| SETTLED: |
1670 Incorporated July 2, 1787 200 years old in 1987 |
| COUNTY: | Bristol |
| POPULATION: |
1950 - 4,987 1960 - 7,185 1970 - 9,313 1980 - 13,604 1990 - 13,241 2000 - 14,206 2004 - 14,715 |
| AREA: | 61 Square Miles - 33,900 acres (Road Mileage - approximately 140 miles of accepted street, not including Routes 6, 88 & 177) |
| HIGHEST ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL: | 240 Feet |
| TAX RATE: |
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| FORM OF GOVERNMENT: | Open Town Meeting - Annual Meeting 1st Tuesday in May Board Of Selectmen/Town Administrator |
| ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION: | 2nd Tuesday in April |
| HOSPITALS NEARBY: | Charlton Memorial & St. Anne's in Fall River St. Luke's in New Bedford |
| HUMAN SERVICES: | Council on Aging Veterans Services |
| HEALTH: | Part-Time Community Nurse |
| PUBLIC SAFETY: | Full-Time Fire Department with two fire stations Trained Paramedics & EMT's provide emergency & ambulance service Full-Time Police Department |
| UTILITIES: | Electrical service provided by Eastern Edison Company & Commonwealth Electric Company Natural gas service provided by Fall River Gas Company Phone service provided by Bell Atlantic |
| SCHOOLS-Public: | Elementary - Alice A. Macomber & Westport Elementary School Westport Middle School Westport High School Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Bristol County Agricultural High School |
| SCHOOLS-Private: | Several private schools, nursery schools & day care centers |
| CHURCHES: | Three Catholic; two Congregational; one Methodist; one Quaker, Calvary Bible; one Chapel (seasonal) |
| RECREATION: | State Reservation - Horseneck Beach; thirty-five miles of shoreline and ponds provide for boating; sailing; fishing and other water related sports; hunting; wide variety of seasonal programs and events under the jurisdiction of the Community Center Committee |
| POST OFFICES: | Main Office - 649 State Road Route 6), 02790 Central Village Station - 10 Adamsville Road, 02790 Noquochoke Station - Old County Road, 02790 Westport Point - Main Road, 02791 |