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Weymouth
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city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Incorporated
- September 2, 1635
- Type
- Mayor-council
- Mayor
- Mike Molisse ( D )
- Total
- 21.58 sq mi (55.88 km )
- Land
- 16.76 sq mi (43.42 km )
- Water
- 4.81 sq mi (12.45 km )
- Elevation
- 89 ft (27 m)
- Density
- 3,426.0/sq mi (1,322.79/km )
- Demonym
- Weymouthite
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (Eastern)
- Zip codes
- 02188–02191
- Area code
- 339/781
- Fips code
- 25-78865
- Gnis feature id
- 0619462
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Weymouth
- Official name
- Weymouth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Norfolk County
- Population
- 57437
- Area
- 55.952314
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.weymouth.ma.us
- Image
- Town Hall Weymouth.jpg
- Households
- 24392
- Dialing code
- 339
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- Commons category
- Weymouth, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Weymouth, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Weymouth, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Weymouth, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1623-00-00
- P12749
- Philipp Mainländer
- P8168
- Rasyol
- water as percent of area
- 22.2696
- postal code
- 02188
- per capita income
- 43906
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names. It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town in England, and is the second-oldest settlement in Massachusetts, second only to Plymouth. Weymouth is one of the more affordable towns relative to the South Shore and offers a short commute into Boston, MBTA bus and rail service, and a town beach.
At the 2020 census, Weymouth had a total population of 57,437. It also had a crime rate of 12.42 per 1,000 residents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weymouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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