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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 975,000 |
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4 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Bedrooms
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 330,000 |
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 565,000 |
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3 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 699,000 |
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Single Family Home
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1 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 540,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $1,795,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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4 Full Baths - 2 Half Baths
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| $ 399,900 |
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Condominium
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2 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 856,000 |
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Single Family Home
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5 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| Mattapoisett, Massachusetts |
| Population |
5,850 |
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| Tax Rate |
9.8 (2008) |
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| Town Web Site |
Town Web Site |
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| School Research |
Department of Education
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Independent Research
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Mattapoisett, Massachusetts is located
Southeastern Masachusetts, bordered by Fairhaven and Acushnet on the west,
Rochester on the north, Marion on the east, and Buzzards Bay on the south.
Mattapoisett is 6 miles east of New Bedford; 56 miles south of Boston; 39 miles
southeast of Providence, and 213 miles from New York City. Principal highways are U.S. Route 6 and Interstate Route 195, which link
the southern coastal cities and towns. There is no freight rail service in Mattapoisett, but the network of
intermodal facilities serving eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island is
easily accessible.
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| Mattapoisett is a resort town on Buzzard's Bay which was incorporated in
1857. The first settlements in the town were seasonal as European
colonists used sites in the area as fishing camps. The draw for both
Indians and colonials were the rich fish, shellfish, water-fowl and game
possibilities of the town as well as the seasonal eel and fish runs on the
Mattapoisett River and eel ponds. Historians believe that the sheltered
harbor may have been used by European explorers long before any settlements
in the community. There are some Indian burial sites.
The earliest settlements after the King Philip wars occurred around 1680
with residents dealing in lumbering, tar and turpentine production.
Shipbuilding was established around 1740 and before the Civil War the
principal businesses in the town were shipbuilding and whaling, with four
shipyards in operation before 1800. The town traded with Nantucket,
Newport, New York and Savannah and a shipping complex was developed at the
head of Mattapoisett Harbor in the first half of the 18th century. There
were few streams and therefore few mills using water power in town, but by
1855 there were 16 whaling ships in operation. Those residents who were
not involved in the maritime trades farmed and raised sheep.
The death of the whaling and shipbuilding industry in the 1870's followed
the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, and resort development replaced both.
The town's mainstay became agriculture and tourists through the early 20th
century. An influx of well-to-do summer residents built summer homes on
big estates, not in densely packed groupings as in some other shore
communities. There has been some suburban growth and development in the
town, but Mattapoisett still contains gracious summer homes and hosts many
summer visitors. |
Map of Mattapoisett
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Some information gathered on Mattapoisett, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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