Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay 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.[1]
Adams Shore was started as a real estate development for resort homes in the 1890s.[2][3] It is situated on land formerly belonging to the Adams family, which included two former presidents of the United States, John Adams and John Quincy Adams.[3] The neighborhood evolved into a traditional neighborhood of family homes.[2]
adams, shore, neighborhood, quincy, massachusetts, located, shore, quincy, entrance, hough, neck, peninsula, bordered, north, quincy, east, hough, neck, neighborhood, south, town, river, west, merrymount, neighborhood, according, census, bureau, 2000, populati. Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy Massachusetts It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay 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 1 Map of Quincy neighborhoods Contents 1 History 2 Transportation 3 External links 4 NotesHistory editAdams Shore was started as a real estate development for resort homes in the 1890s 2 3 It is situated on land formerly belonging to the Adams family which included two former presidents of the United States John Adams and John Quincy Adams 3 The neighborhood evolved into a traditional neighborhood of family homes 2 Transportation editSea Street is the major thoroughfare in the neighborhood Adams Shore is served by bus routes 214 and 216 of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with service to Quincy Center 4 External links editQuincy Massachusetts official site http www quincyma gov United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information Service 614037 Adams ShoreNotes edit Block Group 5 Census Tract 4178 01 Norfolk County Massachusetts United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on May 15 2009 Retrieved June 21 2009 a b Quincy Neighborhoods City of Quincy Archived from the original on July 13 2009 Retrieved June 21 2009 a b Lambert Lane May 2007 Adams s name used everywhere The Patriot Ledger Retrieved June 21 2009 MBTA Schedules and Maps Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retrieved June 21 2009 42 15 50 N 70 59 02 W 42 264 N 70 984 W 42 264 70 984 nbsp This Norfolk County Massachusetts geography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adams Shore amp oldid 1166383229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
