Plymouth County, MA

Headnote
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)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Massachusetts

Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
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 Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 296.
Name Type
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