Editing Attleboro, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
[[File:CAPRON PARK Attleboro, Massachusetts - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|right|Capron Park]]

Attleboro has an area of {{convert|71.930|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|69.356|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|2.574|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 3.59%, is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2502690| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193749/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2502690| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Attleboro city, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> Its borders form an irregular polygon that resembles a truncated triangle pointing west. It is bordered by [[North Attleborough, Massachusetts|North Attleborough]] to the north, [[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]] and [[Norton, Massachusetts|Norton]] to the east, Rehoboth, [[Seekonk, Massachusetts|Seekonk]], and [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], to the south, and [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]], to the west, as well as sharing a short border with [[Central Falls, Rhode Island]] through the [[Blackstone River]]. It includes the areas known as City Center, Briggs Corner, West Attleboro, East Corner, East Attleboro, North Corner, Maple Square, Camp Hebron, Oak Hill, Dodgeville, East Junction, Hebronville, Park Square, and [[South Attleboro, Massachusetts|South Attleboro]].

Waterways in the city include the [[Ten Mile River (Seekonk River)|Ten Mile River]], fed by the [[Bungay River]], the Manchester Pond Reservoir, and several small ponds.

Attleboro's highest point is {{convert|76|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} Oak Hill, in the southern part of the city, north of Oak Hill Avenue.<ref>U.S. Geological Survey ''Attleboro, MA'' 7.5 by 15-minute quadrangle, 1987.</ref>

Attleboro is on the border between the Massachusetts and Rhode Island [[regional dialect]]s of [[New England English]]: the eastern part of the city is in the same dialect region as Boston, and the western part in the same dialect region as Providence.<ref>{{citation|last=Johnson|first=Daniel Ezra|title=Stability and change along a dialect boundary: the low vowels of Southeastern New England|publisher=Duke University Press|place=Durham, N.C.|year=2010}}</ref>