Town of Marshfield

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About Marshfield

Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts’s South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.

See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield (CDP), Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock.

Neighborhoods

Marshfield is also the site of several small forests and conservation areas, including the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary along the Green Harbor River and the North River Wildlife Sanctuary, along Route 3A.

The Town of Marshfield MA has six separate zip codes: Marshfield 02050, Brant Rock 02020, Ocean Bluff 02065, North Marshfield 02059, Marshfield Hills 02051, Green Harbor 02041.

This quaint seaside Town is politically divided by eight Villages: Marshfield Center, Fieldston, Ocean Bluff, Rexhame, Brant Rock, Green Harbor, Marshfield Hills, and North Marshfield

The following beaches comprise Marshfield’s five mile long public seashore: Rexhame, Fieldston, Sunrise, Ocean Bluff, Brant Rock, Blackman’s Point, Blue Fish Cove, Burke’s and Green Harbor. See History of Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Marshfield is a popular summer beach destination. Tourists and vacationers cause the town’s population to nearly double from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend. Only full-time residents can vote on public tax matters.

Transportation

Route 3, also known as the Pilgrims Highway, skirts the town along the Pembroke town line, and can be accessed in Marshfield via theRoute 139 exit. Route 139 loops through the town, with a long portion passing along the beaches of the Ocean Bluff and Fieldston neighborhoods before heading north and east into Pembroke. Route 3A also passes through the town, entering from the south in Duxbury and exiting over the North River into Scituate.

There is daily bus service connecting with the MBTA station in Braintree and another bus connecting with South Station in Boston. The nearest train station is the Greenbush station in Scituate. There is a commuter ferry to Boston available in Hingham. The nearest major airport is Logan International Airport in Boston. The area is also served by T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island and the town’s own municipal airport for general aviation. The nearest freight rail service is in Wareham.

All information about Marshfield courtesy of: Wikipedia