Houghs Neck /ˈhaʊz/ is a one-square-mile (2.6 km2) peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is surrounded by Quincy Bay, Hingham Bay and Rock Island Cove. It is lined by Perry Beach, which runs along Manet Avenue; Nut Island, which is just beyond Great Hill at the very end of the peninsula; and Edgewater Drive.
Houghs Neck is commonly referred to by locals as "The Neck" and its residents as "Neckahs" ("Neckers") or "Neck Birds".[1]
The Hough's Neck Pumping Station (or the "Pumpy" by the locals) is also part of the Boston Harbor Islands, along with Raccoon Island, which can be walked to at low tide. Raccoon Island covers .3 sq. miles.
In 1778, founding father John Adams left for a diplomatic mission to France from Houghs Neck instead of Boston, to evade capture by the British.
- ^ Gordon, Heather (2004). In "Newcomer's Handbook For Moving To And Living In Boston: Including Cambridge, Brookline, And Somerville". First Books Inc. p. 135. ISBN 0-912301-54-6. Google Book Search. Retrieved on March 25, 2008.