Editing Westport, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Westport Harbor winter.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Westport River]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|64.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|50.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|14.3|sqmi|km2}}, or 22.27%, is water.  The majority of that water area is from the Watuppa Ponds along the border with Fall River, as well as Westport Harbor, where the two branches of the [[Westport River]] meet before emptying into Rhode Island Sound.  Westport is bordered by [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] to the northwest and west, [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts|Dartmouth]] to the east, Rhode Island Sound to the south, and [[Little Compton, Rhode Island|Little Compton]], and [[Adamsville, Rhode Island|Adamsville]], and [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], [[Rhode Island]], to the west. Westport is approximately {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], and approximately {{convert|60|mi}} south of [[Boston]].

There are several unofficial localities within town: Head of Westport, South Westport, Westport Point, Central Village, North Westport (known in former times as Westport Factory) and Westport Harbor which is also often called Acoaxet, an early name. Because of the west branch of the Westport River, Acoaxet is inaccessible by land except by passing through Adamsville, Rhode Island.