Welcome to West Dighton ...
West Dighton is located in Bristol County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of West Dighton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
A typical abbreviation for West Dighton: W. Dighton
West Dighton is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: West Dighton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for West Dighton: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near West Dighton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Dighton.
- Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Providence County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Providence
- From West Dighton to Providence
- Brockton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Brockton is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Brockton
- From West Dighton to Brockton
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- 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 West Dighton to New Bedford
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- 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 West Dighton to Fall River
- Warwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Warwick is located in Kent County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Warwick
- From West Dighton to Warwick
- Cranston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
- Cranston is located in Providence County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cranston
- From West Dighton to Cranston
- Pawtucket
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtucket
- Pawtucket is located in Providence County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71,710 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pawtucket
- From West Dighton to Pawtucket
- Taunton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Taunton
- From West Dighton to Taunton
- East Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence
- East Providence is located in Providence County (RI)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to East Providence
- From West Dighton to East Providence
- Attleboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro
- Attleboro is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Attleboro
- From West Dighton to Attleboro
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 West Dighton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Dighton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Dighton. 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 West Dighton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Dighton. See our Newspapers Page for West Dighton.
Adding West Dighton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of West Dighton 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 West Dighton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
X2X - From that list, the West Dighton post office opened in 1886.
We also found West Dighton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for West Dighton.
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 West Dighton - 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 West Dighton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the West Dighton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |