Hull, Massachusetts

Hull
Town
Aerial view of Hull, 2010
Flag Seal
Location in Plymouth County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°18′07″N 70°54′30″W / 42.30194°N 70.90833°W / 42.30194; -70.90833
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Plymouth
Settled	1622
Incorporated	1644
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area
• Total	26.9 sq mi (69.6 km2)
• Land	2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2)
• Water	24.1 sq mi (62.3 km2)
Elevation	50 ft (15 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,072
• Density	3,573/sq mi (1,380/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	02045
Area code	339/781
FIPS code	25-31645
GNIS feature ID	0618343
Website	www.town.hull.ma.us

Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, located on a peninsula at the southern edge of Boston Harbor. Its population was 10,072 at the 2020 census.^[1] Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the eleventh smallest in the state.^[2] However, its population density is nearly four times that of Massachusetts as a whole.^{[citation needed]}

Hull is home to the popular resort community of Nantasket Beach and has been the summer home to several luminaries throughout the years, including Calvin Coolidge and former Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald (also known as "Honey Fitz"), the father of Rose Kennedy and father-in-law of Joseph Kennedy Sr.