Marshfield, Massachusetts

Marshfield, Massachusetts
Town
Marshfield Town Hall
Seal
Motto: "Home Of Daniel Webster"
Location in Plymouth County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°05′30″N 70°42′22″W / 42.09167°N 70.70611°W / 42.09167; -70.70611Coordinates: 42°05′30″N 70°42′22″W / 42.09167°N 70.70611°W / 42.09167; -70.70611
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Plymouth
Settled	1632
Incorporated	1640
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area
• Total	31.7 sq mi (82.2 km2)
• Land	28.5 sq mi (73.7 km2)
• Water	3.3 sq mi (8.5 km2)
Elevation	17 ft (5 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	25,132
• Density	881.8/sq mi (341.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	02050
Area code(s)	339 / 781
FIPS code	25-38855
GNIS feature ID	0619470
Website	www.townofmarshfield.org

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), Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock.

Marshfield is located on the South Shore, about where Cape Cod Bay meets Massachusetts Bay.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.74 square miles (82.2 km²). 28.46 square miles (73.7 km²) of it is land and 3.28 square miles (8.5 km²) of it (10.33%) is water. Marshfield is bordered by Massachusetts Bay to the east, Duxbury to the south and southeast, Pembroke to the west, Norwell to the northwest, and Scituate to the north and northeast. Marshfield is 18 miles (29 km) east of Brockton and 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Boston.

Marshfield is named for the many salt marshes which border the salt and brackish borders of the town. There are three rivers, the North (along the northern border of the town), South (which branches at the mouth of the North River and heads south through the town) and the Green Harbor River (which flows just west of Brant Rock and Green Harbor Point at the south of town).