These are links to free, online Plymouth County histories and city and town histories for cities and towns within Plymouth County, Massachusetts.* 

County Histories generally give information on the settlement of an area, geography, government, and industry in an area, and sometimes include biographical sketches of citizens or other information about the local residents. Some even include genealogies.

Plymouth Colony Histories

Plymouth County 

• Biographical Review, Volume XVIII, containing life sketches of leading citizens of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1897

• History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1884

• History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and accounts of the industries upon its tributaries, 1640-1872, published 1889

• The Plymouth County directory, and historical register of the Old Colony, containing an historical sketch of the county, and of each town in the county; a roll of honor, with the names of all soldiers of the army and navy, from this county, who lost their lives in service; an alphabetical list of the voters; a complete index to the mercantile, manufacturing, and professional interests of the county .., by Pratt

• Bill family, descendants of Ebenezer Bill and Hann Bullard Bill, 1740- 1960 Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth counties Massachusetts, by Miller

Abington

• History of the Town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement, published 1866

• History of the Town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement, published 1866 (alternate source)

• An Historical Sketch of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, published 1839

Bridgewater

• History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including the extensive Family Register, 1840

• History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including the extensive Family Register, 1840

• History fo the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register, 1897

• Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts, 1882

North Bridgewater

• History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts … with Family Registers, published 1866

• History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts … with Family Registers, published 1866 (alternate source)

• History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts … with Family Registers, published 1866 (alternate source)

Brockton

• History of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1656-1894, 1895

• Views of Brockton Massachusetts, 1905

• A Genealogist’s Index of Bradford Kingman’s History of Brockton (published 1895), 1957

Carver

• History of the Town of Carver Massachusetts, Historical Review 1637 to 1910, published 1913

Duxbury 

• History of the Town of Duxbury Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, 1849

• History of the Town of Duxbury Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, 1849

• History of the Town of Duxbury Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, 1849

• History of the Town of Duxbury Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, 1849

• The Pilgrim Town of Duxbury, 1900

• Copy of the Old Records, Town of Duxbury Massachusetts, 1642-1770, 1893

• Historic Duxbury in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1910

East Bridgewater

Halifax

Hanover 

• History of the Town of Hanover Massachusetts with Family Genealogies, 1910

• History of the Town of Hanover Massachusetts with Family Genealogies, 1910 (alternate source)

• History of The Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Volume 1, 1879

• History of The Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Volume 2, 1879

• A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover Massachusetts with Family Genealogies, 1853

Hanson

Hingham 

• History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1827

• History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts, in three volumes. Volume 1, part 1, published 1893

• History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts, in three volumes. Volume 2, published 1893

• History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts, in three volumes. Volume 3, published 1893

• History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts in three volumes, Volume 2, Genealogical, published 1893 (alternate source)

• History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts in three volumes, Volume 3, Genealogical, published 1893 (alternate source)

Hull

Kingston

Lakeville

Marion

Marshfield 

• History of Marshfield, Volume 1, published 1901 (multiple copies available at Internet Archive)

• History of Marshfield, Volume 2, published 1901 (multiple copies available at Internet Archive)

Mattapoisett

  Mattapoisett 1907-google

Middleborough/Middleboro 

• The History of the Church of North Middleborough Massachusetts, 1876

• History of the Town of Middleboro Massachusetts, 1906

Norwell

Pembroke

Plymouth

Old Burial Hill

• Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Its History, Its Famous Dead, and Its Quaint Epitaphs, 1902

Plympton

Rochester

Rockland

Scituate 

• History of Scituate Massachussetts, its first settlement t 1831, published 1831

• History of Scituate Massachussetts, its first settlement t 1831, published 1831 (alternate source)

• Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850

Wareham

West Bridgewater

Whitman

*Plymouth County histories & town histories will continue to be added as they are located.