Description
Heads 0.5 mi SE of Green Hill, flows NE for 34.4 miles to join the Sudbury River to form the Concord River 0.5 mi NW of Concord; Towns of Concord, Acton, Maynard, Stow, Hudson, Marlborough, Berlin, Northborough and Westborough.
History
Assabet is an Indian name meaning 'stream turns back' (MGB 1932), 'at the drinking place' (Douglas-Lithgow, 1909); incomplete record.