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Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
By the time European settlers arrived in Duxbury, the region was inhabited by the Wampanoags, who called this place Mattakeesett, meaning "place of many fish." kids.kiddle.co
Duxbury includes: Ashdod, Cedar Crest, Gardnerville, Island Creek, Millbrook, Powder Point, and Tinkertown.
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- 1624 - Duxbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1637 - Duxbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646
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John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their... Read MORE...
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Myles Standish House, Built in 1666
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Colonial Inn, Built 1783
Postcard- 1826 - The Ford Store established in 1826 was the first department store in the United States. (Duxbury)
www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Public_Documents/ DuxburyMA_WebDocs/ townhistory - 1845 - DUXBURY. [Pop. 2,798. Inc. 1637.]
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means Leader, and Borough or Bury ; Miles Standish, the prompt...Read MORE... - 1854 - Duxbury
Duxbury, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, 80 miles S. E. of Boston. The inhabitants are principally engaged i...Read MORE... - 1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 
1860 - Sea "Monsters"
[Yes, this is an actual newspaper article from 1860 - unbelievable!]
A fortnight since, there was a very remarkable scene in a creek close by the s...Read MORE...- Duxbury Massachusetts, 1890
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern shore of Plymouth County. It is 27 miles southeast o...Read MORE... - 1895 - Duxbury
Dux'bury, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 38 miles S.S.E. ...Read MORE... 
Duxbury, Mass. Town Square.
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Town Square, 1905
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Old Department Store, 1912
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Powder Point Hall or Knapp School
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Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New ...Read MORE... 
Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.
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Masonic Hall
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646)
Crab Island. The Old Southwick House, built 1646
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony who came to North America on board the Mayflower, and held numerous posts of importance in the colony. Alden and his relationship with Priscilla Mullins were memorialized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in The Courtship of Miles Standish, a narrative poem that made the story a piece of American folklore.
One of the two properties contains the archaeological remains of the house John Alden built c. 1630, and is also significant in the field of historical archaeology as the mature field work of Roland Wells Robbins (1908-1987), an early historical archaeologist. It is on land owned by the Town of Duxbury. On the second property stands a house which was traditionally dated to c. 1657 as a work by Alden, but is, by forensic analysis, judged to have been built around 1700, probably by John Alden's grandson. This property has been under the continuous ownership of the Alden family; it is now managed by a family foundation as a historic house museum..." wikipedia)
John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their... Read MORE...
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Myles Standish House, Built in 1666)
Myles Standish House, Built in 1666
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Colonial Inn, Built 1783)
Colonial Inn, Built 1783
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Duxbury, Mass. Town Square.)
Duxbury, Mass. Town Square.
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Town Square, 1905)
Town Square, 1905
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Old Department Store, 1912)
Old Department Store, 1912
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Powder Point Hall or Knapp School)
Powder Point Hall or Knapp School
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.)
Powder Point from Bridge, Duxbury, Mass.
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
 (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - Masonic Hall)
Masonic Hall
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1624 - Duxbury is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1637 - Duxbury is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1826 - The Ford Store established in 1826 was the first department store in the United States. (Duxbury)
www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Public_Documents/ DuxburyMA_WebDocs/ townhistory
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1845 - DUXBURY. [Pop. 2,798. Inc. 1637.]
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means Leader, and Borough or Bury ; Miles Standish, the... Read MORE...
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1854 - Duxbury
Duxbury, a post-township of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, 80 miles S. E. of Boston. The inhabitants are principally engaged... Read MORE...
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1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1860 - Sea "Monsters"
[Yes, this is an actual newspaper article from 1860 - unbelievable!]
A fortnight since, there was a very remarkable scene in a creek close by the... Read MORE...
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Duxbury Massachusetts, 1890
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern shore of Plymouth County. It is 27 miles southeast... Read MORE...
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1895 - Duxbury
Dux'bury, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 38 miles S.S.E. ... Read MORE...
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1916
Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New ... Read MORE...
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