Westport is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,339 at the 2020 census.
Stone wall and field scene, Westport
Fall foliage on the Westport River, 2019
The Fontaine Bridge carries Route 88 over the Westport River.
Old Dartmouth was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts settled by Europeans. It was purchased on behalf of the Plymouth Colony in 1652 from the indigenous Wampanoag people. The lands included
Purchase deed from November 29, 1652, for Old Dartmouth.
Gosnold at Cuttyhunk, 1602 by Albert Bierstadt (Oil on canvas. 1858. New Bedford Whaling Museum.)
English colonists residing in Old Dartmouth garrisoned at Russell Garrison June 1675 fearing an attack from the Pokanoket in King Philip's War.