Waban - Namesakes

Namesakes

One of the villages of the city of Newton, Massachusetts, is named Waban, while Nonantum is another village in the city.

Waban Hill is a geologic feature in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the eastern part of Newton, Massachusetts.

One United States Navy ship, USS Waban, a steamer in commission from 1898 to 1919, has been named for Waban, and kept the name (as SS Waban) while in post-Navy mercantile service from 1919 to 1924.

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