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Weymouth

Massachusetts, United States
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Weymouth, town (township), Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies on Hingham Bay and the Weymouth Fore and Weymouth Back rivers, just southeast of Boston. The township embraces the villages of South, North, and East Weymouth. Settled in 1622 as the Wessaguscus (or Wessagusset) Plantation, it is the state’s second oldest community, and it was the dispersal point for the earliest expeditions around Massachusetts Bay. Incorporated in 1635, it was named for Weymouth, England, and...

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