Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth County | |
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First Church Site marker, Men of Kent Cemetery, Meetinghouse Lane, Scituate, Massachusetts | |
Location within the U.S. state of Massachusetts | |
Massachusetts's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°58′44″N 70°49′08″W / 41.978878°N 70.818954°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Founded | June 2, 1685 |
| Seat | Plymouth and Brockton |
| Largest city | Brockton |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,093 sq mi (2,830 km2) |
| • Land | 659 sq mi (1,710 km2) |
| • Water | 434 sq mi (1,120 km2) 40% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 530,819 |
| • Density | 806.1/sq mi (311.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 4th, 8th, 9th |
| Website | www |
Plymouth County is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, south of Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 530,819. Its county seats are Plymouth and Brockton. In 1685, the county was created by the Plymouth General Court, the legislature of Plymouth Colony, predating its annexation by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Plymouth County is part of the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.