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Welcome to Duxbury ...Duxbury is located on Cape Cod Bay. Duxbury is located in Plymouth County<1>. The location of Duxbury has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> Duxbury was settled in 1624 and was incorporated in 1637. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Duxbury has a population of 15,903 people<3> (see below for details). Duxbury is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: Duxbury lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Duxbury: (781) & (339)<5> The ZIP codes for Duxbury: 02331-02332<6> Websites for Duxbury ...Official Website: www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Duxbury had an population of 15,903 people. This is an increase of 5.6% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.62% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Duxbury had a population of 15,059 people. This makes Duxbury the county's 12th most populous community. The population of Duxbury represents 0.23% of the population of Massachusetts (which has 6,547,629 people), making it the state's 128th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 15,059 people, the population of Duxbury increased 5.69% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 14,248 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Duxbury. Communities Also Named Duxbury ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Duxbury - they are located in Minnesota, South Dakota and Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Duxbury. Communities near Duxbury ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duxbury.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Duxbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duxbury. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duxbury. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Duxbury. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duxbury. See our Newspapers Page for Duxbury. Adding Duxbury to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Duxbury in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Duxbury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Duxbury in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for Duxbury. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Duxbury: www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/ Footnotes ...
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