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Website. www .town .duxbury .ma .us. Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately 35 miles (56 km) to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 2020 census.
The Old Shipbuilder's Historic District is a 287-acre (116 ha) historic district in Duxbury, Massachusetts.The district includes both sides of Washington Street extending from South Duxbury (also known as Hall's Corner) to Powder Point Avenue, including several side streets off of Washington and a small portion of St. George Street and Powder Point Avenue.
The Old Town Hall Historic District is a historic district on Tremont Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The district includes the town's Greek Revival town hall (built 1840), the Greek Revival First Parish Church, and the 18th-century Mayflower Cemetery. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 for its ...
Alden House in 1904. The Alden House Historic Site is a house museum that was home to John and Priscilla Alden, located at 105 Alden Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Family tradition held that the house was built in 1653 as the second home of John and Priscilla Alden, although the original building may have been as early as 1630.
Myles Standish Monument State Reservation is a state-owned historic preserve and public recreation area in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The focus of the state park is a 116-foot granite shaft topped by a statue of Captain Myles Standish. Standish was military leader of Plymouth Colony. The park is managed by the Massachusetts Department of ...
Details of the incident that took place in the seaside town of Duxbury, MA are still emerging, but it has been widely reported that 32-year-old Clancy suffered from severe postpartum-related ...
The 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) burying ground is the final resting place of several well-known Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620, including Captain Myles Standish. The site was the location of Duxbury's first meeting house. [ 1 ] It was in use from approximately 1638 until 1789 at which point the cemetery was abandoned.
Duxbury Beach is a barrier beach in the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is six miles long and is accessed by the Powder Point Bridge from Duxbury, or Gurnet Road from Marshfield. Since 1975, approximately 4.5 miles of the beach is owned by Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc, [1] [2] which annually leases a substantial portion of the beach ...