Winthrop is a town in Suffolk County,

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, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban community in

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situated at the north entrance to

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, close to

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. It is located on a peninsula, 1.6 square miles (4.2 km²) in area, connected to Revere by a narrow

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and to

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by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation. Settled in 1630, Winthrop is one of the oldest communities in the United States. It is also one of the smallest and most densely populated municipalities in Massachusetts. It is one of the four cities that compose Suffolk County (the others are

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, Revere, and

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). It is the southernmost part of the North Shore, with a

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line that provides views of the Atlantic Ocean to the east and of the Boston skyline to the west. In 2005, the Town of Winthrop voted to change its governance from a

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adopted in 1920 to a council-manager form of government. Under Massachusetts law, as of 2006 when the new Town Charter took effect, Winthrop became

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a city. However, it is one of thirteen cities in Massachusetts that chose to remain known as a 'town.'

History

Winthrop was settled in 1630 by English Puritan

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s as Pulling Point, so named because the tides made hard pulling for boatmen.Town of Winthrop, MA - About Winthrop
. Town.winthrop.ma.us (2007-08-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-18. The present town is named after

John Winthrop John Winthrop (January 12, 1587/88 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led t ...

(1587–1649), second

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of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and an English

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leader. On April 8, 1630, Winthrop departed from the

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, England on the ship ''

Arbella ''Arbella'' or ''Arabella'' was the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet on which Governor John Winthrop, other members of the Company (including William Gager), and Puritan emigrants transported themselves and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Co ...

'', arriving in Salem in June where he was met by

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, the first governor of the colony. John Winthrop served as governor for twelve of the colony's first twenty years of existence. It was he who decided to base the colony at the

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, where he and other colonists founded what is now the City of Boston. Originally part of an area called Winnisimmet by the native

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tribe, Pullen Poynt was annexed by the Town of Boston in 1632 and was used as a grazing area. In 1637, it was divided into fifteen parcels of land that were given by Governor Winthrop to prominent men in Boston with the stipulation that each must erect a building on his land within two years. Few, if any, of these men ever lived on these parcels of land, but their farms prospered. One of these early houses, the Deane Winthrop House, was the home of Governor Winthrop's youngest son, Deane Winthrop, who lived there until his death in 1704. This house is still standing and is also the oldest continually occupied home in the United States. Although occupied, it is also open to the public at select times. The house is maintained by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association. In 1739, what is now Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop, withdrew from Boston due to governmental control disputes and became the Town of Chelsea. In 1775, residents of the Town of Chelsea played a key role in the

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of the

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. Again, the desire for more local control resulted in Revere and Winthrop seceding from Chelsea in 1846 to become North Chelsea. Shortly thereafter, in 1852, Winthrop was incorporated as a town in its own right with a Board of Selectmen and

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form of government. In 1920, Winthrop was the second town in the

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to apply for and receive a Charter for a

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, which continued to 2006. As noted above, Winthrop adopted a home rule charter in 2005 with a council-manager form of government and is no longer governed by a representative town meeting. It is now legally a city, but chooses to be known as a town that has a city form of government. The new Town Charter, which took effect in 2006, was passed in a special election. The Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting were abolished, and legislative powers were vested in an elected

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. Executive power, largely ceremonial, resides in the Council President, who is popularly elected. An appointed

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serves as the head of administrative services.

Geography and transportation

1903 Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Winthrop Loop map

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km), of which 2.0 square miles (5.2 km) is land and 6.3 square miles (16.3 km) (76.02%) is water. However, according to the Town Government, Winthrop has a land area of just . Winthrop is connected by land skirting the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, which is shared across the Belle Isle Inlet with

. The town was originally separated from Deer Island. Although still an island by name, Deer Island has been connected to Winthrop since the former Shirley Gut channel, which once separated the island from the town, was filled in by the

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. The town is considered the northern dividing line between

to its west and

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to its east. The town is divided into several neighborhoods with a central downtown area, including Court Park and Cottage Park along the Boston Harbor side of town, and Point Shirley, Cottage Hill, Winthrop Beach, Ocean Spray, and Winthrop Highlands on the Massachusetts Bay side. The town is bordered by Revere to the north, and Boston on the northwest, west, and southeast. The water rights of the town extend to the edge of the county, and border those of Nahant in Essex County. As a result of the expansion of

, part of four of the runways (4L/22R, 4R/22L, 15R/33L, and most of 15L/33R) lies within what was once the water rights of the town. By land, Winthrop is from Beacon Hill, the measuring point for all road signs in Massachusetts. Deer Island, though within the city limits of Boston, is located in Winthrop Bay. It ceased to be an island in the 1930s when Shirley Gut, which separated it from Winthrop, was filled in. The island has a sordid past as an

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for Native Americans during

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, a

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station where many immigrants died, and the site of a

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. Today, the island is home to the mammoth

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, which provides sewage treatment for the Boston area. In spite of the presence of the water treatment plant, Deer Island has been part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area since 1996 and the remainder of the island consists of park land and offers walking, jogging, sightseeing, picnicking, and fishing. Part of the park land consists of a man-made earthen

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that partly conceals the treatment plant from view from Winthrop. The island is now popular with many Winthrop residents, due to the park landscaping and views of Boston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts Route 145 passes through the town as its only state route and the only connection to the mainland (via Main Street and Winthrop Parkway at opposite ends of town). It enters from the Orient Heights neighborhood of

then passes in a loop around the main body of the town (bypassing Cottage Hill and Point Shirley) before leaving the town to the north, turning into the Winthrop Parkway in Revere. Two bus routes are provided by Paul Revere Transportation, which run from Point Shirley through the highlands and center of the town and terminate at Orient Heights. Paul Revere Transportation has operated the bus service in town since 1991. The service, which is subsidized by the MBTA, operates as Route 712 Point Shirley or Winthrop Beach to

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via Winthrop Highlands and Route 713 Point Shirley or Winthrop Beach to Orient Heights via Winthrop Center. Prior to this, the service was operated by Rapid Transit, which began bus service in Winthrop on January 28, 1940, the day immediately following the closure of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (known as the "Narrow Gauge") which had a Winthrop Branch (1877–1940) with nine stations. The Blue Line of the MBTA subway system crosses near the town, with stops at

, Suffolk Downs Station, and Beachmont Station, all of which are just a half mile from the city limits. A water transportation dock is located at the public landing and provides ferry service across Boston Harbor. Currently, the town operates the service seasonally (May through October) between Winthrop, Quincy, and Rowes Wharf.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 18,303 people, 7,843 households, and 4,580 families residing in the town. The

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was 9,208 people per square mile (3,551.2/km). There were 8,067 housing units at an average density of 4,058.5 per square mile (1,565.2/km). The racial makeup of the town was 94.44%

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, 1.68%

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, 1.15% Asian, 0.16% Native American, 0.04%

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, 1.36% from

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, and 1.16% of two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race comprised 2.69% of the population. There were 7,843 households, of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.3 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town the population was spread out, with 18.6% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $53,122, and the median income for a family was $65,696. Males had a median income of $42,135 versus $36,298 for females. The

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for the town was $27,374. About 3.3% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the

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, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Local businesses and utilities

By the mid-1990s, large shopping malls in the nearby North Shore region of Massachusetts, especially Square One Mall in Saugus, began to drain small businesses, though a strong small business community still prevails. Located on Great Head (Water Tower Hill) is the Winthrop Water Tower. It is a red, white, and blue striped tower capable of holding of water. It is maintained by Winthrop's Water Department. The town is divided into four unique business areas: the Shirley Street Business District, the Highlands District, the Center, and Magee's Corner District. In July 2017,

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announced a $2.38 million grant to the town to redevelop its Center Business District. Winthrop has a weekly newspaper, the '' Winthrop Sun Transcript'', which reports local news, current events, happenings, and town concerns.

Education

Winthrop currently has four schools that are a part of Winthrop Public Schools: * Winthrop Middle School, grades 6–8 *

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, grades 9–12 * Arthur T. Cummings Elementary School, grades 3–5 * William P. Gorman Fort Banks Elementary School, grades Pre-K–2 Note: Winthrop Middle School and Winthrop High School are housed in the same building, but are two separate and distinct schools with their own administration.

Religion

Winthrop has several places of worship for various denominations. They include: * Community Christian Center * Congregation Tifereth Abraham * First Church, United Methodist * Holy Rosary Catholic Church * St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church * St. John's Episcopal Parish * Temple Tifereth Israel *Harbor City Church Most Winthrop residents belong to various Christian denominations, such as Roman Catholicism,

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, and Episcopalianism. Adherents of Judaism make up a small, but historically significant, minority. Over the past four decades, the once large Jewish community has dwindled due to frequent migration to other parts of Massachusetts.

Points of interest

Beaches

Winthrop has numerous beaches due to being surrounded by water. The major beaches are Winthrop Beach and Yirrell Beach; others include Donovan's Beach, Halford Beach, Pico Beach and Short Beach.

Military forts

Winthrop is home to two historic military forts, Fort Banks and Fort Heath. Fort Banks was a United States Coast Artillery fort, which served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1890s during what is known as the Endicott period, a time in which the coast defenses of the United States were seriously expanded and upgraded with new technology. Fort Heath was built in 1898 also as a Coast Artillery fort. It is now replaced with the Fort Heath Apartment building, Seal Harbor condominia, and a small park on the

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overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Revere Beach.

Historic places

Winthrop has five places on the

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Recreation

Among numerous baseball fields and recreational parks, Winthrop's recreational facilities include Larsen Rink, an indoor

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rink, and Winthrop Golf Course, a private 9-hole, par 35 golf course.

Notable people

* Don and Richard Addrisi, singing-songwriting duo *

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, former

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player * Herbert Bix, Pulitzer Prize winning author * Patricia Brown, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player *

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, politician and former

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* Jillian Dempsey, captain of the Boston Pride and all-time NWHL scoring leader *

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, former

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goalie * Art Ditmar, former

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player * Terry Driscoll, professional basketball player *

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, author *

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, former

defenseman *

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, former

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player and captain of the

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United States national team in the famous Miracle on Ice game * Lewis P. Fickett Jr., Virginia state legislator, diplomat, and educator *

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, composer, member of the Boston School * Stanley Forman, photojournalist * Thomas Fulham, President of Suffolk University from 1970–1980 * Michael Goulian, aerobatic pilot * Bob Hansen, Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers * Marie Jansen, musical actress, long-time resident * Edward J. King, Governor of Massachusetts (1979–1983) * Steven Lento, musician best known under his alias

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, guitar and mandolin player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band * Daniel Lopatin, electronic musician best known under his alias

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* James M. Matarazzo, academic * Robert Ellis Orrall, singer-songwriter *

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, poet * Lauren Rikleen, author, lawyer, workplace expert * Bob Walsh, former

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executive *

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, actor * Pat Woodell, actress and singer

References

External links

Official website

Winthrop Chamber of Commerce
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