Welcome to Scituate Center ...

Scituate Center is located in Plymouth County<1>.

The pronunciation of Scituate Center: sitch-u-it<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scituate Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Scituate Center: Scituate Ctr. (or less commonly used: Scituate Cen., Scituate Cent. or Scituate Cntr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Scituate Center for more information about variations on the name of Scituate Center.

Scituate Center is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Scituate Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Scituate Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Scituate Center.

• Boston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Brockton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Quincy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
• Weymouth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
• Revere
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Revere is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
• Chelsea
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
• Braintree
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
• Randolph
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
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  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
• Stoughton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people

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 Scituate Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Scituate Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Scituate Center. 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 Scituate Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Scituate Center. See our Newspapers Page for Scituate Center.

Adding Scituate Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Scituate Center 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 (so far) for Scituate Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scituate Center.