry between the two established in 1712.
Westport: Bristol: Southeastern Massachusetts: History: Operated by the Westport Historical Society, 18th and 19th-century house Harlow Old Fort House: Plymouth: Plymouth: Plymouth: Historic house: 17th-century period house Hart Nautical Museum: Cambridge: Middlesex: Greater Boston: Maritime: Operated by the MIT Museum, includes drawings and ...