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History · North Seekonk

32% of North Seekonk’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Seekonk’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Seekonk are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18945 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1987. Watch North Seekonk change.Old housesHalf of North Seekonk’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Seekonk’s history is told.

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On the map

North Seekonk on the map, 1894 to 1987

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Seekonk. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Seekonk on the 1894 USGS mapNorth Seekonk on the 1949 USGS mapNorth Seekonk on the 1964 USGS mapNorth Seekonk on the 1979 USGS mapNorth Seekonk on the 1987 USGS map1894Providence sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Seekonk.

The story so far

North Seekonk, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Seekonk yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

North Seekonk is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Seekonk in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Seekonk had a population of 2,726.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,643 to 2,726 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to North Seekonk

Nobody well known was born in North Seekonk itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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H. P. LovecraftAmerican writer and editor · b. 1890
Cormac McCarthyAmerican novelist, playwright, and screenwriter · b. 1933
William Standish KnowlesAmerican chemist · b. 1917
Damien ChazelleFrench-American filmmaker · b. 1985
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Olivia CulpoAmerican model · b. 1992
Aaron BeckAmerican psychiatrist, researcher, therapist · b. 1921

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.