Editing Dighton, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|58.5|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|57.0|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.5|km2|disp=flip}}, or 2.56%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500516950| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163207/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500516950| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dighton town, Bristol County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref>

Dighton is bordered by [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts|Rehoboth]] to the west, [[Swansea, Massachusetts|Swansea]] to the southwest, [[Somerset, Massachusetts|Somerset]] to the south, the [[Taunton River]] and the town of [[Berkley, Massachusetts|Berkley]] to the east, and the city of [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] to the north. In addition to being bordered by the Taunton River, it also is bordered by the [[Three Mile River]], a tributary which empties into the Taunton along the northeast border of town.  The town is also crossed by the [[Segreganset River]], another tributary of the Taunton which flows through the center of town, as well as several smaller brooks. The highest point in the town is in its northwest corner, where the elevation rises above {{convert|72|m|disp=flip}} above sea level.<ref>U.S. Geological Survey ''Taunton, MA'' 7.5 by 15-minute quadrangle, 1987.</ref>
[[File:Berkley-Dighton Bridge 2015.jpg|thumb|left|New two-lane bridge, opened August 2015]]
Dighton is the site of the [[Berkley–Dighton Bridge]], originally a one-lane bridge built in the 1890s as a link between Center Street in Dighton and Elm Street in Berkley. It is the only span crossing the Taunton River between the [[Brightman Street Bridge]] between Somerset and Fall River, and the Plain Street Bridge in Taunton, a drive of {{convert|12+1/2|mi|km|0}} (and {{convert|4|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=or}} south of the Plain Street Bridge). In 2010, the old bridge was demolished and a temporary bridge handled traffic as a new bridge was built. In August 2015 a new two-lane bridge opened to traffic.

Dighton's localities are Chestnut Tree Corner, Dighton, North Dighton, Segreganset, South Dighton and Wheeler's Corner.