Cohasset
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town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Total
- 31.44 sq mi (81.42 km )
- Land
- 9.79 sq mi (25.35 km )
- Water
- 21.64 sq mi (56.06 km )
- Elevation
- 49 ft (15 m)
- Density
- 856/sq mi (330.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02025
- Area code
- 339 / 781
- Fips code
- 25-14640
- Gnis feature id
- 0618317
- Website
- www .cohassetma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town, which split off from Hingham in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,381.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cohasset” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.