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Winthrop
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city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Suffolk
- Type
- Council-manager
- Council president
- James Letterie
- Town manager
- Anthony Marino
- Total
- 8.32 sq mi (21.55 km )
- Land
- 1.99 sq mi (5.16 km )
- Water
- 6.33 sq mi (16.39 km )
- Elevation
- 36 ft (11 m)
- Density
- 12,084/sq mi (4,665.7/km )
- Demonym
- Winthropian
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02152
- Area code
- 617 / 857
- Fips code
- 25-80930
- Gnis feature id
- 0618335
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Winthrop
- Population
- 19316
- Area
- 21.545527
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- www.town.winthrop.ma.us
- Image
- Winthrop ma.jpg
- Households
- 8061
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- postal code
- 02152
- Commons category
- Winthrop, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1630-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 76.2616
- per capita income
- 46347
- P12749
- Max Staegemann
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Article
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport. It is located on a peninsula, 1.6 square miles (4.2 km) in area, connected to the city of Revere, Massachusetts by a narrow isthmus and to multiple portions of Boston by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in the neighborhood of East Boston, a shared line at the Boston Logan International Airport, and at Deer Island.
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 municipalities that comprise Suffolk County (the others are Boston, Revere, and Chelsea). It is the southernmost part of the North Shore area, with a 7-mile (11 km) shoreline that provides views of the Atlantic Ocean to the east and of the Boston skyline to the west.