► From the 1650s to the 1890s, Hingham woodenware crafters produced thousands of items, earning their home the nickname “Bucket Town.”
► In 1818, roughly 500 men, or 38 percent of Hingham’s total male population, were involved in coopering.
► The Herseys were among the largest and most influential families, settling in town in the 1730s.
► During its heyday, tens of thousands of wooden buckets were shipped from Hingham to Boston, and then as far away as Canada, Hawaii, and the West Indies.
► During the Revolutionary War, Hingham crafters manufactured 5,000 canteens by hand in just 20 days.
►Hingham’s population: 1765: 2,467
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1820: 2,857
1830: 3,387
1850: 3,980
2010: 22,157
SOURCES: Derin Bray; Christie Jackson; “History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts.”
