Hingham
a town in Plymouth co., Mass., on Massachusetts bay and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 14 miles S. E. of Boston. It is a popular summer resort, with steamship connections with Boston, and has the oldest "Meeting House" in New England, first occupied in 1682. It has a high school, Derby Academy, public library, manufacturing and fishing interests, banks and newspapers. Pop. (1910) 4,965; (1920) 5,604.