Revere, MA

Revere (/rəˈviːr/, locally /rɪˈviːə/) is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Downtown Boston, Revere is the terminus of the MBTA Blue Line, with three stations located within the city: Wonderland, Revere Beach, and Beachmont. The city borders Massachusetts Bay, and was the site of the Battle of Chelsea Creek.^[2] Revere Beach, a three mile (4.8 km) stretch of beach on the city’s eastern coast, is the oldest public beach in the United States.^[3]

Revere is one of the oldest communities in the United States. Originally known as Rumney Marsh,^[2] in reference to the 600-acre salt marsh located within the Saugus and Pines River Inlet,^[4] present-day Revere was part of Boston from 1632 until 1739, when it became part of Chelsea.^[2] Revere and neighboring, present-day Winthrop separated from Chelsea and were established as the town of North Chelsea in 1846.^[5] In 1852, part of North Chelsea was established as the town of Winthrop.^[5] What remained of North Chelsea was renamed in 1871 for Paul Revere, a Revolutionary War patriot and the eponymous subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‘s 1861 poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride“.^[6] In 1914,^[7] the Town of Revere voted to become a city. It was incorporated as the City of Revere with the inauguration of its first mayor on January 4, 1915.^[8] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 62,186 inhabitants.^[9]