South Shore

Location

Population

Total Area
Sq Miles

Land Area 
Sq Miles

Water Area
Sq Miles

 

Massachusetts

6,349,097

10,554.57

7,840.02

2,714.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cohasset

7,261

31.46

9.89

21.57

 

Duxbury

14,249

37.62

23.75

13.87

 

Hanover

13,164

15.72

15.61

.11

 

Hingham

19,882

25.04

22.47

2.57

 

Hull

11,050

28.21

3.03

25.18

 

Kingston

11,780

20.39

18.53

1.86

 

Marshfield

24,324

31.73

28.45

3.28

 

Norwell

9,765

21.17

20.87

.29

 

Pembroke

16,927

23.47

21.84

1.63

 

Plymouth

51,701

133.98

96.46

37.52

 

Scituate

17,863

31.80

17.18

14.61

The source of this information is the 2000 US Census, obtained from that web site on 1 26 2010, further details and any changes that have been made to data since that time can be found online, click here.
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod which include Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)."  For more information, click here.