Manomet is a seaside village of Plymouth, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, United States

United States

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. It is named for the Manomet Native American sub-group of the Wampanoag whose settlement was located atop the dominant hill in the region when European settlers arrived in Plymouth in 1620. Manomet has a Post Office

Post office

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 in the business district whose ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 is 02345. Residents and businesses in this village that are non-Post Office box

Post Office box

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 holders use Plymouth's ZIP code of 02360.

Pilgrim Station

Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station

Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station is currently the only nuclear power plant operating in the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is located in the Manomet section of Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, south of the tip of Rocky Point and north of Priscilla Beach...

, the only operating nuclear power plant

Nuclear power

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 in Massachusetts, is located in Plymouth, north of Manomet.

Manomet is also the boyhood home of Boston bartender Jim McDonough, creator of the pirogi.

Activities and Recreation

Today, Manomet is known for its Independence Day

Independence Day (United States)

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 celebrations, which actually take place one day early, on the 3rd of July. The celebrations usually consist of private bonfire

Bonfire

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s, fireworks

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, and a typically a family oriented crowd. Manomet's July 3 celebration of Independence Day extends back to the 1800s, when residents burned scrap and driftwood

Driftwood

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 on the beach. Tradition dictates that these bonfires be extinguished by the rising tide, so depending on the moon, the festivities may extend well into the night, or end relatively early. The 3rd of July celebrations are featured in a song called "Manomet (On The 3rd Of July)" written by longtime Manomet resident Tedd Rodman.

Neighborhoods and beaches

Manomet consists of the following neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts

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:

• Manomet Heights
• Manomet Bluffs (Strictly Private)
• Fisherman's Landing (Strictly Private)
• Churchill Landing (Strictly Private)
• Indian Bluffs Improvement Association (CCA) (Strictly Private)
• Shallow Pond
  Shallow Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
  Shallow Pond is an pond in the Manomet section of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Fresh Pond, north of Briggs Reservoir, southwest of Cedar Bushes and west of Manomet Beach...
  
   Estates
• Cedar Bushes (Strictly Private)
• Manomet Beach (Strictly Private)
• Colony Beach Boulevard (Strictly Private)
• Ocean Aire (strictly Private)

Landmarks

Manomet landmarks include:

• Coast Guard Station Manomet Point, a former United States Coast Guard
  United States Coast Guard
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  station which although no longer there has a stone memorial to deceased surfmen
• Plymouth Moose Lodge #2485
• Monte Christos
• Metro's Cafe
• Kush Kone
• Cappy's Pizza
• Sweet Lemons
• Big Al's Deli
• Luke's Liquors
• Manomet Bird Observatory
• Star of Siam
• Saint Bonaventure Parish
• The Idlewild
• Churchill's Oil and Gas
• Rose & Vicki's
• Gellar's Snack Bar
• Manomet Elementary

Second Church of Plymouth home of the oldest 'Ladies Beneficial Society' in America.

External links

• History of Manomet