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South Rehoboth, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Rehoboth town. It lies in ZIP code area 02769. It stands on Clear Run Brook. The Survey maps it on the East Providence quadrangle.

South Rehoboth within Bristol County

Then and now

1887 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Rehoboth, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of South Rehoboth, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

37 sheets

Matched 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Rehoboth town, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From Bristol County Farmers' Bulletin, published 1918 - Rehoboth Town

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In the county-history sources

90,994 words on this township

History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Rehoboth Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The original Oak Swamp meeting-house stood on the corner lot at the junction of the two roads which meet a short distance south of Mr. Edward Horton's store, now the South Rehoboth post-office. This house was framed on the old cemetery lot, where Elders Comer and Round were buried, but it was taken away in the night by the Oak Swamp people, and raised on the spot above mentioned. After the death of Elder Round the church no longer existed under the " Six Principle" creed. In 1773 another church was organized, with open communion principles. Some of its members had come out from Elder John Hix's church, a close-communion Baptist, and others had been converted and baptized by Rev. Elhanan Winchester, a traveling preacher, while others still had belonged to the original church founded by Rev. John Comer. This new church ordained Mr. Jacob Hix as their pastor, Jan. 20, 1773, and held their services in the Oak Swamp meetinghouse. Elder Jacob Hix was born Jan. 1, 1740. He was the son of Elder John Hix, and brother of Elder Daniel Hix, of Dartmouth. He owned a farm and part of a mill, which, with some help from the church, enabled him to live comfortably. He had no children. He died March 30, 1809, aged sixty-nine years.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

From 1876 to 1880, Rev. James L. Pierce was acting pastor of this church. During this time there was a revival, in which Mr. Pierce was assisted by Dr. M. L. Rossvalley, a converted Jew. The church received some additions and was much strengthened. Mr. Pierce now resides in South Rehoboth without charge, having preached at various places for more than thirty years.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

Methodist Episcopal Church. - A Baptist Church was formed in the northeast part of the town about the year 1740. It started with forty members, and ordained Mr. Richard Round as its pastor July 13, 1743. He died May 18, 1768, and his tombstone may be seen near Rev. John Comer's in the South Rehoboth burying-ground. After his death there was no regular preaching for many years.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Rehoboth Town - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Fires near this place

36 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of South Rehoboth between 2006 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
28 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
3 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
24 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,357 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,357 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Rehoboth between 1844 and 1975: 660 Plantae, 560 Animalia, 107 Fungi, 26 Chromista, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E Schuyler, A., A. E. Sears 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Calla palustris, not of this specimenCalla palustris L.1844Thurber, G.
A photograph of the species Hibiscus moscheutos, not of this specimenHibiscus moscheutos subsp. moscheutos1844not recorded
A photograph of the species Pluchea camphorata, not of this specimenPluchea camphorata (L.) DC.1844not recorded
A photograph of the species Chamaecrista fasciculata, not of this specimenChamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene1846not recorded
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1855F. C. SeymourRehoboth
A photograph of the species Solidago latissimifolia, not of this specimenSolidago latissimifolia Mill.1867Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Mercenaria mercenaria, not of this specimenMercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)1870Lermond, NormanProvidence, Narragansett Bay. In market at Providence.
A photograph of the species Carex austrina, not of this specimenCarex austrina Mack.1871S. T. OlneyFields Point, Providence
A photograph of the species Carex muehlenbergii, not of this specimenCarex muehlenbergii Willd.1871S. T. OlneyFields Point
A photograph of the species Carex muskingumensis, not of this specimenCarex muskingumensis Schwein.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex swanii, not of this specimenCarex swanii (Fernald) Mack.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex tribuloides, not of this specimenCarex tribuloides var. tribuloides1871S. T. Olney

All 1,357 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Rehoboth: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
County Street Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Road Trucking CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bristol County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harris1.7 miles37
Miles Bridge2.2 miles37
South Seekonk2.2 miles37
Barneyville2.3 miles37
Monroes2.7 miles37
North Swansea2.7 miles37
Seekonk2.9 miles37
Luthers Corners2.9 miles37

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 Q122573151The 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 617967. 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.