Welcome to Acoaxet ...
Acoaxet is located in Bristol County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Acoaxet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Acoaxet is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Acoaxet lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Acoaxet: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Acoaxet ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Acoaxet.
- New Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fall River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
- North Kingstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Kingstown is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Portsmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
- Swansea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Acoaxet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Acoaxet.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Acoaxet. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acoaxet.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Acoaxet. See our Newspapers Page for Acoaxet.
Adding Acoaxet to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Acoaxet in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Acoaxet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Acoaxet post office opened in 1900. The Acoaxet post office closed in 1964.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Acoaxet.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Acoaxet - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Acoaxet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Acoaxet area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |