Plymouth County, MA

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Massachusetts, with Cape Cod bay on the east. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, generally level; soil, sandy and thin. Seat of justice, Plymouth. Pop. in 1810, 35,169; in 1820, 38,136; in 1830, 42,993; in 1840, 47,373; in 1850, 55,697. (Fanning's, 1853)