Cedar Crest is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in the town of
Marshfield,
Plymouth County,
, United States. It is named for a hill on the north side of Careswell Street. It is bordered to the south by the town of
Duxbury
Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 20 ...
and to the southeast by the community of
Green Harbor.
Cedar Crest was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[ At the 2010 census, Cedar Crest and neighboring Green Harbor were part of a single CDP known as Green Harbor-Cedar Crest.
]
Demographics
History
The original name for Cedar Crest was "Gotham Hill". In the 1920s, three seasonal children's camps were created on the west end of the hill. The Immaculate Conception Boys Brigade, under the direction of Monsignor Edward M. Hartigan from the Immaculate Conception Church in Everett, bought out the other two camps and created one camp. At the time the hill did not have any trees since it had been farmland for a number of years. There was a growth of small cedar trees on the top of the hill. This inspired Monsignor Hartigan to name the combined camps "Cedar Crest", and the name was emblazoned on the side of the hill in white painted stones. Ever since, the entire hill has been called Cedar Crest.
References
Census-designated places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Census-designated places in Massachusetts
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