11 Facts About Seekonk Massachusetts

Until 1862, the town of Seekonk Massachusetts included what is the City of East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as the section of the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island east of the Blackstone River.

Chief of the Wampanoags at the time the colonists settled in Southeastern Seekonk Massachusetts was known as Massasoit Ossamequin and had been seriously affected by a plague just prior to the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.

Seekonk Massachusetts was followed in power by his son Wamsetto, known as Alexander.

Seekonk Massachusetts was beheaded and his head stayed on public display on a pole in Plymouth for 25 years.

Boundary disputes were common and the land that is Rehoboth, East Providence, Pawtucket and Seekonk was claimed by both Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Developers have turned the farms into housing divisions and Seekonk Massachusetts is used largely as a suburban home community for people who work in the Rhode Island and Boston areas.

Much of the population is concentrated in two areas; one, the Lebanon Mills and Perrins Crossing neighborhoods in the north, and the other, the southern neighborhoods of Luthers Corners and South Seekonk Massachusetts, mostly located between Interstate 195 and Route 44.

Seekonk Massachusetts is just five miles east of Providence, Rhode Island, and is 48 miles southwest of Boston.

Seekonk Massachusetts is governed by an Open Town Meeting led by a Board of Selectmen.

Seekonk Massachusetts has its own public school system, with four active schools.

Seekonk Massachusetts is the southernmost member of the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School district, which is centered in Franklin.