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Plymouth County, MA Social Statistics

Plymouth county massachusetts dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school128,952100.0Nursery…

Plymouth County, MA Economic Statistics

Plymouth county massachusetts dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over360,063100.0In labor force246,33068.…

Plymouth County, MA Housing Statistics

Plymouth county massachusetts dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units181,524100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached130,15771.71-unit…

Eddystone

(Encyclopedia) EddystoneEddystoneĕdˈĭstən [key], lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England. It is the fourth lighthouse on the site (the…

Brockton

(Encyclopedia) Brockton, industrial city (2020 pop. 105,643), Plymouth co., E Mass.; settled c.1700, set off from Bridgewater 1821, inc. as a city 1881…

Cushing, William Barker

(Encyclopedia) Cushing, William Barker, 1842–74, Union naval hero in the Civil War, b. Delafield, Wis., educated at Annapolis. Cushing became noted for a series of daredevil exploits, particularly…

Bone, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Bone, Henry, 1755–1834, English enamel painter. He decorated china at Plymouth and Bristol and later went to London, where he was employed in making small enameled pieces and…

Wareham

(Encyclopedia) WarehamWarehamwârˈəm, –hămˌ [key], town (1990 pop. 19,232), Plymouth co., SE Mass., on an inlet of Buzzards Bay; settled 1678, inc. 1739. It is a resort as well as a shipping point for…

Bartlett, John

(Encyclopedia) Bartlett, John, 1820–1905, American compiler and publisher, b. Plymouth, Mass. While he worked in his university book store in Cambridge, he compiled the invaluable Familiar Quotations…

Massachusetts Bay

(Encyclopedia) Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, with its arms (Boston, Cape Cod, and Plymouth bays), extends 65 mi (105 km) from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south…