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Bristol County, Massachusetts

294 topographic sheets and 81 fire insurance atlases across 12 places.

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“Last spring a few cases of "Epidemic Tremor of Chickens" was noted in the county. Commonly called "Trembling Chick Disease," it has shown up in scattered flocks and seems to be irregular in appearance, chicks from the same flock developing without traces of the disease, then a hateh coming on with a large percentage showing distinct evidences of the disorder.”

A New Chick Disease - History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men (1883). Machine-read text.

272 National Register listings, of which 8 are National Historic Landmarks · 123 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1885 to 1924 · the 1883 county history tells 8 stories and names 136 people · people the book names include Rev. Thomas Andros (Dartmouth Town, 1883) · Biographical Sketches William Babbitt (Berkley Town, 1883) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Massachusetts within the United States
Bristol County within Massachusetts
Explore by year 1844 1927

What the record shows

  • 12 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: New Bedford, North Attleborough, Attleboro, Fall River, Mansfield, Taunton, North Easton, Dartmouth, Somerset, Norton, Seekonk, Westport Township, between 1885 and 1975.
  • 81 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 6,418 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 272 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 4 historic districts, 130 houses and farms.
  • 22 of the 272 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 183 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 6 public-domain county histories, 1871 to 1924, supply 959,670 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

What happened here

8 accounts

A captivity, a drowning, a famine, a man scalped clearing his lot in 1789. These are passages from History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, written while people who remembered the events were still alive, and each one opens the section it comes from.

1883, Taunton City

The Weather

How all the people are enjoying this nice weather we are having! Real summer weather. But to the farmers, or some in certain lines of farming, this moderate weather is "not so good." These premature samples of springtime are unfortunate, especially for the peach orchardist. As every groWar knows, peach trees are susceptible to cold weather, and if it does grow very cold again, and there is every likelihood of it, there will be much wood killed and a very small fruit yield in our section this coming season.

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1883, Taunton City

Hammer And Nails

Drought times in any industry tests its brains and courage. Of course its tough to see thrifty, colorful, promising fields of grain and fruit shrivel up and die. But that's no time to wander around in a daze and grouch and become a first class calamity howler. It's time to use your brains and conceive of ways to master even a drought.

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1883, Taunton City

Bristol-Plymouth Dairy Herd Improvement Association Report

Actual storage holdings present a different story. The combined storage holdings of frozen and case eggs on December 1 was 6,709,000 cases as compared with 4,396,000 last year, and a five-year average of 4,- 704,000 cases. This surplus of 50 per cent above normal must be marketed before March first.

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1883, Taunton City

Frozen Desserts

Prepared by May E. Foley, Extension Nutritionist There are no desserts more universally liked in the summer time than the frozen ones. Nor are any more wholesome for all members of the family. The mistake is often made, however, of giving children ice cream cones, sodas, and rich sundaes at any time of day.

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1883, Mansfield Town

Dairy Outlook For 1935

The dairy industry is headed towards a rather favorable year according to the State College economists and they list these factors to back their statement. There has been a 4% reduction in milk cans in 1934 with a further reduction expected in 1935. There are fewer heifers being saved for milk cows and the drought cattle liquidation along with high feed costs have reduced the number of dual purpose cows milked.

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1883, Mansfield Town

Vegetable Gardening Projects

Special credit is due Charles Cheetham for an outstanding project this year. Charles has a large garden and it has been unusually well handled. His expense and income book is always in fine shape for inspection. The drought checked the growth of the garden somewhat, but at present it looks fine.

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1883, Mansfield Town

A New Chick Disease

Last spring a few cases of "Epidemic Tremor of Chickens" was noted in the county. Commonly called "Trembling Chick Disease," it has shown up in scattered flocks and seems to be irregular in appearance, chicks from the same flock developing without traces of the disease, then a hateh coming on with a large percentage showing distinct evidences of the disorder.

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1883, Rehoboth Town

More About Vaccination

No-vV is the time for the poultryman to determine whether or not it will pay him to vaccinate. All authorities agree that all pullets and cockerels should be vaccinated if there has been a recent epidemic of fowl pox or canker on the poultry plant. Even though a poultryman has not suffered loss from this disease it is probably good insurance to vaccinate.

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Photographs

55 photographs, 1935 to 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese Boy Scout
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese Boy Scout
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese girls manufacturing gas masks
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese girls manufacturing gas masks
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
[Untitled photo, poossibly related to: New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife and daughter of Portuguese workman on shopping trip
[Untitled photo, poossibly related to: New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife and daughter of Portuguese workman on shopping trip
Collier, John, Jr, 1935. Library of Congress
Outside of a large textile mill in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Outside of a large textile mill in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese mother with pictures of her sons who are all in service
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese mother with pictures of her sons who are all in service
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Roman Catholic Portuguese school
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Roman Catholic Portuguese school
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Near the waterfront in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Near the waterfront in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Federal housing project for low income group
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Federal housing project for low income group
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Daughter of Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Daughter of Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife and daughter of Portuguese workman on shopping trip
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife and daughter of Portuguese workman on shopping trip
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Manuel Marcio's daughter in business class in high school
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Manuel Marcio's daughter in business class in high school
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts (vicinity). Plaque on the statue of Prince Henry the Navigator
New Bedford, Massachusetts (vicinity). Plaque on the statue of Prince Henry the Navigator
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Children in slum section of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Children in slum section of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Roman Catholic Portuguese school
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Roman Catholic Portuguese school
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Houses in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Houses in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Worker in lingucia (Portuguese sausage) factory
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Worker in lingucia (Portuguese sausage) factory
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Family of Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Family of Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
The small farm of John P. Collins in Taunton Massachusetts. He raises about six acres of vegetables and has eleven cows. To supplement his income he rents his truck out to a nearby Army camp
The small farm of John P. Collins in Taunton Massachusetts. He raises about six acres of vegetables and has eleven cows. To supplement his income he rents his truck out to a nearby Army camp
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife of Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Wife of Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Mrs. Marcio and her daughter shopping
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Mrs. Marcio and her daughter shopping
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Little girl in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Little girl in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Amateur movies is the hobby of this Portuguese workman
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Manuel Marcio's daughter on her way to school
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Manuel Marcio's daughter on her way to school
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Dory fisherman
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Dory fisherman
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Houses in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Houses in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. A street
New Bedford, Massachusetts. A street
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachuetts. Wife of Portuguese house painter in her home built by the government
New Bedford, Massachuetts. Wife of Portuguese house painter in her home built by the government
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Workers entering a textile mill in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Workers entering a textile mill in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Dinnertime in the home of a Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Dinnertime in the home of a Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese mother with pictures of her sons who are all in service
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese mother with pictures of her sons who are all in service
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese house painter
Collier, John, Jr, 1942. Library of Congress
John Daggett House, 480 North Main Street, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA
John Daggett House, 480 North Main Street, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Storage Building, At southern end of fort complex, directly north of Fort Taber, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Storage Building, At southern end of fort complex, directly north of Fort Taber, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Quartermaster's & Commisary Storehouse, Southwest portion of site, east of Battery Cross, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Quartermaster's & Commisary Storehouse, Southwest portion of site, east of Battery Cross, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Henry Taber House, 115 Orchard Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Henry Taber House, 115 Orchard Street, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Jonathan Newcomb House, Norton, Bristol County, MA
Jonathan Newcomb House, Norton, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Administration Building, North of enlisted men's barracks, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Administration Building, North of enlisted men's barracks, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Battery Milliken, Northwest corner of site, along Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Battery Milliken, Northwest corner of site, along Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Post Exchange Lumber Storage, North of Bake House, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Post Exchange Lumber Storage, North of Bake House, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Congregational Church, Union & Eighth Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Congregational Church, Union & Eighth Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Norton Cotton Mill House, 338 East Main Street (moved from 198 East Main Street), Norton, Bristol County, MA
Norton Cotton Mill House, 338 East Main Street (moved from 198 East Main Street), Norton, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Non-Commissioned Officer's Quarters, Center of reservation, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Non-Commissioned Officer's Quarters, Center of reservation, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Wamsutta Mill, Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Wamsutta Mill, Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Old Academy, Main Street, Fairhaven, Bristol County, MA
Old Academy, Main Street, Fairhaven, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Recreation Building, Northwest corner of site, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Recreation Building, Northwest corner of site, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Administration Building, North of enlisted men's barracks, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Administration Building, North of enlisted men's barracks, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Military Transport Garage, Near Battery Cross, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Military Transport Garage, Near Battery Cross, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

272

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Academy Buildingbuilding197373000277
Al Mac's Diner--Restaurantbuilding199999001119
Allen, Elisha, Housebuilding198383000616
Anawan Rocksite198383000619
Angle Tree Stoneobject197676000228
Anthony, David M., Housebuilding198383000620
Anthony, David M., Housebuilding199090000059
Anthony, Harold H., Housebuilding199090000058
Ashley Housebuilding198383000621
Attleborough Falls Gasholder Buildingbuilding199696000848
Atwood, Charles R., Housebuilding198484002087
Baker Housebuilding198383000622
Bark Street Schoolbuilding199090000062
Barnum Schoolbuilding198484002088
Barrows, H.F., Manufacturing Company Buildingbuilding200101000907
Bartlett, J.C., Housebuilding198484002089
Bassett, C.J.H., Housebuilding198484002091
Beattie, W.C., Housebuilding198484002092
Belmont Club/John Young Housebuilding198383000624
Bend of the Lanebuilding199090000057
Bliss, Daniel, Homesteadbuilding198383000626
Blossom, Barnabus, Housebuilding198383000627
Borden Flats Light Stationstructure198787001528
Borden, A.J., Buildingbuilding198383000629
Borden, Ariadne J. and Mary A., Housebuilding198383000630
Borden, N. B., Schoolbuilding198383000631
Borden-Winslow Housebuilding198383000632
Border City Mill No. 2building199090000999
Bowen, Nathan, Housebuilding198383000633
Bramble Hillbuilding198383000634
Brayton Homesteadbuilding2020100005077
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198383000635
Briggs Tavernbuilding198383000636
Brightman, Hathaway, Housebuilding198383000637
Bristol County Superior Courtbuilding198383000638
Brow's Tavernbuilding198484002094
Brown Housebuilding198383000639
Brown, John, IV, Housebuilding199090000064
Brownell, Henry G., Housebuilding198484002095
Buffington, Deacon John, Housebuilding199090000056
Buildings at 80 and 88 W. Brittania St.building198484002097
Butler Flats Light Stationstructure198787001530
Cadman--White--Handy Housebuilding199292000831
Canedy, Squire William B., Housebuilding198383000640
Capron Housebuilding197878000426
Capron, George, Housebuilding198484002099
Carney, Sgt. William H., Housebuilding197575000243
Carpenter Bridgestructure198383000641
Carpenter Housebuilding198383000642
Carpenter, Christopher, Housebuilding198383000643
Carpenter, Col. Thomas, III, Housebuilding198383000644
Cataract Engine Company No. 3building198383000645
Central Congregational Churchbuilding198383000646
Central Fire Stationbuilding198484002101
Chace, A. B., Rowhousesbuilding198383000647
Chase-Hyde Farmbuilding198383000651
Children's Homebuilding198383000652
Church of Christ, Swanseabuilding199090000075
Church of the Ascensionbuilding198383000653
City Hallbuilding197777000168
Codding Farm, Thebuilding200909000236
Cohannet Mill No. 3building200606001088
Colby, Samuel, Housebuilding198484002103
Cole, Benjamin, Housebuilding199090000066
Collins, William, Housebuilding198383000654
Connell, William M., Schoolbuilding198383000655
Coram Shipyard Historic Districtdistrict199897000625
Corson Buildingbuilding196666000773
Coughlin Schoolbuilding198383000658
Cuffe, Paul, Farmbuilding197474000394
Cushing, Caleb, House and Farmbuilding198383000660
Cushing, Caleb, House and Farmbuilding198383000660
Davol Schoolbuilding198383000661
Davol, William C., Jr., Housebuilding198383004286
Dawson Buildingbuilding198282001900
Dean, Abiezar, Housebuilding198484002104
Dean, George, Housebuilding198484002105
Dean, Jonathan, Housebuilding198484002106
Dean, Lloyd, Housebuilding198484002107
Dean, Theodore, Housebuilding198484002108
Dean-Barstow Housebuilding198484002109
Dean-Hartshorn Housebuilding198484002111
Dighton Rockobject198080000438
Dighton Wharves Historic Districtdistrict199797000725
Donaghy, Thomas, Schoolbuilding198989000041
Drown, Nathaniel, Housebuilding198383000663
Durfee, B.M.C., High Schoolbuilding198181000109
ERNESTINA (schooner)structure198585000022
Earle, John M., Housebuilding198383000665
East Attleborough Academybuilding198585000694
East Taunton Fire Stationbuilding198484002112
Eldridge Housebuilding198484002114
Fairbanks-Williams Housebuilding198484002116
Fairhaven High School and Academybuilding198181000121
Fairhaven Town Hallbuilding198181000122
Field, Albert, Tack Companybuilding198484002117
Fire Barnbuilding198282004960
Fire Station No. 4building197575000250
First Baptist Churchbuilding198383000668
First Baptist Churchbuilding197575000251
First Baptist Church and Societybuilding199090000060
First Parsonage for Second East Parish Churchbuilding198080000429
Fisher--Richardson Housebuilding199898000096
Fort Phoenixstructure197272000120
Fuller-Dauphin Estatebuilding198484002118
Gardner, Francis L., Housebuilding199090000077
Gardner, Joseph, Housebuilding199090000076
Gardner, Preserved, Housebuilding199090000061
Gardner, Samuel, Housebuilding199090000068
Godfrey, Gen. George, Housebuilding198484002119
Godfrey, Richard, Housebuilding198484002121
Goff Farmbuilding198383000672
Goff Homesteadbuilding198383000673
Greany Buildingbuilding198383000674
Griffin Street Cemeterysite201414000062
Harris Street Bridgestructure198484002123
Haskins, Sarah A., Housebuilding198484002124
Hathaway, James D., Housebuilding198383000676
Higgins-Hodgeman Housebuilding198484002128
Hill Schoolbuilding198080000432
Hodges Housebuilding198484002130
Holmes School Historic Districtdistrict200101000499
Hooper Housebuilding199090000074
Hopewell Schoolbuilding198484003859
Hornbine Baptist Churchbuilding198383000678
Hornbine Schoolbuilding198383000679
Hotel Waverlybuilding199089002326
House at 108-112 Quarry Streetbuilding198383000683
House at 197 Hornbine Roadbuilding198383000681
House at 30 Kelton Streetbuilding198383000682
Ingalls-Wheeler-Horton Homstead Sitesite198383000684
Ingraham, Robert C., Schoolbuilding201010000056
Jesus Marie Conventbuilding198383000685
Johnson, J. V., Housebuilding199090000069
Kilmer Street Fire Stationbuilding198484002138
King Airfield Hangerstructure198484002141
Kingsley Housebuilding198383000688
Knapp, Job, Housebuilding198484002150
Knapp, Seth, Jr. Housebuilding198383000689
Lafayette-Durfee Housebuilding198282004959
Lawrence, William, Housebuilding198585001531
Leonard Schoolbuilding198484002155
Leonard, James, Housebuilding198484002152
Lightship No. 114structure199090000777
Lincoln, Ambrose, Jr., Housebuilding198484002157
Lincoln, Asa, Housebuilding198484002159
Lincoln, Gen. Thomas, Housebuilding198484002162
Lindsey, William, Housebuilding198383000690
Long Plain Friends Meetinghousebuilding198686001374
Long Plain Schoolbuilding201212000413
Lord-Baylies-Bennett Housebuilding198484002165
Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hallbuilding198484002168
Lothrop, H.B., Storebuilding198484002166
Luther Housebuilding199090000073
Luther Storebuilding197878000438
Luther's Cornerdistrict199090000054
Luther, William, Housebuilding199090000067
Macomber, Calvin T., Housebuilding198484002174
Makepeace, D. E., Companybuilding198585001577
Manley, William M., Housebuilding198686001401
Martin Farmbuilding198383000691
Martin Housebuilding197474000365
Marvel, Theodore L., Housebuilding198484002176
Mason, N. S., Housebuilding198484002178
Mason, William P., Housebuilding199090000121
Massasoit Fire House No. 5building198383000692
McKinstrey Housebuilding198484002181
Merrill's Wharf Historic Districtdistrict197777000167
Millicent Librarybuilding198686001051
Morse Housebuilding198484002185
Morse, Henry, Housebuilding198484002183
Neck of Land Cemeterysite198585001530
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Parksite199603000283
North Christian Congregational Churchbuilding198383000696
North Easton Railroad Stationbuilding197272000125
North Taunton Baptist Churchbuilding198484002188
Northbound and Southbound Stationsbuilding198988003128
Northbound and Southbound Stationsbuilding198988003128
Norton Housebuilding199090000078
Notre Dame Schoolbuilding198383000697
Old Colony Railroad Stationbuilding198484002192
Old Third District Courthousebuilding197171000083
Osborn Housebuilding198080000431
Osborn Street Schoolbuilding198383000699
Oxford Schoolbuilding2023100008623
PT BOAT 796 (torpedo boat)structure198686000092
Palmer Island Light Stationbuilding198080000433
Paull, Alfred, Housebuilding198484002196
Peck-Bowen Housebuilding198383000700
Picard, Israel, Housebuilding198383000702
Pilgrim Congregational Churchbuilding198484002199
Pine Street Schoolbuilding198383000705
Pocasset Firehouse No. 7building198383000706
Qheguechan Clubbuilding198383000708
Read, Nathan, Housebuilding198383000710
Robinson Buildingbuilding2023100009506
Robinson, Capt. Joel, Housebuilding197878000428
Russell Garrisonsite2018100002215
S. Gourse & Sons Blockbuilding2022100008429
Sacred Heart Schoolbuilding198787000371
Sadler, Herbert A., Housebuilding198282000489
Santo Christo Churchbuilding198383000715
Sawin, Ezekiel, Housebuilding197979000327
School Street Schoolbuilding198484002214
Shawmut Dinerbuilding200303001208
Short's Tavernbuilding199090000072
Simcock Housebuilding199090000063
Smith, Bradford, Buildingbuilding198484002216
Smith, John Mace, Housebuilding198383000717
Smuggler's Housebuilding199090000065
Soldiers' Memorial Librarybuilding199595000681
South Swansea Union Churchbuilding199090000055
St. Joseph's Churchbuilding198383000720
St. Joseph's Orphanagebuilding198383000721
St. Louis Churchbuilding198383000722
St. Mary's Cathedral and Rectorybuilding198383000723
St. Patrick's Churchbuilding198383000724
St. Thomas Epsicopal Churchbuilding198484002213
Staples, Sylvanus N., Housebuilding198484002217
Stone Housebuilding198484002219
Swansea Friends Meetinghouse and Cemeterybuilding201414000156
Sweet, Albert, Housebuilding198484002221
Taunton Alms Housebuilding198484002223
Taunton Public Librarybuilding198484002225
Thomas, H.P., Housebuilding198484002228
Thompson Street Schoolbuilding199089002329
Times and Olympia Buildingsbuilding198383000725
Tisdale-Morse Housebuilding198484002231
Torpedo Boat PT-617structure198989002465
U.S.S. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. (DD-850)structure197676000231
U.S.S. LIONFISHstructure197676000232
U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTSstructure197676000233
US Post Office--Attleboro Mainbuilding198787001767
US Post Office--Taunton Mainbuilding198786003476
USS LIONFISH (SS0298) National Historic Landmarkstructure197676002270
USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) National Historic Landmarkstructure197676002269
Union Baptist Churchbuilding200808000532
Union Congregational Churchbuilding198484002232
Union Millsbuilding198383000726
Union Millsbuilding198383000726
Union Mission Chapel-Historical Hallbuilding198484002235
Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shopbuilding197878000431
Unitarian Memorial Churchbuilding199696001374
Unitarian Society, Thebuilding198282004958
Valentine-French Housebuilding198383000727
Viall, Samuel, Housebuilding198383000728
Vickery, Capt. David, Housebuilding198484002254
Vickery-Baylies Housebuilding198484002252
Walkden Farmbuilding199090000071
Walker Schoolbuilding198484002257
Walker, Peter, Housebuilding198484002256
Washburn, Samuel, Housebuilding198484002258
Washington Schoolbuilding198484002261
Weir Engine Housebuilding198484002263
Westville Congregational Churchbuilding198484002266
Whaling Museumbuilding196666000773
Wheeler, Aaron, Housebuilding198383000730
Wheeler-Ingalls Housebuilding198383000731
White, William L., Jr., Housebuilding198484002268
Whitman Millsdistrict200303000844
Whitman Millsdistrict200303000844
Whittenton Fire and Police Stationbuilding198484002271
Williams, Abiathar King, Housebuilding198484002278
Williams, Enoch, Housebuilding198484002280
Williams, Francis D., Housebuilding198484002282
Williams, N.S., Housebuilding198484002285
Willis, Joseph, Housebuilding198484002286
Winslow Congregational Churchbuilding198484002288
Winslow, Luther, Jr., Housebuilding198383000732
Winthrop Street Baptist Churchbuilding198484002291
Woman's Club of Fall Riverbuilding198383000733
Woodward, William, Housebuilding198585001529

Covered bridges

0

Bristol County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

8

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1891 - Hebronville, Massachusetts
Bird's-eye view (1891) - Hebronville, Massachusetts. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1891 - Dodgeville, Massachusetts
Bird's-eye view (1891) - Dodgeville, Massachusetts. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1877 - City of Fall River, Mass. 1877
Bird's-eye view (1877) - City of Fall River, Mass. 1877. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1876 - View of the city of New Bedford, Mass., 1876
Bird's-eye view (1876) - View of the city of New Bedford, Mass., 1876. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1891 - Norton, Massachusetts 1891
Bird's-eye view (1891) - Norton, Massachusetts 1891. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1875 - City of Taunton, Mass. 1875
Bird's-eye view (1875) - City of Taunton, Mass. 1875. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1852 - Map of Bristol County, Massachusetts
Land ownership map (1852) - Map of Bristol County, Massachusetts. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1858 - Map of the county of Bristol, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state
Land ownership map (1858) - Map of the county of Bristol, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

25 of 7,455 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 7,455 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

West Island and vicinity, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. surveyed in 1845 ; copied from the original in archives of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, for Mr. Horace S. Crowell, 27 State St. Boston, Mass., Boston Public Library - undated
West Island and vicinity, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. surveyed in 1845 ; copied from the original in archives of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, for Mr. Horace S. Crowell, 27 State St. Boston, Mass.. Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis), Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Map of New Bedford and Fairhaven, Boston Public Library - undated
Map of New Bedford and Fairhaven. Ingraham, Robert G, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Map of the town of Fairhaven, Bristol County, Mass surveyed by order of the town, Boston Public Library - undated
Map of the town of Fairhaven, Bristol County, Mass surveyed by order of the town. Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Map of Bristol County Massachusetts based on the trigonometrical survey of the state, Boston Public Library - undated
Map of Bristol County Massachusetts based on the trigonometrical survey of the state. Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
New Bedford, Boston Public Library - undated
New Bedford. Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
New Bedford, Boston Public Library - undated
New Bedford. Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Plymouth Avenue showing Granite Mills, Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
Plymouth Avenue showing Granite Mills, Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Narragansett Mills, Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
Narragansett Mills, Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Stanford Spinning Co. Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
Stanford Spinning Co. Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Seaconnect Mills, Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
Seaconnect Mills, Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fall River, Mass. Fall River Iron Works, Fall River Public Library - undated
Fall River, Mass. Fall River Iron Works. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Barnaby Mills, Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
Barnaby Mills, Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fall River, Mass. American Print Works, Fall River Public Library - undated
Fall River, Mass. American Print Works. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
First cotton mill erected 1811-Fall River, Mass., Fall River Public Library - undated
First cotton mill erected 1811-Fall River, Mass.. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Superior Court House, Fall River Public Library - undated
Superior Court House. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Horse and buggy, Fall River Public Library - undated
Horse and buggy. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Puritan, Fall River Public Library - undated
Puritan. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Steamer "Puritan", Fall River Public Library - undated
Steamer "Puritan". Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Steamer "Pilgrim", Fall River Public Library - undated
Steamer "Pilgrim". Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Leaving Newport en route to New Bedford: June 27, 1935, Fall River Public Library - undated
Leaving Newport en route to New Bedford: June 27, 1935. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Str. Priscilla, bulkhead at main stairway, Fall River Public Library - undated
Str. Priscilla, bulkhead at main stairway. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Steamer Commonwealth, Fall River Public Library - undated
Steamer Commonwealth. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Dining saloon, Steamer Commonwealth, Fall River Public Library - undated
Dining saloon, Steamer Commonwealth. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Prince Henry the navigator of Portugal, Fall River Public Library - undated
Prince Henry the navigator of Portugal. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Somerset, Mass. 1887, Fall River Public Library - undated
Somerset, Mass. 1887. Fall River Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 of 3,168 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 3,168 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-12-13, scale 1:24000
1938-12-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-12-13, scale 1:24000
1938-12-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-12-13, scale 1:24000
1938-12-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-12-13, scale 1:24000
1938-12-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-08, scale 1:28800
1941-10-08, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-08, scale 1:28800
1941-10-08, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-08, scale 1:28800
1941-10-08, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-08, scale 1:28800
1941-10-08, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-05-19, scale 1:24000
1955-05-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-05-19, scale 1:24000
1955-05-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-05-19, scale 1:24000
1955-05-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-05-19, scale 1:24000
1955-05-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-03-31, scale 1:24000
1961-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-03-31, scale 1:24000
1961-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-03-31, scale 1:24000
1961-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-03-31, scale 1:24000
1961-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-22, scale 1:24000
1966-02-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-22, scale 1:24000
1966-02-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-22, scale 1:24000
1966-02-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-22, scale 1:24000
1966-02-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-12-01, scale 1:24000
1967-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-13, scale 1:24000
1969-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-13, scale 1:24000
1969-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-13, scale 1:24000
1969-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-13, scale 1:24000
1969-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:24000
1970-03-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:24000
1970-03-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:24000
1970-03-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:24000
1970-03-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-24, scale 1:24000
1971-04-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-24, scale 1:24000
1971-04-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-24, scale 1:24000
1971-04-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-24, scale 1:24000
1971-04-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:123000
1972-08-20, scale 1:123000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:123000
1972-08-20, scale 1:123000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-03-27, scale 1:24000
1974-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-03-27, scale 1:24000
1974-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-03-27, scale 1:24000
1974-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

City directories

10 volumes

The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.

Weather records

145 stations, 20 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

195 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 3-1Acushnet town: Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Town line; S. Main, Pembroke, James, Bardsley, Coulombe, Wing Rd., N. Main
  • 3-2Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Town line; N. Main; Allen, Allen extended, Acushnet River, Victor extended, Victor, Middle Rd., Norwood; Town line
  • 3-3Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Norwood, Middle Rd., Victor, Victor extended, Acushnet River, Allen extended, Allen; Boylston; Main, Acushnet River, Town line; Town line
  • 3-4Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Main; S. Main; Slocum, Slocum extended; Town line
  • 3-5Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Allen, N. Main, Wing Rd.; Coulombe, Bardsley, James; Pembroke; S. Main, Main, Boylston
  • 3-6Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Slocum extended, Slocum; S. Main; Prouteau, Prouteau extended, Acushnet River; Town line
  • 3-7Acushnet town - That part Bounded by Acushnet River, Prouteau extended, Prouteau; S. Main; Town line; Town line
  • 3-8Attleboro city: Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Ward line, Thatcher; County; Read, West, Rockland Ave.
  • 3-9Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Rockland Ave., West, Read; County, City limits; Newport Ave., May
  • 3-10Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; May, Newport Ave.; Orr, Washington, Pine; Robinson Ave., Jessie Ave., Gardner Ave., Brown, Robinson Ave., Highland Ave., Adamsdale Rd.
  • 3-11Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Adamsdale Rd., Highland Ave., Robinson Ave., Brown, Gardner Ave.; Jessie Ave., Mendon Rd.; City limits
  • 3-12Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Mendon Rd., Jessie Ave., Robinson Ave., Pine; Washington; Mendon Rd., Leedham; City limits
  • 3-13Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Leedham, Mendon Rd.; Washington; City limits; City limits
  • 3-14Attleboro city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Orr; Newport Ave.; City limits; Washington
  • 3-15Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Elizabeth; N. Main; Mechanics, Mechanics Pond; Ten Mile River
  • 3-16Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; North Ave., West, N. Main; Elizabeth, Mechanics Pond, Ten Mile River, Mechanics; Mechanics, West, Clifton
  • 3-17Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; Clifton, West, Mechanics, Dennis; Ward line, Verndale, Thatcher; Thatcher, Ward line
  • 3-18Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Mechanics; 3rd; County; Eldridge, Dennis
  • 3-19Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Mechanics; N. Main; County; 3rd
  • 3-20Attleboro city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by County; Park; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, S. Main; Olive
  • 3-21Attleboro city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Pleasant, Peck; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-22Attleboro city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; City limits, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; N. Main
  • 3-23Attleboro city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; N. Main; West; North Ave.
  • 3-24Attleboro city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Peck; Pleasant; Park; N. Main
  • 3-25Attleboro city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pleasant; City limits; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-26Attleboro city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Forest; Falmouth, Brook; Park; Pleasant
  • 3-27Attleboro city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Park; George; Dunham; Park Ave.
  • 3-28Attleboro city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; City limits; Peckham, Pike, Bishop, Park; Brook, Falmouth, Forest
  • 3-29Attleboro city - That part of Ward 4, excluding Bristol County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Bounded by Park, Bisho, Pike, Peckham; City limits; City limits; Reynolds, Oak Hill Ave., Ward line, George
  • 3-30Attleboro city - Bristol County Tuberculosis Sanatorium (In Attleboro city, Ward 4)
  • 3-31Attleboro city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Park, Park Ave., Dunham; George; Pearl; Pine, Dunham, Union
  • 3-32Attleboro city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Park; Union, Dunham, Pine, Pearl, Parker; Maple; S. Main, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-33Attleboro city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Pearl; George; Maple; Parker
  • 3-34Attleboro city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Maple; Martin; Brown; S. Main
  • 3-35Attleboro City - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Maple; George, Ward line; Ward line, S. Main, Brown, Martin
  • 3-36Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Olive; S. Main; Thatcher, John Williams, Summer, County
  • 3-37Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Ward line, Dennis, Eldridge; County, Summer, John Williams; Thatcher; Verndale Ave.
  • 3-38Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Thatcher; Fisher, Bellmore, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; S. Main, Tiffany; County
  • 3-39Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Thatcher; Thatcher, S. Main; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Bellmore, Fisher
  • 3-40Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by S. Main; Ward line, Oak Hill Ave., Reynolds; City limits; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-41Attleboro city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Tiffany, S. Main; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; City limits; County
  • 3-42Berkley town
  • 3-43Dartmouth town: Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Hathaway Rd., Kingston, Paskamansett River; State Rd., Cross Rd., Hixville Rd., N. Hixville Rd., Copecut Rd.
  • 3-44Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Town line; Copecut Rd., N. Hixville Rd., Hixville Rd., Cross Rd.; State Rd.; Town line
  • 3-45Dartmouth town - That part, excluding Holy Cross Novitiate Bounded by State Rd.; Old Westport Rd., Unnamed Stream, Paskamansett River, Eddy extended, Eddy, Tucker Rd.; Russells Mill Rd.; Chase Rd., Lucy Little, Old Westport Rd., Town line
  • 3-46Dartmouth town - Holy Cross Novitiate (In Dartmouth town)
  • 3-47Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Paskamansett River, Kingston, Hathaway Rd.; Town line; State Rd., Slocum Rd., McCormick, Ryder, State Rd., Tucker Rd., Eddy, Eddy extended; Paskamansett River, Unnamed Stream, Old Westport Rd., State Rd., Paskamansett River
  • 3-48Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by State Rd.; Town line; Allen; Slocum
  • 3-49Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by State, Ryder, McCormick; Slocum Rd., Allen, Town line, Grant; Sharp, Sharp extended, Buttonwood Brook, Russells Mill Rd.; Tucker Rd.
  • 3-50Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Sharp extended, Sharp; Milton, Patter, Russells Mill Rd.; Russells Mill Rd.; Buttonwood Brook
  • 3-51Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Sharp, Grant; Town line; Cove Rd., Russells Mill Rd.; Potter, Milton
  • 3-52Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Cove Rd., Town line; Town line, Clarks Cove; Property line of Jones Park, along dead ends of Bolton Rd. and Ashley, Walsh extended, Walsh, Rogers, Dartmouth; Howland, Russells Mill Rd.
  • 3-53Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Russells Mill Rd., Howland, Dartmouth, Rogers, Walsh, Walsh extended, along dead ends of Ashley and Bolton Rd., Property line of Jones Park; Clarks Cove; Buzzards Bay; Apponagansett River, Fremont extended, Fremont, High, School, Rockland, Dartmouth, Prospect, Elm
  • 3-54Dartmouth town - That part Bounded by Highland extended, Highland, Elm, Prospect, Dartmouth; Rockland; School, High, Fremont, Fremont extended; Apponagansett River
  • 3-55Dartmouth town - That part including all islands in this Enumeration District, and excluding Dumpling Rock Lighthouse Bounded by Russells Mill Rd.; Elm, Highland, Highland extended, Apponagansett River, Buzzards Bay; Buzzards Bay; Smith Neck Rd. extended, Smith Neck Rd., Rock O'Dundee Rd., Bakerville Rd., Russells Mill Rd.
  • 3-56Dartmouth town - Dumpling Rock Lighthouse (In Dartmouth town)
  • 3-57Dartmouth town - That part including all islands in this Enumeration District Bounded by Old Westport Rd., Lucy Little Rd.; Chase Rd., Russells Mill Rd., Bakerville Rd., Rock O'Dundee Rd., Smith Neck Rd., Smith Neck Rd. extended; Buzzards Bay; Town line
  • 3-58Dighton town: Dighton, unincorporated Bounded by Brook, Segreganset River; Town line; Town line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Richmond Brook, Main, Milk
  • 3-59Dighton town: North Dighton, unincorporated Bounded by Town line; Somerset Ave.; Unnamed Street, Tremont; Forest
  • 3-60Dighton town - That part Bounded by Town line, Forest, Tremont, Unnamed Street, Somerset, Town line; Town line; Segregansett River, Sunken Brook, Center, Williams, Cedar; Town line
  • 3-61Dighton town - That part Bounded by Cedar, Williams, Center; Sunken Brook, Brook, Milk, Main, Richmond Brook, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line; Town line
  • 3-62Easton town: South Easton, Unincorporated - (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Rocky Meadow Brook, Morse Pond, Rocky Meadow Brook, Central, Washington, Grove; Town line; Spur line of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-63Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Town line; Town line; Grove, Washington, Central, Rocky Meadow Brook, Morse Pond, Rocky Meadow Brook; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Maple, Seaver, Main, Pond, Mechanic, Oliver, Elm, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-64Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Holmes; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Elm, Oliver, Mechanic, Pond, Main, Seaver; Reynolds; Williams, Main, N. Main
  • 3-65Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Lincoln, Main; Williams, Reynolds, Seaver; Maple, Bridge, Center, Path or Trail; Sheridan
  • 3-66Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Town line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Holmes, N. Main, Lincoln, Sheridan, Path or Trail, Center, Bridge, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Short, Randall; Randall, Bay
  • 3-67Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part) Bounded by Town line; Bay, Randall, Short, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line; Town line
  • 3-68Easton town - That part (Tract BC-1-part), outside South Easton, unincorporated Bounded by Spur line of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line; Town line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (See separate map for boundaries of South Easton)
  • 3-69Fairhaven town: Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Town line; New Boston Rd.; Bridge; Alden Rd.
  • 3-70Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Town line; Alden Rd.; Morgan, Hopkins, East Coggeshall, Houle, Wilding, Burgess, Ball; Adams, N. Main
  • 3-71Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Town line; N. Main; Morgan, Sycamore, Alpine; Town line
  • 3-72Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Alpine, Sycamore, Morgan; N. Main, Adams; Coggeshall, Bridge; Town line
  • 3-73Fairhaven town - That part, excluding Convent and Novitiate of the Sacred Heart Bounded by Bridge, Coggeshall; Adams, Kendrick Ave., N. Main; Taber, Taber extended; Town line
  • 3-74Fairhaven town - Convent and Novitiate of the Sacred Heart (In Fairhaven town)
  • 3-75Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Taber extended, Taber, N. Main, Kendrick Ave.; Adams, North, Green; Elm Ave., Elm Ave. extended; Town line
  • 3-76Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Elm Ave. extended, Elm Ave.; Green; Washington; Town line
  • 3-77Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by North; Adams, Huttleston Ave.; Bridge; Green
  • 3-78Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Kendrick Ave., Burgess Ave., Wilding, Houle, East, Hopkins, Morgan; Alden Rd.; Bridge, Huttleston Ave.; Adams
  • 3-79Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Bridge; Delano, Spring, Bryant Lane; Washington; Green
  • 3-80Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Bridge, New Boston Rd., Town line; Town line; Washington, Sconticut Neck Rd., New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Egypt Lane, Washington, Bryant Lane, Spring, Delano
  • 3-81Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Washington; Egypt Lane; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Green
  • 3-82Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Washington; Green; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line
  • 3-83Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Chestnut, Farm Field Lane, South Chestnut, Doane, Janes, James extended; Buzzards Bay; Town line
  • 3-84Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Hyland, Hyland extended; Priests Cove; James extended, James, Doane, South Chestnut, Farm Field Lane, Chestnut
  • 3-85AFairhaven town - That part including all islands in this Enumeration District Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Naskatucket River; Naskatucket River, Buzzards Bay; Buzzards Bay; Buzzards Bay, Emerson Ave. extended, Emerson Ave., Sconticut Neck Rd., Brae Rd., Brae Rd. extended, Priests Cove, Hyland extended, Hyland
  • 3-85BFairhaven town - That part including all islands in this Enumeration District Bounded by Sconticut Neck Rd., Washington; Washington, Town line; Town line, Buzzards Bay; Buzzards Bay; Naskatucket River, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Sconticut Neck Rd.
  • 3-86Fairhaven town - That part Bounded by Brae Rd. extended, Brae Rd.; Sconticut Neck Rd.; Emerson Ave., Emerson Ave. extended; Priests Cove
  • 3-87Freetown town: Freetown town - That part east of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-88Freetown town - That part west of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-89Mansfield town: Mansfield, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County line; Oakland, Swett, Shields, Hope; Pratt, Main, W. Pratt, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; West, Walnut, Chauncy
  • 3-90Mansfield, unincorporated - That part Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; W. Pratt, Main; Spring, School
  • 3-91Mansfield, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Pratt; Hope, East, Branch; Cobb extended, Cobb; Main
  • 3-92Mansfield town - That part outside Mansfield, unincorporated Bounded by Town line; Town line; Town line; Fruit, S. Main, Cobb, Cobb extended, Branch, East, Hope, Shields, Swett, Oakland (See separate map for boundaries of Mansfield, unincorporated)
  • 3-93Mansfield town - That part outside Mansfield, unincorporated Bounded by School, Spring; S. Main, Fruit; Town line; Town line, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (See separate map for boundaries of Mansfield, unincorporated)
  • 3-94Mansfield town - That part outside Mansfield, unincorporated Bounded by Town line; Chauncy, Walnut, West; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line (See separate map for boundaries of Mansfield, unincorporated)
  • 3-95North Attleborough town: North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Town line; Clifton, Freeman, Commonwealth Ave., Maple, Ivy, Stanley, Towne, Commonwealth Ave., Mt. Hope, Smith, Columbia, Mt. Hope, Hawthorne, Reid Ave., Elmwood Pl., Elmwood, N. Washington
  • 3-96North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Elmwood; Elmwood Pl., Reid, Hawthorne, Hope; Fisher; N. Washington
  • 3-97North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Town line; N. Washington; Division, Broadway, High; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, West, Fletcher
  • 3-98North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Division; Broad, High, N. Washington; Church; Broadway
  • 3-99North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Town line; Fletcher, West, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Broadway; Metcalf Rd.; Ellis, Peck Rd.
  • 3-100North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by High, Broadway, Church; N. Washington; Metcalf; Broadway, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-101North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Division, N. Washington, Fisher; E. Washington; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; N. Washington, High, Broad
  • 3-102North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Fisher; Mt. Hope, Columbia, Smith, Mt. Hope; Elm; E. Washington
  • 3-103North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Elm, Mt. Hope, Commonwealth Ave., Towne; Stanley, Ivy, Maple, Commonwealth Ave., Freeman; Cottage, Robinson, Cushman, Reservoir, Coral Lake, E. Washington
  • 3-104North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, E. Washington, Coral Lake, Reservoir, Mt. Hope, Cushman; Robinson, Cottage, Clifton; Town line; Old Post Rd., S. Washington
  • 3-105North Attleborough town - That part Bounded by Town line, Peck Rd., Ellis, Metcalf Rd.; S. Washington, Old Post Rd.; Town line; Town line
  • 3-106Norton town: Norton town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Main, Washington, Cross, Elm, Reservoir, Mansfield Ave., Main, N. Worcester, Pleasant, Old Colony Rd.; Town line
  • 3-107Norton town - That part Bounded by Old Colony Rd., Pleasant, N. Worcester, Main; Taunton Ave.; Barrows, Dean; Town line
  • 3-108Norton town - That part Bounded by Barrows, Taunton Ave.; Crain Ave.; Town line; Dean
  • 3-109Norton town - That part Bounded by Mansfield Ave., Reservoir, Elm, Cross, Washington, Main; Town line; Town line, Hill, Crane Ave.; Taunton Ave.
  • 3-110Raynham town: Raynham town - That part east of State Hwy. 104
  • 3-111Raynham town - That part west of State Hwy. 104
  • 3-112Rehoboth town: Rehoboth town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; U.S. Hwy. 44; Town line
  • 3-113Rehoboth town - That part Bounded by Winthrop; Bay State Rd., Locust, Summer, School, Brook, Chestnut, Pleasant; Town line; Town line
  • 3-114Rehoboth town- That part Bounded by Winthrop; Town line; Town line; Pleasant, Chestnut, Brook, School, Summer, Locust, Bay State Rd.
  • 3-115Seekonk town: Seekonk town - That part Bounded by Central Ave., Ten Mile River, Harman Ave. extended, Harman Ave.; Central Ave.; Roosevelt, Roosevelt extended; Town line
  • 3-116Seekonk town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Walker, Read, Newman Ave., West, Newman Ave.; Town line, Roosevelt extended, Roosevelt, Central Ave., Harman Ave., Harman Ave. extended, Ten Mile River, Central Ave., Town line
  • 3-117Seekonk town - That part Bounded by Newman Ave., West, Newman Ave., Read, Walker; Town line; Taunton Ave., Arcade Ave., Ledge Rd., Lancaster; Town line
  • 3-118Seekonk town - That part Bounded by Lancaster, Ledge Rd., Arcade Ave., Taunton Ave.; Town line; County; Alta, Clarke, Fall River Ave., Taunton Ave., Town line
  • 3-119Seekonk town - Thnt part Bounded by Taunton Ave.; Fall River Ave., Clarke, Alta, County, Fall River Ave., Mink; Town line
  • 3-120Seekonk town - That part Bounded by County; Town line; Town line; Town line, Mink, Fall River Ave.
  • 3-121Somerset town: Somerset town - That part Bounded by Old Colony Ave., Old Colony Ave. extended; Town line; Taunton River; Taunton River, Dublin, High, Pierce Rd., Hood Ave. extended, Hood Ave., Maple, Davis, Borland Ave., Pleasant
  • 3-122Somerset town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line, Taunton River, Old Colony Ave. extended, Old Colony Ave., Pleasant, Borland Ave., Davis, Maple, Hood Ave., Hood Ave. extended, Pierce Rd., High, Dublin, Taunton River, Town line; Marble extended, Marble, County, Chace; Town line
  • 3-123Somerset town - That part Bounded by Chase, County, Marble, Marble extended; Town line, Grove Ave. extended, Grove Ave., County, Centre, Donald Ave., Chace Ave., Cross, Harmon Ave., Vernon, Patterson Ave., Banville Ave., Gibbs Lane, County, Buffington, Prospect, Luther Ave., Riverside Ave.; Read, Prospect, 1st, Homestead, 4th, Bark, Town line; Town line
  • 3-124Somerset town - That part Bounded by Grove Ave., Grove Ave. extended; Town line; Washington Ave. extended, Washington Ave.; County, Gibbs Lane, Banville Ave., Patterson Ave., Vernon, Harmon Ave., Cross, Chace Ave., Donald Ave., Centre, County
  • 3-125Somerset town - That part Bounded by Washington Ave., Washington Ave. extended; Town line; Taunton River, Read extended; Riverside Ave., Luther Ave., Prospect, Buffington, County
  • 3-126Somerset town - That part Bounded by 4th, Homestead, 1st, Prospect, Read, Read extended, Taunton River; Town line; Bridge, Riverside, Newhill Ave.; Brayton Ave., Bark
  • 3-127Somerset town - That part Bounded by Town line, St. Michaels Ave. extended, St. Michaels Ave., Read, Lees River Rd., Fall River Ave., Pleasantview Rd., Mason, Irving Ave., Chase Ave., Brayton Point Road, Merton, Randall Ave., Read, Sherman Rd., Hazel Hurst, Franklin Rd., Fern Croft Rd., Arcadia, Town line; Bark, Brayton Ave., Newhill Ave., Riverside Ave., Bridge, Town line; Town line; Town line
  • 3-128Somerset town - That part Bounded by Town line, Arcadia, Fern Croft Rd.; Franklin Rd., Hazel Hurst, Sherman, Read, Randall Ave., Merton; Brayton Point Rd., Chase Ave., Irving Ave., Mason, Pleasantview Rd., Fall River Ave.; Lees River Rd., Read, St. Michaels Ave., St. Michaels Ave. extended
  • 3-129Swansea town: Gardners Neck - Ocean Grove, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Coles River, 1/4 mile offset north of and parallel to Wilbur Ave.; Lees River; Wilbur Ave.
  • 3-130Swansea town: Gardners Neck - Ocean Grove, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Wilbur Ave.; Town line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Bluff Ave., Ocean Grove Ave., Sunny Slope, Pinehurst Ave., Howard Ave.
  • 3-131Swansea town: Gardners Neck - Ocean Grove, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Wilbur Ave; Harvard Ave., Pinehurst Ave., Sunny Slope, Ocean Grove Ave., Bluff Ave., New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Town line; Mount Hope Bay; Coles River
  • 3-132Swansea town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Town line; 1/4 mile offset north of and parallel to Wilbur Ave., Gardners Neck Rd., Mill Rd., Delmage Rd., Wood, Oaks, Locust; Plain
  • 3-133Swansea town - That part Bounded by Town line, Plain, Locust, Oak, Wood, Delmage Rd., Mill Rd.; Fall River Ave., Warren Rd.; Town line
  • 3-134Swansea town - That part Bounded by Warren Rd., Fall River Ave.; Gardners Neck Rd.; 1/4 mile offset north of and parallel to Wilbur Ave., Coles River, Mount Hope Bay, Town line; Town line
  • 3-135Taunton city: Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Barnum; Ward line; Briggs; Silver, Dale, General Cobb, Cohannet
  • 3-136Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Winthrop, Cohannet; Cohannet, General Cobb, Dale, Silver; Briggs; Cohannet, Wilmarth Ave.
  • 3-137Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Oak, Mineral, E. Whitehill, Ward line; Mason, Cohannet; Winthrop; Anderson
  • 3-138Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Florence, Anderson, Winthrop; Wilmurth, Cohannet, Briggs; Ward line, Godfrey, Marvel; Highland
  • 3-139Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Glebe, Burt, Rocky Woods, N. Walker, Fisher; Highland, Ward line, Dighton Rd., Cohannet, Three Mile River; City limits; City limits
  • 3-140Taunton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Cohannet; Dighton Rd., Ward line, Dighton Ave., Baker, Baker extended, City limits; City limits; Three Mile River
  • 3-141Taunton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Ward line; Mill River; Washington, Oak; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Granite, Dana
  • 3-142Taunton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Ward line; Dana, Granite; Pine; Shores, Tremont, Danforth
  • 3-143Taunton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Oak, Washington; Mill River; Winthrop; Cohannet, Mason, Wales, Olney, Oak, Pine, Granite
  • 3-144Taunton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Mill River; Spring, Bow, Somerset Ave.; Webster, Harrison Ave., Harrison; Winthrop
  • 3-145Taunton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Harrison, Harrison Ave., Webster; Somerset Ave.; Barnum; Cohannet, Winthrop Ave.
  • 3-146Taunton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Dartmouth; Hamilton, Adams, N. Pleasant; Washington; Mill River
  • 3-147Taunton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Adams; Church; Broadway, Washington; N. Pleasant
  • 3-148Taunton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Grant; Cedar; Fruit, School, Leonard; Presbrey Ave., Governor Dean Ave., Washington, St. Mary's Square
  • 3-149Taunton city - That part of Werd 3 Bounded by Governor Dean Ave.; Presbrey Ave., Leonard, Broadway; Taunton Green, Court; Washington
  • 3-150Taunton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Court, Taunton Green, Broadway, Leonard, School, Fruit; Trescott, Main, Summer, Spring; Mill River; Washington
  • 3-151Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; Kingman, Seekell, Kingman, Precinct, Middleboro Ave., Old Colony Ave.
  • 3-152Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Middleboro Ave., Caswell, Liberty, Middleboro Ave.; Precinct, Kingman, Seekell, Kingman; City limits, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, (Old Colony System, Taunton Division); New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Middleboro Branch), Cotley River, Barstow Pond, Cotley River
  • 3-153Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Old Colony Ave., Liberty; Caswell, Middleboro Ave.; Cotley River
  • 3-154Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Cotley River; Hart, County, Taunton River; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-155Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Grant, Bennet; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Summer, Main; Trescott, Fruit, Cedar
  • 3-156Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Summer, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Taunton River; Taunton River; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Somerset Ave., Bow, Spring
  • 3-157Taunton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by County, Hart; Cotley River, Barstow Pond, Cotley River; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Taunton River
  • 3-158Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Jackson, Broadway; City limits, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Thrasher; Washington, Broadway, Oxford, Washington
  • 3-159Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Jackson; Washington; Jenny Lind; Bay
  • 3-160Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Jenny Lind, Washington, Oxford; Broadway; Jefferson; Bay
  • 3-161Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Washington, Thrasher; Cherry, Washington; Purchase, Broadway, Bay; Jefferson, Broadway
  • 3-162Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Thrasher; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Winter, Wilbur, Purchase; Washington, Cherry
  • 3-163Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Winter; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Bennett; Arlington; Wilbur
  • 3-164Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Purchase, Arlington; Bennett, Grant; School, Benefit, Washington
  • 3-165Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Purchase, Washington, Benefit; School; Grant; Washington, E. Broadway, Broadway
  • 3-166Taunton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Dartmouth; Broadway, E. Broadway, Washington; St. Mary's Square, Broadway, Church; Hamilton
  • 3-167Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; City limits; Berkley, Pratt, Plain, W. Water, Weir
  • 3-168Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Weir; W. Water; 3rd, Knight; Ward line
  • 3-169Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Plain; Pratt; Berkley, Hood, E.Water
  • 3-170Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Plain; E.Water, Hood, Berkley; City limits; Taunton River
  • 3-171Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Highland, Somerset, 4th, W. Water, Plain; Taunton River; City limits, Baker extended, Baker; Dighton Ave., Ward line
  • 3-172Taunton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Knight, 3rd; W. Water, 4th, Somerset Ave.; Somerset Ave.; Marvel, Godfrey, Ward Line
  • 3-173Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Shores, Pine; Oak, Olney; Wales; Oak, Lowell, Sheridan, Kilton
  • 3-174Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Shores, Kilton; Sheridan, Lowell; Kilmer Ave.; Chase
  • 3-175Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Kilmer Ave., Oak, Wales; Mason; Ward line, E. Whitehill, Mineral, Oak, Oak Ave.; Highland Ave.
  • 3-176Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Tremont; Shores., Chase, Kilmer Ave., Highland Ave., Oak Ave.; Oak, Florence; Highland, Shores, Annawan
  • 3-177Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by City limits; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Danforth, Tremont; Norton Ave.
  • 3-178Taunton city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Norton Ave.; Tremont; Worcester, Short
  • 3-179Taunton city - That part of Ward 7, excluding Lovering State Colony Bounded by City limits; Norton Ave., Short, Worcester, Tremont; Annawan; Shores, Fisher, N. Walker, Rocky Woods, Burt, Gleve, City limits
  • 3-180Taunton city - Lovering State Colony (In Taunton city - Ward 7)
  • 3-181Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Broadway, Jackson Ave.; WiIson Ave., Butler, Waverly, Bay, Crane Ave, Bassett; City limits
  • 3-182Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by Waverly; Butler, Wilson Ave.; Jackson; Washington
  • 3-183Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by Pleadwell, Bay; Washington; Jackson, Bay, Whittenton; 4th Ave.
  • 3-184Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by City limits, Bassett, Crane Ave.; Bay, Pleadwell, 4th Ave., Whittenton, Warren; W. Britannia; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, City limits
  • 3-185Taunton city - That part of Ward 8, excluding Taunton State Hospital Bounded by W. Britannia, Warren, Whittenton; Mill River; Ward line; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
  • 3-186Taunton city - Taunton State Hospital (In Taunton city - Ward 8)
  • 3-187Taunton city - That part of lard 8 Bounded by Whittenton; Cottage; W. Britannia; Mill River
  • 3-188Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by Whittenton; Bay; W. Britannia; Cottage
  • 3-189Taunton city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by W. Britannia; Bay, Broadway; Dartmouth, Dartmouth extended; Mill River
  • 3-190Westport town: Westport town - That part Bounded by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Town line; Old County Rd.; Gifford Rd.
  • 3-191Westport town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Gifford Rd.; Old County Rd., Westport Point Rd., Old County Rd.; Town line
  • 3-192Westport town - That part Bounded by Old County Rd.; Westport Point Rd., Main Rd.; Atlantic Ocean; Town line
  • 3-193Westport town - That part including Gooseberry Neck island, and excluding Hen and Chickens Lighthship Bounded by Old County Rd.; Town line; Atlantic Ocean; Main Rd. extended, Main Rd., Westport Point Rd.
  • 3-194Westport town - Hen and Chickens Lightship (In Westport town)

Businesses named in the atlases

123 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 30 of these 123 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Wildfire, 2001 to 2020

1,162 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,162 of them, burning about 727 acres. 7 started naturally and 48 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning459
Missing data/not specified/undetermined411
Misuse of fire by a minor80
Recreation and ceremony80
Smoking51
Arson/incendiarism48
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural7
Fireworks6
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Four of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 March 2016Debris and open burning55 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlLAKEVILLE
22 April 2017Arson/incendiarism22 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 April 2016Equipment and vehicle use20 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 April 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 April 2017Arson/incendiarism10 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 April 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2025

60 of 524 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 524 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 11 injuries and about $43,643,800 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind194
Flood112
Hail80
Flash Flood60
Lightning40
Heavy Rain23
Tornado13
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Bedford1 killedno account filed
August 1968Tornado (F1)not stated4 hurt, $25,000no account filed
March 2010FloodNorth Attleboro2 hurt, $23,580,000Four to eight inches of rain fell across Bristol County resulting in several small streams rising above flood stage, including the Mill River in Taunton, the Canoe River at Norton, the Wading River at Norton, and the Segregansett River at Dighton, all of which set records.||Basements flooded in Taunton, North Attleboro, Attleboro, Norton, Mansfield, and Acushnet. Numerous streets were closed due to flooding in Taunton, Fall River, Dartmouth, Norton, Dighton, Raynham, Somerset, North Attleboro, Attleboro, Freetown, Westport, Berkley, Mansfield, Rehoboth, and Swansea, including Route 6 in Westport, Interstate 195 at Exit 3 in Swansea, Route 24 in Dartmouth, and Route 140 in Freetown (exit 8). The North Attleboro Town Hall sustained $350,000 worth of damage from flooding and Richards Memorial Library was closed for several weeks after the basement was flooded with water and sewage. A pond at Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro overflowed, threatening zoo buildings. It was able to be pumped out, keeping water out of most of the buildings. One building was flooded with two feet of water, damaging boxes of gift shop items and supplies.||Route 44 on the Taunton/Raynham line was closed for the second time in a month due to flooding from the Taunton River. An amphibious vehicle from the Boston Duck Tours was called into service to ferry residents from isolated neighborhoods to nearby supermarkets and pharmacies.||One bridge (Wheeler Street) was destroyed and three others damaged in Rehoboth when the Palmer River flooded. Portions of two of the damaged bridges (Danforth and Elm Streets) were undermined and washed away and the Summer Street bridge sustained structural damage. Two people were rescued when they fell into the Palmer River while trying to rescue their dog. They were transported to Rhode Island Hospital.||Sixteen year round residents at the Canoe River Camp Ground in Mansfield were evacuated. Three apartment buildings on Riverbank Road in Attleboro were completely surrounded by water overflowing from the Ten Mile River. The Seven Mile River in South Attleboro overflowed its banks, flooding Pitas Avenue, isolating twenty homes. Six structures in North Attleboro were evacuated because of flooding.||In hard-hit Fall River: Numerous roads were flooded, including Columbia Street and Mount Hope Avenue. Storm water overwhelmed storm drains, blowing out of the manholes with such force that it ripped up pavement, gravel, and utilities. Twenty nine homes lost power and gas service when the utilities were ripped up. Bricks from sidewalks along Columbia Street floated down Canal and Columbia Streets, collecting in piles on Broadway and Anawan Street. Doran Elementary School was flooded and the sewage treatment plant became overwhelmed with flood waters. A vehicle became stuck in floodwaters, trapping the occupants. Railroad tracks were under water at Interstate 195 and at Route 6. The southbound lanes of Route 24 were closed from President Avenue to Route 195. A 25 foot wide sinkhole developed on Jackson Street. At least 300 people were evacuated from their homes. The mayor declared a state of emergency.||In Freetown: 85 school-children were taken to a shelter after flooding made it impossible for buses to take them home. The Assonet Bay Shores neighborhood (home to about 1000 people) was cutoff to regular traffic by floodwaters and the collapse of a Narrows Road/Causeway Road bridge. Eleven students at the Crystal Springs School (a learning center for children and adults with learning disabilities) were stuck at the school for an evening after the bridge collapsed. They were able to be transported back to the main part of the city when two mountain rescue vehicles owned by the state police were dispatched. The vehicles remained in place for several days to transport residents between the neighborhood and the rest of the city. A bridge 20 yards downstream from the Forge Pond Dam crumbled, leaving a four foot gap in Forge Road. Fifteen households in Assonet Village were evacuated as Forge Pond continued to rise. Schools were closed early Tuesday, March 30 and for the day Wednesday, March 31 due to flooding. ||There were three minor house fires in Mansfield that were the result of floodwaters reaching burners and electrical panels in basements.
June 1953Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
July 2010LightningWestport1 hurtA 37 year old man was struck by lightning while in a truck. He survived but received CPR at the scene and reported numbness in his arms and sustained first degree burns.
July 2008LightningAssonet1 hurtLightning struck a delivery truck driver, injuring him, at the Stop and Shop. No information was available on his age.
July 2008LightningAssonet1 hurtA 54 year old woman was struck by lightning in her cellar. She suffered some numbness in her fingers and right leg, but was otherwise uninjured.
June 1997LightningSeekonk1 hurtno account filed
March 2010FloodAttleboro$11,790,000Several small streams rose above flood stage in Bristol County, including the Wading River at Norton, the Mill River at Taunton, and the Segregansett River at Dighton.||Collections at the Attleboro Arts Museum were damaged by flood waters. River Bank Road in Attleboro and Franklin Avenue in North Attleboro were flooded by the Ten Mile River. Several other roads in Attleboro and Norton were flooded. Several basements in North Attleboro were flooded. Portions of Route 44 and Dean Streets on the Taunton/Raynham line were closed for several days after becoming flooded with several feet of water. Several other streets in Taunton were closed due to flooding. The Wilson Road causeway in Fall River also was closed. ||In Freetown, three families were evacuated after Long Pond overflowed its banks, threatening the homes. Two homes in Taunton were evacuated.
September 2012Flash FloodNorth Westport$1,500,000Four to six inches of rain fell across Fall River, three of which fell in 45 minutes. Numerous roads and intersections were flooded, stranding many cars. There were 6 high water rescues, that occurred on Davol and Pearce Streets. Water was up to car windshields on Pearce Street. Four feet of water flooded the intersection of Lindsey and Ballard Streets. Forty to sixty cars became stuck in high water on Eastern Avenue near the rotary with President Avenue. Airport Road was closed due to flooding. A daycare center was evacuated because water began entering the building. More than 50 houses experienced flooding up to or on the first floor. The basement of Kimwell Nursing Home on New Boston Road was flooded. The emergency room at St. Anne's Hospital was flooded. A massive sinkhole opened up on Crescent Street, taking the cab of one of Fall River's new trash trucks with it. The North End Senior Center was flooded and closed for several days to repair flood damage. A newspaper account cited approximately $100,000 to the Sagamore Mill.
June 1998Flash FloodSomerset$570,000Buffington Brook
June 1998Flash FloodNorton$570,000Wading River
August 2008Flash FloodFairhaven$500,000Numerous streets were flooded including: Coggeshall and Dean Streets, Cove Road, West Rodney French Boulevard, and Brownell and Hawthorne Avenues in New Bedford. These roads were closed to traffic and emergency vehicles were rerouted around these streets to reach their destinations. At least one car was stuck in floodwaters with its occupants rescued. A fire truck got stuck in floodwaters on Route 18. Numerous basements were flooded. St. Luke's water temporarily stopped accepting patients due to flooding in the basement and cafeteria of the hospital, as well as around the hospital. In Dartmouth, significant flooding occurred on Russells Mills and Old Westport Roads. These roads were closed to traffic. Multiple cars were stuck in flood waters on Route 6E, which also ended up being closed.
July 2016LightningCentral Vlg$200,000Lightning struck a house on Main Road in Westport, starting a fire. The fire affected the second floor and attic of the house.
July 2014Flash FloodNonquitt$150,000Many roads in New Bedford were flooded by as much as two to three feet of water and were impassable, stranding cars in some cases. This included Purchase, Sawyer, and Coggeshall Streets by the railroad tracks, Belleville Avenue at Perry Street, and Route 18 south of Interstate 195. Several basements were flooded with as much as three feet of water and sewage including homes on Robeson and Newton Streets. In Fairhaven, flash flooding made Washington Street at Adams Street and Massasoit Street at North Street impassable. Spring Street between Bryant and Adams Streets was flooded and impassable. Other roads closed due to flooding included Church, Glenn, and Sycamore streets as well as some roads near Bridge Street such as Route 6, Park Avenue, and Francis Street. In Dartmouth, the intersection of Cross Road and Azalea Drive was flooded. In Freetown, a portion of Chase Street was flooded and impassable.
September 2021Flash FloodWatuppa$120,000In Fall River, flash flooding began as early as 247 AM EDT (147 AM EST), when Bedford Street and Stinziano Street became impassable. The flash flooding then became widespread as rainfall increased. At 321 AM EDT, Cove Street was flooded and impassable. A car was stuck in the flood waters and a person needed to be rescued. By daybreak, numerous roadways were flooded and impassable. Busy Route 24 was shut down in both directions due to flooding, with stalled vehicles blocking the highway. The northbound ramp to Route 24 on I-195 also was flooded, with cars stuck. A portion of Spencer Street had significant damage due to the rain. On South Main Street, a building undergoing renovations collapsed due to the heavy rainfall. A CoCoRAHS observer in Fall River recorded a total of 4.25 inches or rain but a CoCoRAHS observer in nearby Fairhaven recorded 6.34 inches.
March 2014Flash FloodBuffinton Corner$100,000Three to five inches of rain fell over a very brief period of time. This resulted in flash flooding across much of Fall River and New Bedford. In Fall River, several cars were stuck at the intersection of Plymouth Avenue and Globe Street. Davol and Central Streets near the carousel were flooded and blocked off by local authorities. Interstate 195 east at the base of the Braga Bridge was flooded out. A car was stuck in flood waters at the intersection of Tucker Street and Rhode Island Avenue. Langley Street was closed due to flooding. In Somerset, one lane of Route 103 and the grass in the area was flooded with running water. In New Bedford, Phillips Road was flooded near the 7-11 store because of clogged storm drains. River Road was flooded from Howard Avenue to Sylvia Street. Route 18 south was closed due to flooding near Purchase Street. Four cars were stuck in flood waters on Acushnet Avenue. Cars were going the wrong way on Route 18 in order to avoid the flooding. The intersection of Belleville Avenue and Sawyer Street was flooded with one and a half to two feet of water. The intersections of Dean and Purchase Streets and Sawyer and Purchase Streets were flooded with three feet of water. Multiple cars were stuck in flood waters throughout town. The back of New Bedford Police Headquarters was flooded and impassable, police were advised to avoid the area and only park in front of the building. The intersection of Coggeshall Street and Purchase Street was flooded and impassable. The Route 18 ramp to Weld Street was closed due to flooding. The intersection of Liberty and Hunter Streets was flooded with two and a half feet of water. West Rodney French Boulevard was flooded and impassable. In Acushnet, Hamlin Street was flooded near the bridge. A portion of Middle Road was flooded and closed. In Freetown, the ramp from Chace Road to Route 140 was closed due to flooding. In Dartmouth, extensive flooding occurred on Hawley Drive and adjacent side streets. Seminole Road at Masssasoit Lane was flooded and impassable. Hawthorne Street west of Brownell Avenue and Clarence Street were flooded. In Westport, Route 6 was closed near Boar's Head due to flooding.
July 2012Flash FloodSouth Dartmouth$100,000In New Bedford, West Rodney French Boulevard, Cove, Roosevelt, Orchard, Fair, Purchase, Weld, Penniman, and Allen Streets, and Rockdale Avenue were all flooded with 6 to 12 inches of water. Belleville Avenue between Hatch and Covell Streets was flooded with three feet of water. Cars were backed up on Route 18 at the Weld Street offramp due to flooding on the ramp. Basements were flooded on several streets. A manhole cover was blown off by flooding on Acushnet Avenue. The Coggeshall Street onramp to Interstate 195 westbound was flooded and impassable. A funeral home car was stuck in two feet of water on Dartmouth Street. In Fairhaven, the intersection of Washington and Adams Streets was flooded.
June 2013FloodSouth$50,000The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea moved across southeastern Massachusetts, resulting in three to six inches of rain falling across Bristol County. This produced significant street flooding, particularly in Fall River and New Bedford.||In Fall River, the area of town known as Globe Four Corners was flooded. Cars were stranded in two feet of water at the intersection of Pleasant and Quarry Streets. A portion of Route 79 was flooded. The ramp onto Interstate 195 from Central Street was flooded with two feet of water. The ramp from Route 24 southbound onto Interstate 195 was flooded with two to three feet of water, one car was stuck in floodwaters. Davol Street was closed due to flooding. Plymouth Avenue near Davol Street, Jefferson Street, and Warren Street were all flooded.||In New Bedford, Liberty Street was flooded and impassable from Durfee Street to Parker Street. Several basements were flooded on Cove Road in New Bedford. There was one foot of standing water at the intersection of West Rodney French Boulevard and Cove Road. Cove Road was closed due to tidal and freshwater flooding.
September 2011FloodSouth$50,000Pearce and Dyer Streets were flooded with up to 18 inches of water. Several cars were stuck in these waters. In addition, four cars were stuck near a Mobil gas station.
March 2008FloodNew Bedford$50,000The Swansea Mall parking lot flooded. In New Bedford: Acushnet Avenue and one lane of Route 18 North were closed due to flooding at their intersections with Hillman Street, Acushnet Avenue was also flooded at Wamsutta Street, Buttonwood Brook went out of its banks flooding several yards on Hawthorne Street, Sawyer and Purchase Streets were flooded. Several basements flooded on Riverside Avenue in Somerset. In Fall River: McGee and Cedar Streets, New Boston Road, and Eastern Avenue were flooded with vehicles stuck in flood waters. In addition, numerous basements were flooded. Union Street and Burt Street near Tremont Street were flooded in Taunton.
May 2006FloodSouth Dartmouth$50,000Paskamanset River
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Bristol$35,000Trees, limbs, and wires were downed by thunderstorm in parts of New Bedford, including on Howard Street, Conduit Street, Union Street, 6th Street, Aquidneck Street, Brock Avenue, Hawthorn Street, Page Street, and Brownell Street. One of these trees was downed onto a car on Howard Street.
July 2013FloodDodgeville$35,000In Attleboro, the intersection of Maple and South Main Streets was flooded. A street partially collapsed near the new Walmart on Broadway in Raynham. In New Bedford, Maplewood Avenue flooded.
June 2024Tornado (EF1)Adamsdale$30,000A tornado touched down near Breakneck Hill Road in Lincoln, RI|and traveled to the east-northeast. A number of large hardwood|trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto homes and other|structures in both Lincoln and Cumberland, RI. The tornado|reached maximum intensity of around 100 mph in a few locations.|Other trees were topped and snapped well above the ground. The|maximum width of the tornado was around 100 yards. |The tornado continued to produce tree damage|through Cumberland, RI across the state line into North|Attleboro, MA where it continued to snap and uproot trees before|lifting in the vicinity of Cushman Road.
August 2023Tornado (EF1)Adamsdale$30,000The storm that produced the Rhode Island tornado produced a second|tornado as it crossed into Massachusetts, just over the Cumberland|line in North Attleborough. ||Many trees were snapped or uprooted on Mendon Road near the|intersection of Monticello Drive. An eyewitness saw swirling|debris before taking shelter in her home. From there, damage was|more sporadic. A home on Mary Ann Way had its third floor window|blown in. Additionally, there were a number of downed or snapped|trees on Lisa Drive. The tornado then lifted briefly before|touching back down in Mansfield along Gilbert Street, where it|sheared several large trees near their tops, one of which fell on|a car. An air conditioning unit, estimated to have weighed 1000|pounds, was knocked over on the roof of a one-story commercial|building.
June 2016Flash FloodSouth Dartmouth$30,000Over an inch of rain fell in 30 minutes in New Bedford, resulting in widespread flash flooding. Numerous streets were flooded, including: Coffin Avenue near Purchase Street, Purchase and Dean Streets, Purchase and Coggeshall Streets, Dean and Purchase Streets, Cove Road near the hurricane barrier, Sawyer and Purchase Streets, and Belleville Avenue. Several cars were stuck in the flood waters, including at Purchase and Dean Streets. Manhole covers had come off in several locations as well.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaunton$30,000Trees and branches were downed in several parts of town, including on Warner Boulevard, Somerset Avenue, and Glebe Street. One of these trees was downed onto a house, another onto a car.
July 2011Flash FloodFall River Arpt$30,000In Fall River, two cars were stuck in flood waters on Brayton Avenue. Two to four feet of standing water was over Quarry Street. In Westport, several streets flooded, including portions of U.S. 6.
August 2008Flood(Ewb)New Bedford Arp$30,000The Automated Surface Observing Station at New Bedford (KEWB) recorded 5.03 inches of rain falling in the previous 22 hours. Several streets were closed due to flooding, including Water Street and Route 18. Numerous basements were flooded in Dartmouth.
August 2022Heavy RainRehoboth$25,000In Rehoboth, a CoCoRAHS observer recorded 7.44 inches of rain! There were a few flooded basements reported.
September 2015FloodNorth Dartmouth$25,000In New Bedford, Dartmouth Street and Cove Street at Padnaram Avenue was flooded. Several basements were flooded on Cove Street. A car was stuck in flood waters at the intersection of Orchard and Rivet Streets. In Dartmouth, portions of the first floor of the Southworth Library on Dartmouth Street were flooded.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindPine Hill Acres$25,000Thunderstorm wind damage began about half a mile north of Lake Street on the west side of New Bedford Reservoir in Acushnet. Damage extended to the south-southeast ending at the intersection of Main Street and Perry Hill Road. Numerous trees were either blown over or snapped at a level between 8 and 14 feet above the ground. Near Athol Street, a concentration of white pines were snapped off approximately 15 feet off the ground. These trees ranged in diameter from 12 to 20 inches. Three houses were damaged by trees falling on them. On the west side of Main Street just to the northwest of the golf course, numerous oak trees were blown over or had large branches blown off. Also, numerous white pine trees standing between 30 and 45 feet tall were blown over or snapped off between 12 and 20 feet above the ground. Numerous power lines were also downed. A mile long section of North Main Street was closed because almost every utility pole was damaged. Leonard and Lake Streets were also closed because of downed trees and power lines.Based on the amount of tree damage and the good health and size of the trees it was estimated that windspeeds reached 80 to 100 mph. Damage was determined to be the result of straight line winds most likely associated with a microburst.
September 2008FloodOcean Grove$25,000Three and a half to five and a half inches of rain fell across Bristol County as tropical moisture streamed northward from Hurricane Kyle.|In Somerset, this heavy rainfall resulted in Buffington Brook exceeding its banks and two feet of water running over County and Buffington Streets. Several businesses sandbagged their property. A large sinkhole formed on County Street. A car was stuck in flood waters on Brayton Avenue and two people had to be rescued by boat. The Lees river overran its banks at Main Street in Swansea, resulting in flooding of Main Street. President Avenue and Pierce and Doval Streets in Fall River were also flooded with at least two feet of water. At least two cars were stuck in flood waters and manhole covers popped off in other locations. In addition, several basements were flooded.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Bedford$25,000no account filed
June 2006FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
August 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1970Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 2022FloodSouth$20,000In Fall River, there were multiple cars stuck in significant street flooding on Plymouth Avenue at Globe Street. Street flooding also occurred at Stafford Square and on Jefferson Street at Quequechan Street with cars stuck.
September 2021FloodNew Bedford$20,000Several streets were closed due to flooding and several basements were flooded, but there were no evacuations needed in the city.
October 2018Tornado (EF1)Norton$20,000The same storm cell that produced the North Providence and Lincoln, Rhode Island tornado spawned another tornado, which touched down in Norton, MA at approximately 413 PM EDT. The tornado began on Freeman Street, just north of West Main Street (Route 123). It traveled to the northeast, cutting across the extreme southern portion of Norton Reservoir and Mansfield Avenue (Route 140), and lifted at the southernmost portion of Reservoir Street around 415 PM EDT. On Freeman Street, an oak tree was downed with large branches leaning on a house. Between the reservoir and Mansfield Avenue, numerous oak and pine trees were snapped near their bases. A tree fell onto a garage causing significant structural damage. There was some damage to a home, but it was spared any significant damage. There was very pronounced convergence in the downed trees with some downed from southwest to northeast and others from southeast to northwest.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Taunton$20,000Numerous trees near Middleboro Avenue and Hart Street in East Taunton were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaunton$20,000Trees and wires on County and William Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds. On William Street a tree and wires fell onto a car.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDartmouth$20,000A utility pole on Allen Street and wires on Dartmouth Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2014FloodNew Bedford$20,000Flooding continued after three to five inches of rain fell across the region earlier in the day. In New Bedford, Parker Street near New Bedford High School was closed due to continued flooding. Dartmouth Street was washed out between Rockland and Spooner Streets. The road was closed for repairs as the asphalt washed away. In Acushnet, Main Street near Clems Way was flooded and impassable.
June 2013FloodSouth Dartmouth$20,000Three to five inches of rain fell across Bristol County. A house on Margin Street in New Bedford was flooded with four feet of water. River Road near Wood Street was closed due to flooding.
August 2012Flash FloodRaynham$20,000Route 138 in Raynham was flooded near the Market Basket. A car was stuck in flood waters on Tremont Street. The occupants of the car were trapped and had to be rescued. Weir Street was impassable due to flooding. Powderhorn Drive was impassable due to 12 to 15 inches of water over the road.
June 2002LightningSwansea$20,000no account filed
August 2008LightningWestport$17,000A summer home on East Beach Road was struck by lightning and caught fire.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Dartmouth$15,000Damage in Dartmouth was consistent with straight-line winds with maximum gusts estimated at 65 mph. The damage occurred on Sunset lane and adjacent portions of Stoneledge Road to the north and Swift road to the south. Large maple and oak trees were mostly blown down and some large branches were broken off of others.
August 2018FloodFall River$15,000At 1:25 PM EST, several cars were trapped in flood waters on Quequechan Street and Warren Street, near a Walmart store. The two streets were closed due to flooding.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRehoboth$15,000At 250 PM EST, trees were brought down on Route 44 in Rehoboth. Trees were also brought down on Cedar Street, River Street, and Bay State Road between 250 PM and 310 PM EST. Multiple trees and wires were brought down on Elm Street and County Street.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindEaston Center$15,000Multiple trees were downed along Bay Road in Easton, blocking the road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Attleboro$15,000Multiple wires were downed throughout North Attleboro. A tree and wires on Wilmarth Street in Attleboro were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016LightningPine Hill Acres$15,000Lightning struck a house on Greenbriar Drive in New Bedford, causing a small fire and some electrical damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRaynham$15,000Several trees were downed on Judson Street and Elm Street. One was downed onto a house.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMansfield$15,000Trees and wires on Bonney Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindRaynham$15,000Trees and wires in several locations throughout Raynham were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013Flood(Ewb)New Bedford Arp$15,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding across parts of New Bedford and Fairhaven. In New Bedford, six inches of water flooded Coggeshall Street, Route 140, and Route 6. Route 18 was flooded near the railroad tracks. One car was stuck in the flood waters. In Fairhaven, six to twelve inches of water flooded Green Street near Cushman Park.
June 2012FloodFall River$15,000A car was stuck in flood waters on Milliken Boulevard. It had to be towed out of the water.

Mines and quarries

46 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 46 workings inside this county. 16 still produce and 30 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction41
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Stone1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clearwater Stone IncStonePast Producer
Acushnet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Blue Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Easton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Taunton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adamsdale MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allen R. Nelson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Assonet Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Boan Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boro Sand and Stone IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Boro Sand and Stone, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brockton Sand & Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clearwater Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
County Street Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Courtois Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dartmouth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dartmouth Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Del Soullier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Del Soullier and SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dorrance IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Freetown Pit & Assonet PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Easton Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Freetown Development Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gary Nelson Excavating CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
General Road Trucking CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Landfill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lanzisera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Louis Fernandez Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mc Cabe Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccabe Sand and Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Medeiros Washed Sand & Stone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morse Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morse Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pine Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Hill Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pine Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plain Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Raynham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Raynham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Swansea PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Westport DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Collected here, 1824 to 1975

8 of 11,805 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 11,805 of them, by kingdom 6,551 animalia, 3,424 plantae, 1,140 fungi, 534 chromista, 86 bacteria. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by YPM, NY, USNM, US, CM, VT among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Gamochaeta purpurea, not of this specimen1824Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) CabreraPlantaenot statedT. A. GreeneNY 02240350
A photograph of the species Lythrum salicaria, not of this specimen1831Lythrum salicaria L.Plantaenot statedT. A. GreeneNY 365682
A photograph of the species Mentha aquatica, not of this specimen1831Mentha aquatica L.PlantaeNew Bedford. [Inferred county from precise loc.]Collector unknownNY 02428412
A photograph of the species Spyridia filamentosa, not of this specimen1840Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harv.PlantaeNewportunknownMSC MSC0184839
A photograph of the species Calla palustris, not of this specimen1844Calla palustris L.Plantaenot statedThurber, G.VT UVMVT050498
A photograph of the species Geranium robertianum, not of this specimen1844Geranium robertianum L.Plantaenot statednot recordedVT UVMVT093392
A photograph of the species Hibiscus moscheutos, not of this specimen1844Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. moscheutosPlantaenot statednot recordedVT UVMVT081582
A photograph of the species Lysimachia arvensis, not of this specimen1844Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.Plantaenot statednot recordedVT UVMVT089017

The townships, in 1883

959,670 words

History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 17 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Shape and position in the county TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Acushnet TownAcushnet, Coury Heights, Long Plain, Sherwood Forest22,761 words11
Attleboro CityAttleboro, Attleborough City, Briggs Corner, Camp Herbron, Dodgeville, East Junction, Hebronville, South Attleboro2,670 words0
Berkley TownBerkley, Berkley Bridge, Camp Merriwood, Myricks28,738 words9
Dartmouth TownApponagansett, Bayview, Bliss Corner, Cow Yard, Cranberry Bog Corner, Faunce Corner, Gidleys Corner, Great Neck, Hixville, Idlewood, Kempton Croft, Macomber Corner, Nonquitt, North Dartmouth, Redgate Corner, Russells Mills, Shore Acres, Slocums Corner, Smith Mills, South Dartmouth, Summit Grove, University Highlands, Wilburite Corner32,712 words17
Dighton TownChestnut Tree Corner, Dighton, North Dighton, Old Town Landing, Segreganset, West Dighton35,840 words13
Easton TownAlgers Corner, Daley Corner, Easton, Easton Center, Easton Green, Easton Station, Eastondale, Five Corners, Gowards Corner, Morris Corner, Morse Corner, North Easton, Pratts Corner, South Easton43,316 words12
Fairhaven TownEast Fairhaven, Fairhaven, Harbor View, Knollmere, Nasketucket, North Fairhaven, Oxford, Pope Beach, Silver Shell Beach, Wigwam Beach, Winsegansett Heights24,190 words3
Freetown TownAshley Heights, Assonet, Assonet Bay Shores, Braleys, Buffington Corner, Camp Welch, East Freetown, Heaven Heights, Masons Corner27,587 words11
Mansfield TownEast Mansfield, Ginty Corner, Mansfield, Purdy Corner, Robinsonville, West Mansfield, Whiteville183,038 words632
Norton TownBarrowsville, Centre Mills, Chartley, Copper Works, Cranes Station, East Norton, Meadow Brook, Norton, Norton Furnace, Norton Grove, Winnecunnet31,415 words20
Raynham TownJudson, Prattville, Raynham, Raynham Center, Tracy Corner33,331 words17
Rehoboth TownNorth Rehoboth, Perrys Corner, Perryville, Rehoboth, South Rehoboth90,994 words237
Seekonk TownHarris, Luthers Corners, Monroes, North Seekonk, Perrins Crossing, Seekonk, South Seekonk16,959 words6
Somerset TownBrayton Point, Pottersville, Slades Ferry, Somerset29,406 words16
Swansea TownBarneyville, Hortonville, Luther Corner, Miles Bridge, North Swansea, Ocean Grove, South Swansea, Swansea, Swansea Center, Touisset42,670 words11
Taunton CityBritanniaville, East Taunton, Oakland, Taunton, Wades Corner, Weir Village, Westville, Whittenton, Whittenton Junction195,005 words384
Westport TownAcoaxet, Berryman Corner, Beulah Corners, Booth Corner, Brownell Corner, Camp Noquochoke, Central Village, Giffords Corner, Handy Four Corners, Head of Westport, Hillcrest, Kirby Corner, Lakeside, Macombers Corner, North Westport, Sissons Corner, Slades Corner, Snell Corner, South Westport, Suburban Park, Westport Factory, Westport Point, Woods Corner119,038 words36

The people it describes

136 named

Everyone History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1883.

Every populated place in the county

183

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 12 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

New Bedford, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets and 20 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1975

North Attleborough, Massachusetts

0 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1948

Attleboro, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1947

Fall River, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1975

Mansfield, Massachusetts

40 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1946

Taunton, Massachusetts

33 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1961

North Easton, Massachusetts

39 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1943

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

0 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1924 to 1932

Somerset, Massachusetts

33 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1947

Norton, Massachusetts

33 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1937 to 1937

Seekonk, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1930 to 1930

Westport Township, Massachusetts

0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1933 to 1933

Everything this county holds

342 records

Each is a separate federal document with its own page: a survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word. There are too many to list here without burying the rest of this page.

The complete index for Bristol County, and the vanished settlements.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.