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• 1659 - Acushnet is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
• February 13, 1860 - Acushnet is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
• Acushnet Massachusetts, 1890
  Acushnet is very pleasant town in the southeasterly part of Bristol County, with a population in 1885, of 1,071. It is bounded by Freetown and Rochester on the north, the latter and Mattapoisett on the east, Fairhaven on the south, and New Bedford on the west. It contains 8,945 acres, of which 4,575 acres are woodland. Nearly one-third of the original area was annexed to New Bedford in 1875. It was formerly included in the town of Fairhaven, having been incorporated on February 13, 1860. Its name is from the beautiful river which flows southward along the western side to the bay. Another pretty stream flows along Mattapoisett River in the southeast. New Bedford Reservoir, of 280 acres, is a very attractive sheet of water. Acushnet, on the New Bedford branch of the Old Colony Railroad, is the nearest station. The post-offices are Long Plain, on the eastern side of the town and Acushnet Village at the southwest. Belleville is another small village. The land is generally even, and the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - Acushnet
  Acushnet, 5-köösh'nét, a post-village of Bristol co., Mass, in Acushnet township, near an inlet of the sea, 4 miles N. of New Bedford, and 1 mile from the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad (Acushnet Station.) The township has 6 churches. Pop. in 1890, 1027.
  Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  
• 1899 - Acushnet
  Acushnet. - This was the nineteenth town formed in Bristol county and is the youngest town in the county with the exception of North Attleborough. It was originally a part of old Dartmouth until the erection of New Bedford, when it became a part of that town. It so remained until the formation of Fairhaven February 22, 1812, when it became part of that town, from which it was set off and incorporated February 13, 1860. On April 9, 1875, a small part was annexed to New Bedford. The State census of 1895 gives the population as 1,115, and the number of registered voters in 1897 was 247. The town forms a part of the Thirteenth Congressional district, and with Dartmouth, Farihaven and Freetown constitutes the Sixth Representative District, with 2,409 legal voters, entitling the district to one representative. Acushnet is situated in the southeast part of the county and is bounded on the north by Freetown, on the east by Plymouth county, on the south by Fairhaven, and on the west by New... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Acushnet, a post-village of Bristol co., Mass., in Acushnet township (town), near an inlet of the sea, 4 miles N. of New Bedford. The town has a population (1900) of 1221.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
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