Plymouth is a town placed in Plymouth County; it is by means of area the biggest municipality in Massachusetts.
It has a population of 58,379. The city is popular due to the pilgrims and as the site where the Mayflower landed. Famous as the oldest municipality in United States and New England, of the modern United States, it is known as the oldest place being inhabited by the English settlements.
Plymouth is situated on the South Shore, which is about 40 miles on the southern part of Boston in a region of Massachusetts.
The town has been famous as a centre for rope making, shipping and fishing, also was world famous biggest rope making company, the Plymouth Cordage Company.
In the present date, the major industry of the city is tourism, even though it has an active port.
The events which have taken place with regards to the history of Plymouth are a part of the mythology of the Country, especially the first thanksgiving, about the pilgrims and the Plymouth rock.
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