South County

English

Proper noun

South County

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of Washington County, Rhode Island.
  2. A region of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    • 1934, John Nelson, Worcester County: A Narrative History, volume 2, New York: American Historical Society, →OCLC, page 498:
      The main highway through the South County was the Hartford Turnpike, which was a direct route from Boston to Hartford and on to New Haven. […] The Boston and Hartford Turnpike cut across the southeastern corner of Worcester County, entering it from Bristol County at Mendon, passing through the little hamlet of “Rice City” in Uxbridge, and on through Douglas into Connecticut.
    • 1979, Christina Tree, “Central Massachusetts”, in Massachusetts: An Explorer's Guide, Taftsville, VT: Countryman Press, →ISBN, page 257:
      The Worcester Bus Co. (791-8106) serves the hilltowns east and west of the city while ABC Bus Lines and Bonanza (from the Greyhound terminal) serve the Blackstone and South County towns.
    • 2007 July 8, Robert Z. Nemeth, “More action promised in the war on poverty”, in Telegram & Gazette‎, Worcester, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2022-07-06:
      About 60 staffers work in Webster, Southbridge, Oxford, Spencer, Millbury and other South County communities, where the bulk of the Early Head Start and Healthy Families programs are located.
  3. A region of St. Louis County, Missouri.
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