Hingham
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town in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Plymouth
- Settled
- 1633 (as Bare Cove)
- Incorporated
- September 2, 1635
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Total
- 26.3 sq mi (68.1 km )
- Land
- 22.2 sq mi (57.5 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (10.6 km )
- Elevation
- 59 ft (18 m)
- Density
- 1,090/sq mi (422/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02043
- Area code
- 339 / 781
- Fips code
- 25-30210
- Gnis feature id
- 0618342
- Website
- Hingham, Massachusetts
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hingham
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Plymouth County
- Population
- 24284
- Area
- 68.1
- Elevation
- 18
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.hingham-ma.gov
- Image
- OldShipChurchView.jpg
- Households
- 9121
- Dialing code
- 339
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- Commons category
- Hingham, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Hingham, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02044
- category for people born here
- Q32652806
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hingham, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1633-00-00
- per capita income
- 80251
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (14)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hingham (/ˈhɪŋəm/ HING-əm) is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Part of the Greater Boston region, it is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,284. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor. The town was named after Hingham, Norfolk, England, and was first settled by English colonists in 1633.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hingham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.