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Plymouth

county seat town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Plymouth is a town in the United States[1]. Plymouth ranks in the top 0.38% of town in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,210 views/month, #21 of 5,573).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Plymouth County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Named after: Plymouth[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Plymouth[7], Shichigahama[8]
  • Postal code: 02360[9], 02361[10], 02362[11]
  • Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district[12], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district[13], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Plymouth district[14], Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Barnstable district[15]
  • Commons category: Plymouth, Massachusetts[16]
  • Inception: 1620[17]
  • Official website: http://www.plymouth-ma.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts[19]
  • Commons gallery: Plymouth, Massachusetts[20]
  • Population: 56,468[21], 61,217[22], 9592[23]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25]
  • Capital of: Plymouth Colony[26], Plymouth County[27]
  • Official name: Plymouth[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Plymouth, Massachusetts[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Plymouth, Massachusetts[30]
  • Number of households: 24,412[31]
  • Native label: Plymouth[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Plymouth, Massachusetts[33]
  • Different from: Plymouth[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 57 m[35]
  • Area: 134.0 square mile[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Plymouth, Massachusetts[37]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Plymouth include Plymouth County[38], a county of Massachusetts[39], in United States[40], founded in 1685[41].

Why It Matters

Plymouth has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Plymouth is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Plymouth include Plymouth County[38], a county of Massachusetts[39], in United States[40], founded in 1685[41].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . plymouthherald.co.uk. plymouthherald.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . plymouth-ma.gov. plymouth-ma.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Plymouth–Pembroke–Duxbury NECTA division
    Located in → —
    Capital of → Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County
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