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Plymouth County

county in Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Plymouth County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 1,115 Wikipedia views per month (county of massachusetts category, ranking #10 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Plymouth[5]
  • Shares border with: Norfolk County[6], Barnstable County[7], Bristol County[8], Dukes County[9]
  • Named after: Plymouth[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Brockton[11], Kingston[12], Wareham[13], Bridgewater[14], Hull[15], Halifax[16], Hingham[17], Marshfield[18], Carver[19], Plymouth[20], Abington[21], Marion[22], Norwell[23], Scituate[24]
  • Commons category: Plymouth County, Massachusetts[25]
  • Inception: 1685[26]
  • Coordinate location: 41.978878, -70.818954[27]
  • Official website: http://www.plymouthcounty-ma.gov[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Plymouth County, Massachusetts[29]
  • Population: 494,919[30], 495,844[31], 498,039[32], 498,393[33], 501,915[34], 510,393[35], 530,819[36]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Plymouth County, Massachusetts[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Plymouth County, Massachusetts[39]
  • Number of households: 190,355[40]
  • Native label: Plymouth County[41]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108916[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Plymouth County, Massachusetts[43]
  • Different from: Plymouth County[44]
  • Area: 2832[45]
  • Water as percent of area: 40[46]

Why It Matters

Plymouth County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Massachusetts United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Plymouth County, Ma
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Plymouth County, Massachusetts.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → plymouth-county-mass
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: plymouth-county-mass, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950520|plymouth county mass (#289950520)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00162450
    Umls cui → C3811219
    Taxonomicon id → 1806093
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
    Number of households → {'amount': '+190355'}
    Named after → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108916, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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