Lakeville

Lakeville is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,821 at the 2000 census. For geographic and demographic information on the village of North Lakeville, please see the article North Lakeville, Massachusetts. Lakeville was settled in 1717 as a western parish of Middleborough. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1853. The town's name comes from the system of "lakes" in the town, including Assawompset Po... more

Lakeville is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,821 at the 2000 census. For geographic and demographic information on the village of North Lakeville, please see the article North Lakeville, Massachusetts. Lakeville was settled in 1717 as a western parish of Middleborough. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1853. The town's name comes from the system of "lakes" in the town, including Assawompset Pond, Great Quittacas Pond & Little Quittacas Pond, Pocksha Pond, and Long Pond. Long Pond is the source of the Acushnet River, and Assawompsett Pond is the source of the Nemasket River, which feeds the Taunton River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.6 km²), of which, 29.9 square miles (77.4 km²) of it is land and 6.2 square miles (16.2 km²) of it (17.27%) is water. Lakeville is irregularly shaped, and is bound by Middleborough to the northeast and east, Rochester to the southeast,... less