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Welcome to South Duxbury ...

South Duxbury is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Duxbury, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for South Duxbury: S. Duxbury

South Duxbury is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named South Duxbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named South Duxbury - it's located in Vermont.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Duxbury.

Communities near South Duxbury ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near South Duxbury.

  • Brockton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Plymouth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Weymouth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgewater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Marshfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Middleborough
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hingham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Wareham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wareham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
    • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
  • Bourne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bourne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
    • Bourne is located in Barnstable County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
  • Scituate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scituate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
    • Scituate is located in Plymouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 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 South Duxbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for South Duxbury.

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

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

Adding South Duxbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South 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 South Duxbury was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found South Duxbury on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Duxbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Plymouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Duxbury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.