Hull, Massachusetts
Hull, Massachusetts | |
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Aerial view of Hull, 2010 | |
Location in Plymouth County in Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 42°18′07″N 70°54′30″W / 42.30194°N 70.90833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Plymouth |
| Settled | 1622 |
| Incorporated | 1644 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Open town meeting |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.9 sq mi (69.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2) |
| • Water | 24.1 sq mi (62.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 10,072 |
| • Density | 3,573/sq mi (1,380/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Code | 02045 |
| Area code | 339/781 |
| FIPS code | 25-31645 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0618343 |
| Website | www |
Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, located on a peninsula at the southern edge of Boston Harbor. Its population was 10,072 at the 2020 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the eleventh smallest in the state. However, its population density is nearly four times that of Massachusetts as a whole.
Hull is home to the popular resort community of Nantasket Beach and has been the summer home to several luminaries throughout the years, including Calvin Coolidge and former Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald (also known as "Honey Fitz"), the father of Rose Kennedy and father-in-law of Joseph Kennedy Sr.