Rehoboth-Seekonk near US Route 6 - Massachusetts - U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments on Waymarking.com

At the boundary between Rehoboth and Seekonk and at an intersection between US Route 6 and Fall Street/Hollister Road is a pair of monuments marking the boundary.

The pair of monuments is located about 50 feet to the south of US Route 6, and easily visible from the highway. The more noticeable monument is the concrete pole that has three signs: "Town Line," "Seekonk," and "Rehoboth." Behind this monument and against the fence is a smaller monument with a divit on top. This monument is less than a foot tall and about a 5 inches thick on a side.

The monument appears to be a roadstone. It does not appear as a point in a town boundary layer in MassGIS's OLIVER viewer (link below). Thus, it isn't part of the official town corners. However, this monument does appear to be on the line. It is not described as a corner or a road stone in the Historic Atlas found on the MassHighway web site. The road isn't even described, and it is possible that the road did not exist at the time of the atlas publication (1900).

Seekonk was split from Rehoboth in 1812. It is unlikely that this monument is that old, so the date, below, was left blank.

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Wikipedia (Seekonk,_Massachusetts):
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MassGIS OLIVER:
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Monumentation Type: Stone post Monument Category: County/Municipal boundary marker Accessible to general public: yes Historical significance: The marker is along a boundary that was established in 1812 when Seekonk split from Rehoboth. Monument Website: [Web Link] County: Bristol USGS Quad: East Providence, RI Monumentation Type (if other): Not listed Monument Category (if other): Not listed Explain Non-Public access: Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Other Coordinates: Not Listed Other Coordinates details: Not listed Approximate date of monument: Not listed

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