Cedar Swamp River
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The Cedar Swamp River is a small
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in
Lakeville, Massachusetts Lakeville is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,523 at the 2020 census. History Native Americans inhabited southern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas ...
that flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
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in a northwesterly direction through the western part of the town to where it forms the Assonet River near the
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line, just south of the village of Myricks. It is a tributary of the Taunton River. The river is crossed by a railroad line that was originally built as the Taunton and New Bedford Railroad in 1840.Old Rail History
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.


See also

* Taunton River Watershed


References

Rivers of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Taunton River watershed Rivers of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-river-stub