Plymouth

(plim'uth,) a seaport and naval arsenal of England, county Devon, at the head of a sound of same name, formed by the confluence of the Plym and Tamar rivers with the sea. Pop. 68,080. Plymouth, in Indiana, a village, C. of Marshall co., abt. 84 m. E.S.E. of Chicago. Pop. 2,482.- In low a, & W.N.W. co., skirted by Dakota Ter.; area, 900 sq. m.; C. Melbourne. Pop. 2,201.-In Ma achusetts, an E. co., washed by the Atlantic Ocean; area, 720 sq. miles; C. Plymouth. Pop. 65,387.- A town, port of entry, and C. of above co., 37 miles S. by E. of Boston. This, the oldest town in New England, was the place where the Pilgrim Fathers landed, Dec. 22, 1620. Pop. 6,238.-In N. Carolina, a vill. and port of entry, C. of Washington co., 150 m. E.of Raleigh; taken by a ault by General Hoke's Confederate command, April 20, 1864. Pop. 1,389. [s. 717]