Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)
1895 - Plymouth

Plymouth, a post-town, port of entry, and capital of Plymouth co., Mass., in a township of the same name, on Plymouth Harbor or Bay, 37 miles S.S.E. of Boston, with which it is connected by the Old Colony Railroad. Lat. 41°57'26" N.; Lon. 70° 40' 19 W. It is the oldest town in New England, and is celebrated as the place where the Pilgrim Fathers landed from the 'Mayflower,' December 21, 1620. A small mass of granite, called 'Plymouth Rock' or 'Forefathers' Rock,' on Water street, marks the place of landing. The most remarkable public building is the Pilgrim Hall, a granite structure, which was erected by the Pilgrim Society in 1824–25 and contains numerous relics and historical paintings. In front of the hall, surrounded by an iron fence, is a detached portion of 'Forefathers' Rock,' which has been removed hither from the water-side. Plymouth contains a court-house, a town hall, 9 churches, a high school, 2 national banks, 2 savings banks, a large hotel called the Samoset House, and printing-offices which issue 2 weekly newspapers and 1 monthly periodical. Here are also several iron-foundries and manufactories of boots and shoes, cotton goods, cordage, stoves, nails, tacks, &c. Plymouth has several vessels employed in the fisheries. Pop. in 1880, 70.93; in 1890, 7314.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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