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October 9, 1960 [2] Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public ...
Saquish. Saquish Beach, sometimes simply referred to as Saquish, is a beach and headland located at the end of the peninsula at the entrance to Plymouth Bay in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A small private settlement of summer cottages line the beach and headland, sometimes referred to as Saquish Neck and Saquish Head respectively.
Plymouth ( / ˈplɪməθ /; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town and county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony ...
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. / 41.9450°N 70.5783°W / 41.9450; -70.5783. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ( PNPS) is a closed nuclear power plant in Massachusetts in the Manomet section of Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, south of the tip of Rocky Point and north of Priscilla Beach. Like many similar plants, it was constructed by Bechtel, and ...
Clark's Island is the name of a small island located in Duxbury Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [ 1] It was named for John Clark, the first mate of the Mayflower, the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England. [ 2] The island was initially considered for the location of the Pilgrim's settlement, but was rejected in favor of a site ...
The Pinehills is a census-designated place (CDP) [2] located in the Pine Hills region of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,515. [3] It includes a real estate development that bears the same name. As of 2008, the project is the largest new residential and commercial development in New England.
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It includes properties in an area roughly bounded on the west by North Street, on the north by Water Street on the east by Town Brook , and on the south by Court Street and Main ...
The most prominent of Plymouth's neighborhoods is Plymouth Center, also referred to as Downtown Plymouth. It is home to Plymouth's town hall and harbor. The geographical regions of North Plymouth, South Plymouth, and West Plymouth are named based upon their relationship to Plymouth Center. Plymouth has one of the longest coastlines of any town ...