Wickets Island is a 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) island located in Onset Harbor in Wareham, Massachusetts

Wareham, Massachusetts

Wareham is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 20,335, with an estimated 2008 population of 21,221....

. It is located 1100 feet (335.3 m) from shore.

History

The island is named for Jabez Wicket, the Wampanoag who is said to have lived there in the late 18th century. The island was created during the end of the last glacial period and is a deposit of glacial moraine made up of coarse sand and soil that is a good producer of plant life, but unsuitable for agriculture. A house occupied Wickets Island from the 19th century until it burned down in 1981.

The island has been owned since 2003 by a developer that plans to build a luxury home there.

External links

• Wicket’s Island’s Place in Wareham’s History