Cohasset

Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, though it is not contiguous with the main body of the county. The population was 7,261 at the 2000 census. Cohasset was first seen by Europeans in 1614, when Captain John Smith explored the coast of New England. The area was first settled in 1670 and became a town separate from Hingham in 1770. The town's name came from the Algonquian word "Conohasset," meaning "long rocky place." Cohasset was originally part of Suffolk County, and when the southern part of the county was set off as Norfolk County in 1793, it included the towns of Cohasset, Hingham and Hull. In 1803 Hull and Hingham opted out of Norfolk County and became part of Plymouth County, leaving Cohasset as an exclave of Norfolk County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.5 square mile (81.5 km²), of which, 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²) of it is land and 21.6 square miles (55.9 km²) of it (68.56%) is water. It is... full article at wikipedia