14 Facts About Winthrop Massachusetts

Winthrop Massachusetts is an ocean-side suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor, close to Logan International Airport.

In 2005, the Town of Winthrop Massachusetts voted to change its governance from a representative town meeting adopted in 1920 to a council-manager form of government.

Winthrop Massachusetts was settled in 1630 by English Puritan colonists as Pulling Point, so named because the tides made hard pulling for boatmen.

John Winthrop Massachusetts served as governor for twelve of the colony's first twenty years of existence.

In 1739, what is Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop Massachusetts, withdrew from Boston due to governmental control disputes and became the Town of Chelsea.

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Again, the desire for more local control resulted in Revere and Winthrop Massachusetts seceding from Chelsea in 1846 to become North Chelsea.

Shortly thereafter, in 1852, Winthrop Massachusetts was incorporated as a town in its own right with a Board of Selectmen and Open Town Meeting form of government.

In 1920, Winthrop was the second town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to apply for and receive a Charter for a Representative Town Meeting, which continued to 2006.

Winthrop Massachusetts is connected by land skirting the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, which is shared across the Belle Isle Inlet with East Boston.

Winthrop Massachusetts has a weekly newspaper, the Winthrop Massachusetts Sun Transcript, which reports local news, current events, happenings, and town concerns.

Winthrop Massachusetts currently has four schools that are a part of Winthrop Massachusetts Public Schools:.

Winthrop Massachusetts has numerous beaches due to being surrounded by water.

Winthrop Massachusetts is home to two historic military forts, Fort Banks and Fort Heath.

Winthrop Massachusetts has five places on the National Register of Historic Places.