Plymouth

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Plymouth is a historic coastal town in Massachusetts, United States, best known as the landing site of the Pilgrims and often called "America’s Hometown."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
borderedBy Bourne, Massachusetts
Carver, Massachusetts
Kingston, Massachusetts
Plympton, Massachusetts
Wareham, Massachusetts
coastlineFeature Cape Cod Bay shoreline
Plymouth Harbor
country United States
county Plymouth County
distanceFrom approximately 20 miles north of Cape Cod Canal
approximately 40 miles south of Boston
economySector fishing
service industries
tourism
foundedBy English colonists
Pilgrims
foundingYear 1620
governmentType representative town meeting
hasCommemorativeEvent America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade
annual Thanksgiving celebrations
hasHarbor Plymouth Harbor
hasHistoricDistrict Plymouth Center Historic District
historicalEvent establishment of Plymouth Colony
landing of the Pilgrims in 1620
knownFor Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Plymouth Rock
Thanksgiving-related tourism
being the traditional landing site of the Mayflower
early colonial American history
locatedInRegion New England
South Shore of Massachusetts
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod Bay
mergedInto Province of Massachusetts Bay
mergerYear 1691
namedAfter Plymouth, England
nickname America’s Hometown
originalInhabitants Wampanoag people
partOf Plymouth Colony
partOfMetropolitanArea Greater Boston combined statistical area
state Massachusetts
touristAttraction Mayflower II
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Plymouth Rock
wasCapitalOf Plymouth Colony


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