Scituate

seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Organization town_in_the_united_states Q2415936
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Scituate

Summary

Scituate is a town in the United States[1]. Scituate ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scituate is located in Plymouth County[3].
  • Scituate is in the country of United States[4].
  • Scituate's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[5].
  • Scituate's founder is recorded as Timothy Hatherly[6].
  • Scituate's postal code is recorded as 02066[7].
  • Scituate is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Plymouth district[8].
  • Scituate is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district[9].
  • Scituate is part of Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district[10].
  • Scituate's Commons category is recorded as Scituate, Massachusetts[11].
  • Scituate's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[12].
  • 1630 marks the founding of Scituate[13].
  • Scituate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.195833333333, 'lon': -70.726388888889}[14].
  • Scituate's official website is recorded as http://www.scituatema.gov/[15].
  • Scituate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scituate, Massachusetts[16].
  • Scituate has a population of {'amount': '+18133'}[17].
  • Scituate has a population of {'amount': '+19063'}[18].
  • Scituate's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scituate'}[19].
  • Scituate's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Scituate, Massachusetts[20].
  • Scituate's category for people who died here is recorded as Q107008595[21].
  • Scituate's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+7642'}[22].
  • Scituate's category of associated people is recorded as Q126871422[23].
  • Scituate sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}[24].
  • Scituate covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+82400000'}[25].
  • Scituate's located in the statistical territorial entity is recorded as Boston–Cambridge–Newton NECTA division[26].
  • Scituate's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+71813'}[27].

Body

Founding

Scituate's founder is recorded as Timothy Hatherly[6]. 1630 marks the founding of Scituate[13].

Identity

Scituate's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scituate'}[19]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Plymouth district[8], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[28], in United States[29]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district[9], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[30], in United States[31]; and Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district[10], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[32], in United States[33].

Why It Matters

Scituate ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[2] Scituate has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Scituate is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · ~2026-30679-32 · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United States
    Category of associated people Q126871422
    Located in time zone Eastern Time Zone
    Coordinate location {'lat': 42.195833333333, 'lon': -70.726388888889}
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