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A ROU N D TH E SOUTH COA ST
To access Round Hill Beach you must be
a resident of Dartmouth or have a day
pass. The scenic shoreline has views of the
Elizabeth Islands and the softer waves make
it a great place to swim.
Culture
The Dartmouth Cultural Center is located inside the historic Richardsonian
Romanesque-style building on Elm Street. The nonprofit’s mission is to preserve
the Southworth Library for future generations and also bring programming to the
community. The Dartmouth Historic and Arts Society is located in an 1871 schoolhouse
and also provides exhibitions and talks throughout the year. A farmers’ market takes
over the St. Mary’s Parish Center lawn in Padanaram Village each week, and locals can
pick up produce, flowers, meat, eggs, baked goods, and handmade crafts and art.
Education
Dartmouth Public Schools serves over 3,700 students from pre-kindergarten through
twelfth grade. Schools include a high school, middle school and four elementary
schools—Cushman, DeMello, Potter, and Quinn. Dartmouth is also home to the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the University of Massachusetts School of
Law – Dartmouth.
Geography
With over 64 square miles, Dartmouth is the fifth largest town in Massachusetts.
Just about 29,000 call Dartmouth home. The shoreline is shaped by Buzzards Bay
and there are a variety of coastal estuaries such as the Slocum River, Little River,
Apponagansett River, and Clarks Cove. Further inland, Dartmouth has a number
of parks and forests where there are residential properties as well as a number of
undeveloped parcels.
History
According to the town of Dartmouth, the area was settled after the following
agreement was made between members of the Pokanoket tribe and Wampanoag
nation, Massasoit and Wamsutta, and English settlers, John Winslow and John Cooke:
“Massasoit and Wamsutta sold to William Bradford, Captain Myles Standish, Thomas
Southworth, John Winslow, John Cooke, and their associates, for thirty yards of cloth,
eight moose skins, fifteen axes, fifteen hoes, fifteen pairs of breeches, eight blankets,
two kettles, one clock, two English Pounds in Wampum, eight pair of shoes, one iron
pot, and ten shillings, that land called Dartmouth.” Dartmouth was officially settled in
November of 1652.
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