Weymouth is a city in metropolitan Greater Boston. As of the 2010 census, Weymouth had a total population of 53,743. Weymouth is one of fourteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town in England.
Population: 54,395
Latitude: 42° 13' 15.35" N
Longitude: -70° 56' 23.17" W
Fort Andrews was created in 1897 as part of the harbor defenses of Boston, Massachusetts. It occupies the entire northeast end of Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor. Once an active Coast Artillery post, it was manned by hundreds of soldiers and bristl…
The Eliot Bridge is a bridge over the Charles River between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eben Norton Horsford (27 July 1818 – 1 January 1893) was an American scientist who is best known for his reformulation of baking powder, his interest in Viking settlements in America, and the monuments he built to Leif Erikson.
Chelsea is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line, located near Bellingham Square slightly north of downtown Chelsea, Massachusetts. It is one of the more lightly-used stops on the line, with 179 daily boardings…
Canton Junction is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton line, located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton, Massachusetts.
The Boston College station is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line's B-branch (also known as the "Boston College" line). It is located at St Ignatius Square on the Boston College campus in Brighton, Boston, near the intersection of Commonweal…
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, formerly referred to as the U.S. Army's Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex, is a 2,230-acre (9.0 km2) parcel of land located approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the East…
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The Abigail Adams Cairn marks the spot where Abigail Adams and her young son, John Quincy Adams, watched the burning of Charlestown on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is located on Penn's Hill, now at the corner of Fran…
Westgate Mall is a shopping mall in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. It is the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the state. Although Westgate Mall's GLA is small by regional standards, it is also surrounded by numerous adjacent big-box stores inc…
Webb Memorial State Park is a Massachusetts state park located on a peninsula that extends nearly half a mile into the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor. It is composed of three connected drumlins and a low marsh area.
WXBR (1460 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts brokered programming in an ethnic Haitian Creole format from studios in Brockton, Massachusetts to the South Shore of Massachusetts. Its transmitter is located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The…
WTMU-LP, UHF analog channel 46, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by ZGS Communications.
WMLN-FM (91.5 FM) is a radio station located on the campus of Curry College and is supervised by a faculty member, but is currently student-run. It broadcasts an Other format featuring a variety in music, live talk-shows and live coverage of Curry C…
WDIS (AM 1170) is a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. It serves the suburban communities south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. It has a daytime-only 1,000-watt signal that reaches as far west as Worcester, Mass., giv…
WATD-FM (95.9 FM) is a radio station carrying local news and features for the South Shore of Massachusetts (comprising Norfolk and Plymouth counties), with an adult contemporary music format.
Ursuline Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for young women in grades 7–12. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, USA, it is owned and operated by the Ursuline Sisters, a worldwide teaching order. The academy is …
The Rockery, also known as the Memorial Cairn, is an unusual war memorial designed by the noted American landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted. It is located at the center of North Easton Center In Easton, MA, where it forms the focal point for two adjac…