|
|
|
Place Name
|
Westport
|
|
Place Status (Type)
|
town
|
|
Population
|
13,852 (1990)
|
|
Location
|
Bristol County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
|
|
Latitude
|
41°34'N
|
|
Longitude
|
71°05'W
|
Westport
, resort town (1990 pop.
13,852), Bristol co., SE Mass., 7 mi/11.3 km
SE of Fall River, and on short Westport R., near R.I. state line;
41°34'N 71°05'W. Includes villages of Acoaxet, Central Village,
Horseneck Beach (Mass. state park and state beach), Westport Mills
(industrial), South Westport, North Westport (1990 pop. 4,697), and
Westport Point (on sheltered S inlet). Vineyard and winery. Settled
1670, set off from Dartmouth 1787.
|
