Bogastow Brook is a physical feature (stream) in Middlesex County. The primary coordinates for Bogastow Brook places it within the MA 02052 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Bogastow Brook |
Category: | Massachusetts physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | Heads in Factory Pond at the junction of Jar Brook and Winthrop Canal, flows E to the Charles River 2.1 mi NNE of Millis; Towns of Millis, Holliston and Sherborn. |
History: | "Boggastow is an Indian word meaning ""runs out in meadow"" (MGB, 1932); Boggastow was the Natick Indian name for the Charles River Valley and lands N and W of it from Natick to Medway Village. First mention of Boggastow in the Dedham records is in 1640, when Edward Alleyne received as an acknowledgement of his public services a grant of land ""to lie in or about that place called Boggastow"" (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) files)." |
County: | Middlesex County |
Latitude: | 42.1984307 |
Longitude: | -71.3447801 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bogastow Brook: Bogastow Brook.
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Medfield, MA
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(1.9 miles NNW) Millis, MA (2.4 miles SSW) Sherborn, MA (3.1 miles NNW) Glenridge, MA (3.6 miles NNE) East Holliston, MA (4.1 miles WNW) |