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25-05280. GNIS feature ID. 0619432. Website. www.townofberkleyma.com. Berkley is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston and east of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 6,764 according to the 2020 census, [1] making it the least populated town in the county.
The Berkley Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic heart of Berkley, Massachusetts. The town's village center is located near its geographic center, roughly midway between Massachusetts Route 24 and the Taunton River. Its central focus is the triangular town common, bounded by Main, Locust, and Porter Streets.
This map [clarification needed] shows towns colored by the date they were incorporated in Massachusetts since the founding of Plimoth Plantation in 1620. Many of the towns and future cities shown covering the area of their original incorporation have since been divided into two, three or in some cases several smaller municipalities.
Dighton Rock State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on the eastern shore of the Taunton River in the town of Berkley, Massachusetts.The 98-acre (40 ha) state park is the site of a small museum that houses the Dighton Rock, an 11-foot-high (3.4 m) glacial erratic, covered with petroglyphs, that once sat on the banks of the river.
Berkshire County (pronounced / ˈbɜːrkʃər /) is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,026. [2] Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield. [3] The county was founded in 1761. [4]
Massachusetts, with forests covering 3,060,000 acres (12,400 km 2) (59%) of its land area, administers more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) [1] of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
0618280. Website. www.dighton-ma.gov. Dighton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,101 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is located on the western shore of the Taunton River in the southeastern part of the state.
The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts (formerly part of the town of Dighton).The rock is noted for its petroglyphs ("primarily lines, geometric shapes, and schematic drawings of people, along with writing, both verified and not."), [2] carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, and the controversy about ...