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Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, 47 miles (76 km) south of Boston, and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 17,144 at the 2020 census. [1]
The area that became Swansea Village was owned until about 1720 by members of the Eddy family, whose family graveyard lies in the district. By the early 19th century the junction of Main, Elm, and Stephens began to take shape as the nucleus of the village, and a meeting house, library, and eventually town hall followed.
The Barneyville Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district on Old Providence and Barneyville Roads in northwestern Swansea, Massachusetts.The area was the site of a successful shipbuilding operation during the early 19th century, and then became a local center for jewelry making.
Hortonville is a village in the town of Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. [2] The part of the village on Locust Street from Oak Street to Hortonville Road comprises the Hortonville Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
More than 1,400 people packed into the Venus de Milo for the Swansea Special Town Meeting Monday Nov. 6, 2023. ... An hour-and-a-half of that was dead time. Formally opened at its scheduled 7 p.m ...
The Colony Historic District is a historic district at Gardner's Neck and Mattapoisett Roads at Mt. Hope Bay in Swansea, Massachusetts.It includes seven summer cottages, most of which line Mattapoisett Road, which were built mainly between 1896 and 1930.
Buildings and structures in Swansea, Massachusetts (1 C, 11 P) P. People from Swansea, Massachusetts (14 P) Pages in category "Swansea, Massachusetts"
What happened at Swansea's Oct. 1 and 10 information sessions The building at 68 Stevens Road that houses the town offices was gifted in 1890, when Swansea’s population was 1,456.