THE DUXBURY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Duxbury town has 23.7 square miles of land in Plymouth County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Duxbury and Plymouth County
Duxbury is associated with Plymouth County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Duxbury by land and water
The Census records 13.9 square miles of water within Duxbury, or 37% of its total area. It is 2.8 percentage points lower than the 39.8% recorded for Plymouth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Duxbury town has 10.7 times the land area of nearby Duxbury CDP (2.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

