Welcome to West Duxbury ...

West Duxbury is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Duxbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for West Duxbury: W. Duxbury

West Duxbury is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near West Duxbury ...

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

• Brockton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Quincy
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Plymouth
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
• Weymouth
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
• Taunton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Taunton is located in Bristol County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
• Braintree
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
• Randolph
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
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  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
• Stoughton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people
• Bridgewater
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
• Milton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Milton is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 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 West Duxbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Duxbury.

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

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

Adding West Duxbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West 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 (so far) for West Duxbury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the West Duxbury post office opened in 1844. The West Duxbury post office closed in 1958.

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