BlockEast Dedham, Massachusetts
46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dedham town. It lies in ZIP code area 02026. It stands on Lowder Brook. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in East Dedham
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fairbanks HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.7 miles away
Norfolk County CourthouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972 · 0.9 miles away
Endicott Estatelisted 2002 · 0.6 miles away
Ames Schoolhouselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away- Mother Brook Lower Mill Pond Historic Districtlisted 2025 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 46 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1903 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1943 USGS Boston quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Newton quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Newton quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Newton quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Newton quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
149,362 words on this townshipHistory of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Dedham Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
From the summer of 1861 to the close of the war, these plains were almost continuously occupied by the camps of the newly-raised regiments, and presented a warlike scene. Park was made from the territory of Dorchester, Dedham, and Milton. The number of acres taken from Dedham was eight hundred and eighty-six. The taxable valuation of Readville May 1, 1867, was four hundred and seventy-five thousand, eight It was estimated that Dedham lost by the annexation of Readville to Hyde Park, about one-tenth of its population, onehundred and forty-four dollars.
Passage source: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1884.
ing together, passed through the place, conveying passengers to and from the steamboats at Providence, in the dry weather of summer, raising a dust which penetrated the neighboring houses and covered the gardens, lying thick on every leaf and flower. Between Dedham and Boston, for the accommodation of the inhabitants of this place and of Roxbury, there was five days in the week - Wednesdays and Sundays being the excepted days - a slow, lumbering stage-coach, ordinarily drawn by three, going in the morning and returning in the afternoon, and occupying two hours each way on the road, the time consumed in taking up and leaving the passengers at the ends of the line often making an extra half-hour. Of this no one complained, and the public seemed to think itself amply accommodated. The inhabitants assembled for worship on Sunday, occupied the large square pews - the body-seats, as they were then called - and the free seats in the galleries. The interval and afternoon service was short, and most of those who lived out of the village stayed either in and about the meeting-house or at the neighboring inn.
Passage source: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
166 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of East Dedham between 2003 and 2020, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WESTWOOD |
| 4 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | DEDHAM |
| 3 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | DEDHAM |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | DEDHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 14,799 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 14,799 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Dedham between 1810 and 1975: 5,819 Plantae, 4,680 Fungi, 3,712 Animalia, 292 Protozoa, 195 Chromista, 65 Unrecorded, 36 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), ?, ? ex Herb. W.G. Farlow and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Araiospora pulchra Thaxt. | 1900 | R. Thaxter | Stony Brook |
 | Lysimachia × producta (A.Gray) Fernald | 1900 | A. P. Chute | |
 | Thalictrum L. | 1810 | Boott, J.W. | Near Boston. |
 | Anemone L. | 1815 | Boott, J. | Andover Turnpike, 7 miles from Boston. |
 | Corydalis Vent. | 1815 | Boott, F.M.B. | Worcester turnpike, 6 miles from Boston. |
 | Corylus L. | 1815 | not recorded | Cambridge Port, 2 miles from Boston. |
| Ericaceae | 1815 | Boott | Boston, U.S.A. | |
 | Hepatica Mill. | 1815 | Boott, F.M.B. | Sweet Auburn. |
 | Limonium vulgare Mill. | 1815 | not recorded | On Cragies Road [=near Cragies Bridge], 1 1/2 miles from Boston. |
 | Mollugo verticillata L. | 1815 | Boott, F.M.B. | Boston. |
 | Nuphar Sm. | 1815 | Boott, J.W. | Worcester Turnpike 6 miles from Boston. |
 | Persicaria (L.) Mill. | 1815 | Boott, J.W. | Craigie's Road, 2 miles from Boston. |
All 14,799 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Dedham: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walpole Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| West Roxbury Crushed Stone Operatio | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Greendale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Town of Needham | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Dedham in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | East Dedham | - | In Dedham, the intersection of Milton and River St was flooded. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedham | 0.7 miles | 41 | |
| Oakdale | 0.7 miles | 41 | |
| Ashcroft | 1.2 miles | 41 | |
| Endicott | 1.3 miles | 41 | |
| Dedham Island | 1.5 miles | 46 | |
| Readville Manor | 1.6 miles | 41 | |
| Riverdale | 1.8 miles | 46 | |
| Greenlodge | 1.9 miles | 41 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122598478 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 612308. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.