18 Facts About Plymouth Massachusetts

Plymouth Massachusetts is located approximately 40 miles south of Boston in a region known as the South Shore.

Plymouth Massachusetts played a very important role in American colonial history.

Plymouth Massachusetts colony faced many difficulties during its first winter, the most notable being the risk of starvation and the lack of suitable shelter.

Plymouth Massachusetts taught the colonists how to farm corn, where and how to catch fish, and other helpful skills for the New World.

Plymouth Massachusetts was instrumental in the survival of the settlement for the first two years.

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Plymouth Massachusetts holds the distinction of being the first permanent European settlement in New England, and one of the oldest European settlements in what is the United States.

Plymouth Massachusetts thrived into the 1960s, but was forced out of business in 1964 due to competition from synthetic-fiber ropes.

Plymouth Massachusetts has had rapid growth and development since the late twentieth century.

Plymouth Massachusetts contains several small ponds scattered throughout its western quadrant, the largest being the Great Herring Pond .

Plymouth, like other coastal Massachusetts towns, is very vulnerable to Nor'easter weather systems.

Plymouth Massachusetts has a centralized municipal police force, the Plymouth Massachusetts Police Department.

Plymouth Massachusetts has experienced commercial and industrial success, with the downtown area and North Plymouth Massachusetts each becoming commercial centers and an industrial park opening outside of the town center.

The Plymouth Massachusetts campus opened in 1991, and the college's main campus is in Quincy.

Plymouth Massachusetts is home to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth Massachusetts, the largest hospital in the southern region of the South Shore.

Plymouth Massachusetts was the home of the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Plymouth Massachusetts Pilgrims, who played their home games at Forges Field 1.

Plymouth Massachusetts Rock became very famous after its identification as the supposed landing site of the Pilgrims, and was moved to a location in Plymouth Massachusetts Center.

Plymouth Massachusetts is home to 11 public and private golf courses, which include Squirrel Run, Pinehills, Plymouth Massachusetts Country Club, and Southers Marsh, a course that runs through a series of actively maintained cranberry bogs.

Since 2001, Plymouth Massachusetts has shared a twin-city status with: Plymouth Massachusetts, Devon, United Kingdom.