Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 38 miles SSE. of Boston. It has fishing- industries. It contains the Partridge Academy and the Powder Point and Alden Schools. Here the ocean telegraph from Brest, France, terminates. Pop. in 1900, about 500 ; of the town, 2075.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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