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Weymouth was founded in 1635, from the territory known as Wessagusett which was described in 1622—just two years after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth. Weymouth held the distinction of having the oldest continuous town meeting form of government, for 365 years. In 1999, Weymouth residents voted to change to a city form of government.
The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set ...
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City flag of Worcester, Massachusetts, with a heart in the middle. Athol – Tool Town [19] Fitchburg – The Dirty Burg [citation needed] Gardner. Chair City [63] [64] [65] [self-published source] [66] Furniture Capital of New England [67] Leominster – Pioneer Plastics City of the World [68] Winchendon – Toy Town USA [69] Worcester. The ...
History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879 and 1880. 572 and 505 pages. Westford section in volume 2 page 475 by Hodgman and Julian Abbott. History of the Town of Westford, in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, by Rev. Edwin Ruthven Hodgman, published 1883, 494 ...
A plaque installed in the park in 1930 notes it was the location of the last attack on Weymouth by Native Americans under King Philip on April 19, 1676. The park was also the site of the Weymouth ...
Hingham is bordered on the east by Cohasset, and Scituate, on the south by Norwell and Rockland, on the west by Weymouth, and on the north by Hingham Bay and Hull. Cohasset and Weymouth are in Norfolk County; the other towns, like Hingham itself, are in Plymouth County. Hingham is 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Boston. World's End park in Hingham.
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