Acushnet Center, Massachusetts

About Acushnet Center

Acushnet Center is a small unincorporated community in southern Massachusetts.

Acushnet Center holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.42 square miles.

📰 Acushnet Center News Today

• Acushnet town, Massachusetts Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 22
• Gerard Perron Obituary - New Bedford, MA Dignity Memorial · Oct 16
• Massachusetts Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Joanne Mecke U.S. News Real Estate · May 30
• Mattapoisett town, Massachusetts Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Acushnet Center Unique

• The only place in America named Acushnet Center — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of New Bedford (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Acushnet Center

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Acushnet Center

• G&S Pizza — pizza
• Mikey B's — seafood
• Cafe Roma
• Honey Dew — donut (café)
• Pa Raffa's Italian Restaurant — italian
• The Country Whip

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Acushnet Center

• Acushnet Sawmill reviews ★
• Woodcock Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Acushnet River Valley · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Acushnet River Wildlife Conservation Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Buttonwood Meadows · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Camp Echo reviews ★
• Camp Snipatuit reviews ★
• Charles Street · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Church Homestead Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Con Area Near River · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Con Comm Land Near Acushnet River · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fairhaven Town Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Acushnet Center

• Acushnet Elementary School
• Albert F Ford Middle School
• East Fairhaven
• Rochester Memorial

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Acushnet Center

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