Adams Shore is a neighborhood of

Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in ...

. It is located on the shore of

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at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2000 the population of Adams Shore was just over 1,500.

History

Adams Shore was started as a real estate development for resort homes in the 1890s. It is situated on land formerly belonging to the Adams family, which included two former presidents of the United States,

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and

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. The neighborhood evolved into a traditional neighborhood of family homes.

Transportation

Sea Street is the major thoroughfare in the neighborhood. Adams Shore is served by bus routes 214 and 216 of the

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

with service to Quincy Center.

External links

* Quincy, Massachusetts official site: http://www.quincyma.gov * United States Geological Surve
Geographic Names Information Service:614037 Adams Shore

Notes

Neighborhoods in Massachusetts Populated places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusetts {{NorfolkCountyMA-geo-stub