Metacomet - Legacy

Legacy

Numerous places are named after Metacomet:

• Metacomet Mill in Fall River, Massachusetts, built in 1847 and named for the chief, is the oldest remaining textile mill in the city.
• King Philip Stockade, a large park named after the chief, where the Pocumtuc Indians planned and began the Sack of Springfield, is now a part of Forest Park in Springfield, Massachusetts
• King Philip Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts, built 1871.
• The USS Metacomet, an 1863 United States Navy ship.
• The Metacomet Ridge, a 100-mile long mountain range in southern New England.
• The 51-mile Metacomet Trail in central Connecticut.
• The 110-mile Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
• Metacomet Country Club, a golf course.
• King Philip Regional High School, which serves as the high school for Plainville, Wrentham, and Norfolk, Massachusetts.
• King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk, Massachusetts, which serves as the middle school for the above three towns.
• Metacom Avenue, a major road running through Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island.
• Metacomet Street in Walpole, Massachusetts and Belchertown, Massachusetts
• King Philip Avenue, a street in Bristol, Rhode Island.
• King Philip Mountain, a peak on Talcott Mountain, near Hartford, Connecticut
• King Phillip's Cave in Norton, Massachusetts, a cave said to have been used by the chief as a hiding place towards the end of his reign.
• King Phillip's Nose – a rock island in the Connecticut River, south of Northfield, Massachusetts.
• Phillips Pond and Phillipswood Road in Sandown, New Hampshire.
• Metacomet Park in Medfield, Massachusetts.
• King Philip. From Metacomet. The clipper ship built in 1856 that is periodically seen at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California. It is considered the best-preserved wooden shipwreck on the West Coast of North America.
• King Philip Middle School in West Hartford, Connecticut.
• Multiple Metacomet street names surrounding the Metacomet Trail in Connecticut.
• Lake Metacomet, a point of interest in Belchertown, Massachusetts
• King Philip Street in Raynham, Massachusetts
• King Philip Road in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Metacomet conservation land in Easton, Massachusetts