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Onset, Massachusetts
CDP
About Onset
Set in the southeastern part of Massachusetts, Onset is a small unincorporated community.
Onset holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.08 square miles.
📰 Onset News Today
- Onset Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
- Watch: Firefighter nearly falls through roof of burning home WCVB · Mar 20
- Residents asked to keep conserving water as town remains in drought Wareham Week · Jul 13
- Fire damages house, car in Onset WHDH · May 15
- 155 Onset Ave Unit E, Wareham, MA 02558 Realtor.com · Nov 13
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Onset Unique
- The only place in America named Onset — 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 southeastern 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.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Onset
- Chili's — tex-mex
- Marc Anthony's La Pizzeria — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Water Wizz · Water park
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Onset
- Agawam Mill Pond Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Beaver Dam Wetlands · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Conservation Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Crescent Park reviews ★
- Crooked River Conservation Restriction · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
- I.C. Hammond Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Leonard C. Lopes Memorial Park reviews ★
- Longwood Park reviews ★
- Minot Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Minot-Weld Conservancy · Nature reserve reviews ★
- New England Forestry Foundation · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Onset
- Wareham Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMassachusetts
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.08 sq mi
Coordinates41.7460, -70.6683