South Shore (Massachusetts)
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The South Shore of Massachusetts is a geographic region stretching south and east from Boston along the shore of Massachusetts Bay toward Cape Cod. Communities of the South Shore include Quincy, Scituate, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Duxbury, and Plymouth.
Many of the place names come from England, hinting at the area's former colonial ties to that country. The Pilgrims settled on the South Shore, and Plimoth Plantation is located there. People like U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, came from this area.
The South Shore gave the world Howard Johnson's and Dunkin Donuts.
Massachusetts Route 3, Pilgrims Highway, is a major highway serving the South Shore.