294 topographic sheets and 81 fire insurance atlases across 12 places.
389 National Register listings published here, 12 of them National Historic Landmarks · 146 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1885 to 1924 · the county-history sources tell 1 story and name 108 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
Among them: The Weather. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
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.
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.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
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.
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.
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. The Survey holds 3,168 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), 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.
The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
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.
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. 29 of these 146 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.
Church
1894 to 1911, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Murray Universalist Church.
Church
1916 to 1924, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Central Congregational Church.
Church
named once, in the 1916 atlas
Appears in 1916
Read elsewhere as First Baptist Church.
Bank
named once, in the 1916 atlas
Appears in 1916
Read elsewhere as National Bank Building.
School
named once, in the 1892 atlas
Appears in 1892
Read elsewhere as Publie Schools.
Hotel
1885 to 1899, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1885 1889 1894 1899
Read elsewhere as Wamsntta Hotel.
School
named once, in the 1898 atlas
Appears in 1898
Read elsewhere as Weir Grammar School.
Mill
named once, in the 1916 atlas
Appears in 1916
Read elsewhere as Grist Mill.
Printing
named once, in the 1916 atlas
Appears in 1916
Read elsewhere as News, Printing.
Church
named once, in the 1916 atlas
Appears in 1916
Read elsewhere as Episcopal Church.
Works
1899 to 1904, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Orr, J., Bleachery and Dye Works.
Shop
1889 to 1905, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Robinsom, E. A., Jewelry Shops.
Shop
1894 to 1899, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Simmons, B. F., Jewelry Shops.
Shop
1889 to 1894, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Totten, I., & Oo, Jewelry Shop.
Church
named once, in the 1911 atlas
Appears in 1911
Read elsewhere as Pilgrim Unitarian Church.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 287 of them, burning about 290 acres. 2 started naturally and 19 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Natural | 8.5 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | COPICUT WOODS FIRE |
| 12 November 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 March 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.5 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
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 Wind | 194 |
| Flood | 112 |
| Hail | 80 |
| Flash Flood | 60 |
| Lightning | 40 |
| Heavy Rain | 23 |
| Tornado | 13 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 1968 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 4 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | North Attleboro | 2 hurt, $23,580,000 | Four 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 1953 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Westport | 1 hurt | A 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 2008 | Lightning | Assonet | 1 hurt | Lightning struck a delivery truck driver, injuring him, at the Stop and Shop. No information was available on his age. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Assonet | 1 hurt | A 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 1997 | Lightning | Seekonk | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Attleboro | $11,790,000 | Several 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 2012 | Flash Flood | North Westport | $1,500,000 | Four 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Somerset | $570,000 | Buffington Brook |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Norton | $570,000 | Wading River |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Fairhaven | $500,000 | Numerous 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 2016 | Lightning | Central Vlg | $200,000 | Lightning struck a house on Main Road in Westport, starting a fire. The fire affected the second floor and attic of the house. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Nonquitt | $150,000 | Many 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Watuppa | $120,000 | In 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Buffinton Corner | $100,000 | Three 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 2012 | Flash Flood | South Dartmouth | $100,000 | In 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 2013 | Flood | South | $50,000 | The 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 2011 | Flood | South | $50,000 | Pearce 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 2008 | Flood | New Bedford | $50,000 | The 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 2006 | Flood | South Dartmouth | $50,000 | Paskamanset River |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Bristol | $35,000 | Trees, 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 2013 | Flood | Dodgeville | $35,000 | In 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Adamsdale | $30,000 | A 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 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Adamsdale | $30,000 | The 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 2016 | Flash Flood | South Dartmouth | $30,000 | Over 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taunton | $30,000 | Trees 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Fall River Arpt | $30,000 | In 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 2008 | Flood | (Ewb)New Bedford Arp | $30,000 | The 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Rehoboth | $25,000 | In Rehoboth, a CoCoRAHS observer recorded 7.44 inches of rain! There were a few flooded basements reported. |
| September 2015 | Flood | North Dartmouth | $25,000 | In 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill Acres | $25,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2008 | Flood | Ocean Grove | $25,000 | Three 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flood | Countywide | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1970 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Flood | South | $20,000 | In 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 2021 | Flood | New Bedford | $20,000 | Several streets were closed due to flooding and several basements were flooded, but there were no evacuations needed in the city. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Norton | $20,000 | The 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Taunton | $20,000 | Numerous trees near Middleboro Avenue and Hart Street in East Taunton were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taunton | $20,000 | Trees and wires on County and William Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds. On William Street a tree and wires fell onto a car. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dartmouth | $20,000 | A utility pole on Allen Street and wires on Dartmouth Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2014 | Flood | New Bedford | $20,000 | Flooding 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 2013 | Flood | South Dartmouth | $20,000 | Three 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Raynham | $20,000 | Route 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 2002 | Lightning | Swansea | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Lightning | Westport | $17,000 | A summer home on East Beach Road was struck by lightning and caught fire. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Dartmouth | $15,000 | Damage 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 2018 | Flood | Fall River | $15,000 | At 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rehoboth | $15,000 | At 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton Center | $15,000 | Multiple trees were downed along Bay Road in Easton, blocking the road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Attleboro | $15,000 | Multiple wires were downed throughout North Attleboro. A tree and wires on Wilmarth Street in Attleboro were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | Pine Hill Acres | $15,000 | Lightning struck a house on Greenbriar Drive in New Bedford, causing a small fire and some electrical damage. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raynham | $15,000 | Several trees were downed on Judson Street and Elm Street. One was downed onto a house. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mansfield | $15,000 | Trees and wires on Bonney Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raynham | $15,000 | Trees and wires in several locations throughout Raynham were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Flood | (Ewb)New Bedford Arp | $15,000 | Heavy 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 2012 | Flood | Fall River | $15,000 | A car was stuck in flood waters on Milliken Boulevard. It had to be towed out of the water. |
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, Construction | 41 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 4 |
| Stone | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Stone Inc | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Acushnet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Blue Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Easton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Taunton Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adamsdale Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Allen R. Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Assonet Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boan Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boro Sand and Stone Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boro Sand and Stone, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brockton Sand & Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clearwater Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Street Mine and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Courtois Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dartmouth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dartmouth Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Del Soullier Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Del Soullier and Sons | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dorrance Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| East Freetown Pit & Assonet Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Easton Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Freetown Development Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gary Nelson Excavating Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| General Road Trucking Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Landfill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lanzisera Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Louis Fernandez Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mc Cabe Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mccabe Sand and Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Medeiros Washed Sand & Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morse Co Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morse Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pine Hill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pine Hill Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pine Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plain Street Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Randy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Raynham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Raynham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swansea Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Westport Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - 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 | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1824 | Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera | Plantae | not stated | T. A. Greene | NY 02240350 |
 | 1831 | Lythrum salicaria L. | Plantae | not stated | T. A. Greene | NY 365682 |
 | 1831 | Mentha aquatica L. | Plantae | New Bedford. [Inferred county from precise loc.] | Collector unknown | NY 02428412 |
 | 1840 | Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harv. | Plantae | Newport | unknown | MSC MSC0184839 |
 | 1844 | Calla palustris L. | Plantae | not stated | Thurber, G. | VT UVMVT050498 |
 | 1844 | Geranium robertianum L. | Plantae | not stated | not recorded | VT UVMVT093392 |
 | 1844 | Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. moscheutos | Plantae | not stated | not recorded | VT UVMVT081582 |
 | 1844 | Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb. | Plantae | not stated | not recorded | VT UVMVT089017 |
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.
3 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 124 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
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.
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 nearest named watercourse or landform 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.
Attleboro city · 02703 · On Bungay River · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Fall River city · On Quiquechan River · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Mansfield town · 02048 · On Robinson Brook · Mansfield quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1989
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
New Bedford city · 02740 · Near Fish Island · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fire insurance: 20 atlases
Easton town · 02356 · On Whitman Brook · Brockton quadrangle
39 sheets, 1886 to 1989
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Norton town · 02766 · On Wading River · Norton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Seekonk town · 02771 · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Somerset town · 02726 · On Labor in Vain Creek · Somerset quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Taunton city · 02780 · On Mill River · Taunton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Westport town · 02790 · Near Lions Tongue · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Acushnet town · 02743 · Near Tarkiln Hill · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
New Bedford city · 02745 · Near Tarkiln Hill · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
No longer a settlement
North Attleborough Town city · 02760 · On Millers River · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Buttonwood Brook · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Freetown town · 02717 · Near Braley Hill · Assawompset Pond quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1997
Freetown town · 02702 · Near Wescott Island · Assonet quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
North Attleborough Town city · 02763 · On Scotts Brook · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Attleboro city · 02703 · Near Walnut Grove Hill · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Swansea town · 02777 · On Torrey Creek · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Dartmouth Rock · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Berkley town · 02779 · On Segreganset River · Assonet quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · Near Yellow Hill · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Old Bartlemy · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Westport town · 02790 · On Snell Creek · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Freetown town · 02717 · Near Crapo Hill · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Taunton city · 02780 · Near Prospect Hill · Taunton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Freetown town · 02702 · Near Jacobs Mountain · Assonet quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Kirby Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Snell Creek · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dighton town · 02715 · On Sunken Brook · Somerset quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Fall River city · 02720 · On Blossom Brook · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Acushnet town · 02743 · Near Tarkiln Hill · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Little River · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Paskamanset River · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fairhaven town · 02719 · On Nasketucket River · Marion quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Freetown town · 02717 · On Fall Brook · Assawompset Pond quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1997
Attleboro city · 02703 · Near Ides Hill · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Fairhaven town · 02719 · Near Crow Island · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fall River city · 02720 · On Quiquechan River · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fall River city · 02720 · On Queen Gutter Brook · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fall River city · 02723 · On Quequechan River · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02747 · On Coleman Hill Creek · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fall River city · 02724 · Near Townsend Hill · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Pelegs Island · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Westport town · 02790 · Near Seal Rock · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fairhaven town · 02719 · Near Fort Flat · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Seekonk town · 02771 · On Clear Run Brook · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Freetown town · 02717 · On Fall Brook · Assawompset Pond quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1997
Attleboro city · 02703 · On Sevenmile River · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Westport town · 02790 · Near Yellow Hill · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02747 · On Copicut River · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Kirby Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Acushnet town · 02743 · On Keene River · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Swansea town · 02777 · Near Shady Isle · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Buttonwood Brook · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Westport town · 02790 · Near Sherman Hill · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Freetown town · 02717 · On Fall Brook · Assawompset Pond quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1997
Fall River city · 02720 · On Quiquechan River · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Swansea town · 02777 · On Torrey Creek · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Fairhaven town · 02719 · On Nasketucket River · New Bedford North quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Keel Rock · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
North Attleborough Town city · 02760 · On Scotts Brook · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Dighton town · 02764 · On Threemile River · Somerset quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Fairhaven town · 02719 · On Acushnet River · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Rehoboth town · 02769 · Near Hemlock Island · Norton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Seekonk town · 02771 · On Sevenmile River · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Swansea town · 02777 · Near Margarets Rock · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Westport town · 02790 · Near Yellow Hill · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Norton town · 02766 · On Meadow Brook · Norton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
No longer a settlement
Dighton town · 02715 · On Muddy Cove Brook · Assonet quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Fairhaven town · 02719 · On Acushnet River · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Seekonk town · 02771 · On Sevenmile River · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Rehoboth town · 02769 · On Wolf Plain Brook · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
New Bedford city · 02745 · Near Tarkiln Hill · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fairhaven town · 02719 · On Nasketucket River · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Mansfield town · 02048 · Near Moose Hill · Mansfield quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1989
Raynham town · 02767 · On Pine Swamp Brook · Taunton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Buttonwood Brook · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Rehoboth town · 02769 · Near Fowlers Hill · East Providence quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Mansfield town · 02048 · Near Moose Hill · Wrentham quadrangle
39 sheets, 1887 to 1989
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Paskamanset River · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dighton town · 02715 · On Segreganset River · Assonet quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1985
Acushnet town · 02743 · On Deep Brook · New Bedford North quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Keel Rock · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fairhaven town · 02719 · Near Round Island · Sconticut Neck quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02748 · On Destruction Brook · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Pelegs Island · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Snell Creek · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Attleboro city · 02703 · Near Robin Hollow · Attleboro quadrangle
36 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Dartmouth town · 02748 · Near Old Bartlemy · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Rehoboth town · 02769 · On Clear Run Brook · East Providence quadrangle
37 sheets, 1887 to 1987
Westport town · 02790 · Near Seal Rock · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fall River city · 02720 · On Steep Brook · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Swansea town · 02777 · On Lewin Brook · Fall River quadrangle
36 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Raynham town · 02767 · On Pine Swamp Brook · Taunton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Westport town · 02790 · On Bread and Cheese Brook · Fall River East quadrangle
31 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Westport town · 02791 · Near Jug Rock · Head of Westport quadrangle
37 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Taunton city · 02780 · On Fall Brook · Taunton quadrangle
33 sheets, 1885 to 1987
Fairhaven town · 02719 · Near White Rock · Sconticut Neck quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Dartmouth town · 02748 · On Buttonwood Brook · New Bedford South quadrangle
35 sheets, 1885 to 1994
Fairhaven town · 02719 · Near Round Island · Sconticut Neck quadrangle
34 sheets, 1885 to 1994
The vanished settlements of Bristol County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
34 topographic sheets and 20 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1975
0 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1948
36 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1947
36 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1975
40 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1946
33 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1961
39 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1943
0 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1924 to 1932
33 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1947
33 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1937
37 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1930
0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1933
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.
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