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  Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plymouth is a town located in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
In the town the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the town is $61,038, and the median income for a family is $63,750.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plymouth,_Sheboygan_County,_Wisconsin   (388 words)

  
 Plymouth (town), Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plymouth was the landing site of the Mayflower, and the location of the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony, established by the English Puritan "Pilgrims" in 1620.
Town Square in 1910, Plymouth, MA As of the census
In the town, the population is spread out; with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plymouth_(town),_Massachusetts   (632 words)

  
 Plymouth (town), New Hampshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Plymouth is a town located in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
In the town the population is spread out with 16.2% under the age of 18, 43.4% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the town is $35,618, and the median income for a family is $43,797.
www.explainthis.info /pl/plymouth-(town),-new-hampshire.html   (546 words)

  
 Hawk Inn & Mountain Resort - Plymouth/Calvin Coolidge Homestead
Plymouth, VT In the early 1960s, the founders of Hawk searched far and wide for the perfect Vermont setting in which to establish a world-class resort that could both profit from and complement its unique natural surroundings.
However, even though Plymouth remains the epitome of the quaint, rural Vermont town you've always dreamed of, it is far from being cut-off from the rest of the world.
The town is bordered by Killington on the north, Ludlow (home of Okemo Ski Resort) on the south, and Woodstock is located to the east, just one town away.
www.hawkresort.com /attractions/plymouth.html   (1490 words)

  
 Plymouth Populations, 1620-1690
Bradford commented that of the sixty settlers who came to join the general body of settlers as distinct from those who came on their own particular, some were "very useful persons and became good members to the body; and some were the wives and children of such as were here already.
In the town upon a high Mount they have a fort well built with wood, loam and stone, where is planted their Ordnance: Also a fair Watch-tower, partly framed, for the Sentinel.
The list, published in the Records of Plymouth Colony (PCR 12:9-13), appears to include the name of every member of the general company of settlers at Plymouth, but not the thirty or so who came on their own particular and were not entitled to a share in the company's livestock.
etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/townpop.html   (2545 words)

  
 Myers v. Town of Plymouth, 135 NC App 707 (99-79) 12/07/1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Myers brought this action against the Town of Plymouth seeking first, a declaratory judgment that the contract was valid and enforceable and second, that the Town of Plymouth hadbreached the contract.
Moreover, given the history of the Town of Plymouth's relationships with its five previous managers, the contract in question was a legitimate way for the Town of Plymouth to employ a town manager while providing themanager with the financial security to accept the employment.
Myers does not assert that the Town of Plymouth is estopped from arguing that the employment contract was ultra vires, we believe it is prudent to note this aspect of this case.
www.aoc.state.nc.us /www/public/coa/opinions/1999/990079-1.htm   (2428 words)

  
 Moving to Plymouth - Plymouth NH Chamber of Commerce
Plymouth is a community of strength and integrity, placing equal value on history as well as the future.
Plymouth is in the geographic center of the state.
Originally designed to stand for centuries, the Plymouth Town Hall is a monument to the community's strength and permanence, and a symbol of its identity.
www.plymouthnh.org /moving/history.html   (696 words)

  
 Town of Plymouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Town voted to accept and approve the codification of the by-laws of the Town of Plymouth, excluding the Personnel By-law and Zoning By-law, in the format presented by General Code Publishers Corp.
A. Any bylaw of the Town of Plymouth or rule or regulation of its boards, commissions and committees, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may, in the discretion of the town official who is the appropriate enforcing person, be enforced in the method provided in MGL c.
Except for property owners, their guests, Plymouth fishermen and campers with a special permit, the Plymouth Beach and its parking lot shall be closed to all vehicles between the hours of 9:00 p.m.
www.plymouth-ma.gov /template.asp?file=bylaws.html   (9056 words)

  
 Plymouth, NC - The Albemarle Region Of North Carolina - History, Events, Attractions - Roanoke River - Bed and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The town of Plymouth became the first incorporated town in Washington County in 1787 when Arthur Rhodes divided 100 acres of his Brick House Plantation along the Roanoke River into lots.
The Civil War came to the Roanoke River Valley with a vengeance, and Plymouth was the center of a land and sea campaign that wreaked havoc on the town and countryside for two years.
Plymouth was vital to the Confederates due to its strategic location at the mouth of the Roanoke River, a transportation link to Lee's Army in Virginia.
www.albemarle-nc.com /plymouth   (300 words)

  
 Descriptions of the Fortified Town of Plymouth
Pory's description of Plymouth, from which this excerpt is taken, is the first of three written by visitors to the new settlement that have survived.
Smith was familiar with Plymouth as it was prior to the settlers arrival in 1620, as he visited it briefly on his voyage of exploration around the coast in 1614.
In the town upon a high mount they have a fort well built with wood, loam and stone, where is planted their ordnance; also a fair watchtower, partly framed, for the sentinel.
etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/fortdesc.html   (2717 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mayor charter supporters, critics pitch cases to voters
Rising property taxes are casting a shadow on Saturday's election, in which Plymouth voters will decide whether to replace their Town Meeting form of government with a mayor and town council.
That town's annual budget and average tax bill are lower than Plymouth's, though Weymouth is slightly larger in population.
The large tax increases that Plymouth homeowners faced this year were caused by a cut in state aid, charter opponents said, and communities with mayors suffered the same increases.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/05/06/mayor_charter_supporters_critics_pitch_cases_to_voters   (782 words)

  
 The Bar Association of Massachusetts Municipal Attorneys, CSTCA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Plymouth 's Town House is a red brick, Colonial Revival style building that originally constructed in 1892 as a high school.
Plymouth has an estimated population of 56,000 and is also the seat of Plymouth County.
Plymouth 's population increased by fifty-seven percent from 35,913 in 1980 to 56,000 in 2005.
www.massmunilaw.org /th.htm   (512 words)

  
 Plymouth Town, Early Descriptions, 1620-1628
He evidently had access to some recent communications from Plymouth, and as he retained a vigorous interest in promoting the welfare of the country which he had explored and which bore the name he had given it, it is reasonable to infer that he kept in touch with travelers to the New World.
New Plymouth lies on the slope of a hill stretching east towards the sea-coast, with a broad street about a cannon shot of 800 feet long, leading down the hill; with a [street] crossing in the middle, northwards to the rivulet and southwards to the land.
The houses are constructed of clapboards, with gardens also enclosed behind and at the sides with clapboards, so that their houses and courtyards are arranged in very good order, with a stockade against sudden attack; and at the ends of the streets there are three wooden gates.
etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/towndesc.html   (2865 words)

  
 Washington Daily News Online
Plymouth's Town Council, along with Mayor Brian Roth and contract financial consultant Sam Styons asked the commissioners to consider revamping funding of the county's five fire districts.
Plymouth provided the commissioners a financial outline of the Conaby Fire District, which straddles Plymouth and the county but is funded primarily by Plymouth.
Plymouth's total fire budget is almost $114,000 while the county budget is $188,000.
www.wdnweb.com /articles/2005/03/10/news/news02.txt   (1043 words)

  
 PlYMOUTH MA - ITS HISTORY AND PEOPLE
Plymouth Rock, a tourist attraction, is on the shore under a granite canopy; recreations of Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower are also there.
The pilgrims founded Plymouth on Dec. 21, 1620, establishing a settlement that became the seat of Plymouth Colony in 1633 and a part of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.
His History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647, first printed in full in 1856, is a minor classic, reflecting the unusual qualities of the man and the values of the small group of English separatists who became known as Pilgrims.
pilgrims.net /plymouth/history   (1465 words)

  
 Editor's notes: Plymouth grew out of a real town meeting decades ago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
They have open town meeting there, but it resembled the real town meeting in Vermont as much as it did the Ventura Freeway.
Plymouth invented town meeting and the role of the moderator.
They stood in what today is Town Square and talked about the details until they got it right.
oldcolony.southofboston.com /articles/2004/02/18/news/news07.txt   (585 words)

  
 Plymouth Rock
The inhabitants of the town [Plymouth], animated by the glorious spirit of liberty which pervaded the Province, and mindful of the precious relic of our forefathers, resolved to consecrate the rock on which they landed to the shrine of liberty.
One of Washington's schooners, the Harrison, captained by William Coit, was headquartered in Plymouth.
The care of Plymouth Rock was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a new portico, designed by McKim, Mead and White and donated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, was built.
www.pilgrimhall.org /Rock.htm   (1187 words)

  
 GENUKI: Plymouth, Devon - Genealogy
"Plymouth is a large sea-port, seated between the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar, and one of the chief naval magazines in the kingdom, owing to its excellent port or harbour, which capable of safely containing 1000 sail.
Street indexes to the 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses, and a surname index for the 1871 census, for Plymouth are held at the Plymouth Central Library, North Hill.
Bryant, W.N. Plymouth Borough Prison in the Census of 1871.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/Plymouth   (4327 words)

  
 ALHN--Rock Co., WI--History of Plymouth Township
Plymouth is situated in the southwest quarter of the county.
Hanover, in the town of Plymouth, at the junction of the Chicago, Milwaukee
Footville, on the northern border of the town of Plymouth, on the Chicago and
www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/rock/Twp/HistPL.html   (730 words)

  
 Reader's Companion to American History - -PHILIP (KING PHILIP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Being allied to Plymouth, Philip was caught in that settlement's territorial ambitions, as well as those of Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island, whose new charter included within its bounds his homeland of Pokanoket (Bristol).
In 1667, Plymouth founded the town of Swansea on land also claimed by Rhode Island, and in 1671 Philip sold land to Rhode Islanders, apparently believing that the seven years of his promise to Plymouth had expired.
Plymouth in retaliation forced him to submit, ending his status as a "free" sachem, and the Commissioners of the United (Puritan) Colonies of New England confirmed his subjection.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_068600_philipkingph.htm   (539 words)

  
 1749 Courthouse and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The 1749 Court House was originally built for the joint use of the county and the town of Plymouth.
The town used it during those periods the circuit court was not in session.
When the new courthouse was built in 1820, the town purchased this building for the sum of $2,000 and from that time until the early 1950's, virtually every town department has had its office there.
www.visit-plymouth.com /courthouse.asp   (234 words)

  
 PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
From Thomaston, we make a side trip to the mother town of Plymouth, closely identified with Eli Terry and the development of the clock industry.
The grandfather of Henry Cook, the first settler, (in the present town of Thomaston) was one of the Pilgrims, and the town was named for Plymouth, Mass.
Terry began using waterpower at the turn of the century, and with a few men and boys to help him was commencing 10 to 20 clocks at a time.
members.skyweb.net /~channy/CTGuidePly.html   (805 words)

  
 Plymouth Guide - The Pilgrim Walk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Built with timbers from the Plymouth Fort and staffed with costumed guides who demonstrate candle dipping, weaving and spinning.
Town Brook - Availability of fresh water from Town Brook was one of the reasons the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth.
Plymouth Rock - Believed to be the landing place of the Pilgrims, two-thirds of this rock is underground.
www.plymouthguide.com /pilgwalk.html   (477 words)

  
 The Patriot Ledger at SouthofBoston.com
Commuters and tourists could sail between Plymouth and Boston on a new ferry route if a concept being considered by Plymouth town and business leaders comes to fruition.
Denis Hanks, executive director of the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, said it's too soon to know if the ferries would serve people who work in Boston or primarily cater to tourists, who typically would be more willing than commuters to take longer, more expensive trips.
Hanks, who filed the grant request last week on behalf of the town, said he thinks it's likely some public money would be needed to subsidize the ferry trips.
ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2005/03/08/news/news04.txt   (653 words)

  
 Roderick C. and Kathleen Hull v. Town of Plymouth & a.
HORTON, J. The defendants, the Town of Plymouth (town), New Hampshire Municipal Association Property-Liability Insurance Trust, Inc. (NHMA-PLIT), and Underwriters at Lloyd's, London (Lloyd's), appeal an order of the Superior Court (Smith, J.) granting summary judgment for the plaintiffs, Roderick C. and Kathleen Hull, and denying summary judgment for the defendants.
He received workers' compensation benefits from the town and the maximum amount of liability coverage carried by the other driver involved in the accident.
The defendants objected to the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and filed a cross-motion, asserting that the plaintiffs were barred by the Workers' Compensation Law, RSA ch.
www.state.nh.us /judiciary/supreme/opinions/1999/hull.htm   (1414 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Grad students dig in to landscape challenge
The students are working on designs to tie together the elements of the greenway and connect the park to the surrounding community.
Town officials agree -- a parking garage on the parcel has been talked about for years.
After that, it will be up to the town to incorporate them into its plans for a unified Town Brook corridor and in future grant proposals.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/04/14/grad_students_dig_in_to_landscape_challenge   (703 words)

  
 1627 Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is one of the ways you may be greeted in the 1627 Pilgrim Village, a re-creation of the small farming town built by English colonists in the midst of the Wampanoag homeland.
Surrounding the town is a palisade, a high wooden fence like the one that was built in 1622 to protect the original village.
This spelling was adopted to differentiate the museum from the modern town of Plymouth.
www.plimoth.org /visit/what/1627.asp   (4927 words)

  
 Plymouth, North Carolina - Town Departments
Plymouth's Police Department provides a full range of services with 14 full-time officers and an auxiliary staff of four volunteers.
Plymouth's outstanding Fire Department is made up of about 35 volunteers who dedicate time and effort to protect the residents and businesses of Plymouth.
Payments are made to the town by mail at PO Box 806, or in person at Town Hall, 124 E. Water Street, Plymouth.
www.visitplymouthnc.com /departments.htm   (422 words)

  
 Harbormaster
Located at the Town Wharf in Plymouth Harbor, the Harbor Master’s Department patrols the waterways of the Town of Plymouth using several vessels.
The Harbor Master for the Town of Plymouth is Joe Ritz.
The Harbor Master’s Department is responsible for all operations in the harbor area and waterways throughout the town.
www.plymouthpolice.com /harborma.htm   (305 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Plymouth (town), Wisconsin
Plymouth is the name of three towns in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
There is also the City of Plymouth, located in Sheboygan County.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Plymouth-(town),-Wisconsin   (121 words)

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