South Attleboro is a neighborhood of Attleboro, a city in Bristol County,

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. It is perhaps best known for the South Attleboro station on the Attleboro/Stoughton Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail. U.S. 1 (the old

Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts–Rhode Island state line. The majority of its length outside of the city was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in th ...

) and Route 1A (the old Lower Boston Post Road) pass through the area, which lies just north of the

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state line. South Attleboro is home to 2 schools: Robert J. Coelho Middle School and Hill Roberts Elementary School. Lees Pond Park, off of Route 1, attracts many locals for activities such as fishing, basketball, baseball, and swimming in one of the city pools. The South Attleboro Lions Club on Highland Avenue hosts the annual Lees Pond Festival. Route 1 hosts many businesses and fast food restaurants. Depending on the boundaries, South Attleboro is home to approximately 7-10 thousand people.

History

Before the end of the industrial boom, most residents worked in the mills of Pawtucket and Central Falls, RI. In addition, the H&B factory on the state line employed over 1 thousand workers before shutting down in 1957. The factory was demolished in early 2016. In 1922, it's textile mills were temporarily shutdown by the New England Textile Strike over an attempted wage cut. For several decades starting in the 1920s, South Attleboro was known for Wightman's Diner on Boston Post Road (aka Washington Street, or U.S. Route 1). The diner started out as a lunch wagon in 1923, and expanded by connecting multiple lunch cars by the

Worcester Lunch Car Company Worcester Lunch Car Company was a manufacturer of diners based in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1906 to 1957. History In 1906 Philip H. Duprey and Grenville Stoddard established the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company, whic ...

and

Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company The Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was a manufacturer of roadside diners from 1917 to 1952. The company produced some 2,000 of the long, narrow, primarily metal buildings, perhaps more than any other firm. Prefabricated ...

. By the 1930s it advertised itself locally as the "largest diner in the world." In addition, its Old Mexico Room offered fine foods and liquors, a dance floor surface, and floor show. The diner closed in 1946. By the 1960s, the location was occupied by Almac's market and later Yankee Spirits.

In popular culture

South Attleboro is occasionally referenced in the animated series '' Family Guy'', as being home of "Jack's Joke Shop". The real Jack's Joke Shop was located on Tremont Street in Boston until it closed in 2007.

References

External links

City Guide for All of the Attleboroughs

Business Profile for Jack's Joke Shop
* City data.com Attleboro, Massachusetts Neighborhoods in Massachusetts Populated places in Bristol County, Massachusetts Providence metropolitan area {{BristolCountyMA-geo-stub

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