Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Acushnet, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns
3 Jul 1735: Incorporated as a town by State 1860, c 24.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Ball's Corner, Coulomb Manor, Long Plain, Parting Ways, Perry Hill, Slocum, Taber Hill

Boundary Changes
9 April 1875: Part annexed to New Bedford Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:
 * Bay Road from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1652
 * Atlantic Ocean

Adjacent Towns
Bristol Co.:  Fairhaven | Freetown | New Bedford | Plymouth Co.:  Mattapoisett | Rochester

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Acushnet Town Clerk
122 Main Street Acushnet, MA 02743 Phone: 508-998-0200 Fax: 508-998-0216 Email: [mailto:plabonte@acushnet.ma.us plabonte@acushnet.ma.us] Website

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Acushnet Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Bristol County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps


 * 1) Acushnet USGS GNIS FID 613623
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Military
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