Cedarville, Massachusetts
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Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne
, to the west by Little Herring Pond
and Great Herring Pond
, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay
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Residents enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, clamming and sunrise on the Cape Cod Bay. The village maintains its rural character and serene scenic beauty amidst the hustle and bustle of nearby Cape Cod during the summer season. White Cliffs Country Club, a private gated community with a golf course, situated along the ocean cliffs was constructed in the 1980s. It is known for waterfront weddings overlooking Cape Cod Bay as well as golf tournaments.
The business district of Cedarville is located less than a mile north of Exit 2 off Route 3 on Massachusetts Route 3A
. It includes a Shaws supermarket, two restaurants, a bank, a CVS pharmacy, a convenience store, two gas stations and several small shops. The Cedarville community has access to large coastal and wooded open space that surrounds its village environs. There are recreational opportunities within the village itself, including access to coastal areas, a central playground, beautiful ponds, and a variety of community services. In 2011 the town opened Hedges Pond Recreational Area at Hedges Pond
to provide a day-use area for swimming, non-motorized boating, hiking and sports.
Much of Cedarville is residential (62%). Scattered residential development has occurred at a slower pace along Great Herring Pond. Coastal areas developed in the 1970s and 1980s, especially along the shoreline. Rapid single family home development also occurred in and around Cedarville in the 1980s through 2000, including conversion of summer cottages to year-round residences.
Cedarville area’s population is primarily white (93.4%), with smaller populations of Black (2.6%), American Indian (0.3%), Asian (1.3%), Hispanic (1.5%), Other (0.7%), and two or more races (1.6%).
Some of the homes on the eastern side of Nameloc Road, the dirt road parallel to the bluff have toppled over the cliff.. Some areas were losing over 10 feet of land per year. Several beachfront residents have invested in high protective seawall revetments of large rocks to protect against cliff erosion.
Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne
Bourne, Massachusetts
Bourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,721 at the 2000 census.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Bourne, please see the articles on Bourne , Buzzards Bay, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore, and Sagamore...
, to the west by Little Herring Pond
Little Herring Pond
Little Herring Pond is a , shallow natural pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. The pond is located north of Great Herring Pond, west of Hedges Pond, southwest of Black Jimmy Pond , northeast of Island Pond and Triangle Pond, and east of Long Duck Pond. The pond has an...
and Great Herring Pond
Great Herring Pond
Great Herring Pond is a warm water pond mostly located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the southern portion extending into Bourne. The village of Pondville in the Cedarville section of Plymouth lies on the eastern shore of the pond. The pond has an average depth of 20 ft and a maximum depth...
, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Measuring below a line drawn from Brant Rock in Marshfield to Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, it is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to the west....
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Residents enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, clamming and sunrise on the Cape Cod Bay. The village maintains its rural character and serene scenic beauty amidst the hustle and bustle of nearby Cape Cod during the summer season. White Cliffs Country Club, a private gated community with a golf course, situated along the ocean cliffs was constructed in the 1980s. It is known for waterfront weddings overlooking Cape Cod Bay as well as golf tournaments.
The business district of Cedarville is located less than a mile north of Exit 2 off Route 3 on Massachusetts Route 3A
Massachusetts Route 3A
Route 3A is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts, which parallels Route 3 and U.S. Route 3 from Cedarville in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough at the New Hampshire state line....
. It includes a Shaws supermarket, two restaurants, a bank, a CVS pharmacy, a convenience store, two gas stations and several small shops. The Cedarville community has access to large coastal and wooded open space that surrounds its village environs. There are recreational opportunities within the village itself, including access to coastal areas, a central playground, beautiful ponds, and a variety of community services. In 2011 the town opened Hedges Pond Recreational Area at Hedges Pond
Hedges Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Hedges Pond is a pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts with access from Hedges Pond Rd. The pond is located more than one mile north of Cedarville's business district past the Route 3 underpass, southeast of Black Jimmy Pond , and east of Little Herring Pond...
to provide a day-use area for swimming, non-motorized boating, hiking and sports.
Much of Cedarville is residential (62%). Scattered residential development has occurred at a slower pace along Great Herring Pond. Coastal areas developed in the 1970s and 1980s, especially along the shoreline. Rapid single family home development also occurred in and around Cedarville in the 1980s through 2000, including conversion of summer cottages to year-round residences.
Cedarville area’s population is primarily white (93.4%), with smaller populations of Black (2.6%), American Indian (0.3%), Asian (1.3%), Hispanic (1.5%), Other (0.7%), and two or more races (1.6%).
Cliff erosion
There is a problem of land erosion along the coast of Cape Cod, and it has been intense along the bluffs of the Nameloc Heights neighborhood. The bluffs bordering Cedarville are among the highest bluffs along Cape Cod Bay, some parts towering well above 150 feet at a steep 45 degree angle.Some of the homes on the eastern side of Nameloc Road, the dirt road parallel to the bluff have toppled over the cliff.. Some areas were losing over 10 feet of land per year. Several beachfront residents have invested in high protective seawall revetments of large rocks to protect against cliff erosion.