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Do you know of Plympton Station ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Plympton Station. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Plympton Station.<1>

Our sources for Plympton Station (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Plympton Station other than they indicate that Plympton Station would be found somewhere in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1861 and closed  in 1879.

Communities Also Named Plympton Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Plympton Station.

Within Massachusetts, the name Plympton Station is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Plympton Station in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Plympton Station.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plympton Station ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Plympton Station:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Plympton Station - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Plymouth County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Plymouth County.

Agawam BeachNorth Bridgewater
Antassawamock BeachNorth Middleborough Station
 North West Bridgewater
Bridgewater Center 
Brown'sOakdale Village
 Ocean Bluff - Brant Rock
Centerouth Duxbury
Central Marshfield 
 Pembroke Center
DarbyPembroke Heights
Duxbury CenterPembroke Pines
Duxbury StationPierceville
 Plymouth Center
East AbingtonPoint Allerton
East Marshfield 
East MattapoisettRidge Hill
East Middleboro 
East WhitmanSand Hill
Eel RiverSandhills
 Sea Side
Furnace Pond ColonySippican
 Snug Harbor
Halifax StationSouth Abington Station
Hanleys CornerSouth Abington
HollywoodSouth Lakeville
 South Plymouth
Indian Mound BeachSouth Scituate
IrvingstonState Farm
 Stoney Beach
Kingston CenterSurfside
  
Lakeville CenterTurnpike
Little Harbor Beach 
Long Pond VillageWarren Terrace
 Webster Place
Marion CenterWeir River
Marion StationWest Bridgewater Center
Marshfield CompactWest Scituate
Mattapoisett CenterWest Wind Shores
Middleborough CenterWhitehead
Mount BlueWindmere
 Winslow Crossing
Nobska Beach 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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