The Rumford River is a small river in southeastern
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
, United States, that is a tributary of the
Threemile River in the
Taunton River
The Taunton River, historically also called the Taunton Great River, is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater. From there it ...
watershed. The Rumford River, long,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 begins within the town of
Foxborough and flows south through
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...
to the
Norton Reservoir, within the town of
Norton, then continues to its confluence with the
Wading River to form the
Threemile River.
References
Rivers of Bristol County, Massachusetts
Taunton River watershed
Rivers of Massachusetts
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