11 Facts About Duxbury

Duxbury is a historic seaside town famous for its oysters in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

At first, those who settled in Duxbury came to work their new farms just in the warmer months and returned to Plymouth during the winter.

Myles Standish's will delineates his inheritance rights to very particular lands near and around Standish and mostly Duxbury Manor, stating his descent from both lines of the Standish family; and so it has been suggested that he named the new town in Massachusetts after the estate where he grew up.

Duxbury was primarily a farming community throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

Largest industry in Duxbury was owned by Ezra Weston, who came to be known as "King Caesar" due to his success and influence.

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Duxbury soon gained a reputation as an idyllic summer resort.

Duxbury is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the east, Duxbury Bay, Kingston Bay and Plymouth to the southeast, Kingston to the southwest, Pembroke to the west and northwest, and Marshfield to the north.

Duxbury is governed by the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a town manager and a board of selectmen.

Duxbury Free Library is located in the heart of town, next to the John Alden House, and is a member of the Old Colony Library Network.

Duxbury is located within ten miles of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, and as such has a well-organized emergency management agency.

The last bus line that goes through Duxbury is the Greyhound Bus Line which runs national service and into Canada, which stops at Millbrook Motors .