About the town » Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

Hingham is a town in metropolitan Greater Boston on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts in northern Plymouth County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,157. Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor. The town was named after Hingham, Norfolk, and was first settled by English colonists in 1633. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Hingham, please see the article Hingham (CDP), Massachusetts.