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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to New Bedford
- From Acoaxet to New Bedford
- Fall River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fall River
- From Acoaxet to Fall River
- Dartmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - North Kingstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Kingstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
- North Kingstown is located in Washington County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Newport County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Newport
- From Acoaxet to Newport
- Bristol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Somerset is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Somerset
- From Acoaxet to Somerset
- Portsmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portsmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
- Swansea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swansea. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
- Swansea is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Swansea
- From Acoaxet to Swansea
- Fairhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 for Acoaxet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Acoaxet post office opened in 1900.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Acoaxet.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |