Weymouth Town

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Weymouth Town

Total population

58,505

Air quality index

40Good

Weather81°F · Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

Coordinates42.21°, -70.94°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Weymouth Town, MA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jim Calhoun

American basketball player and coach

John Hancock

American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution (1737–1793)

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

American novelist, short story writer, poet, children's author (1852-1930)

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Jonathan Togo

American actor

Benjamin Ide Wheeler

American linguist (1854-1927)

Charles Perkins Thompson

American politician (1827-1894)

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Everett Ellsworth Truette

American composer and publisher (1861–1933)

Peter Kormann

gymnast

Mike Morris

American ice hockey player

Sylvanus Thayer

United States colonel

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Edgar S. Brightman

American theologian (1884–1953)

Audie Cornish

American journalist

Bartholomew W. Hogan

United States Navy admiral and Psychiatrist

Brian Eklund

American ice hockey player

Brian Gibbons

American professional ice hockey Right Wing

Caleb Stetson

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Massachusetts

• Braintree Town
  3 mi away
• Holbrook
  5.4 mi away · pop. 11,405
• Randolph Town
  5.9 mi away
• Bridgewater Town
  16.3 mi away
• Watertown Town
  16.4 mi away
• Medford
  17.2 mi away · pop. 59,659
• Duxbury
  17.6 mi away
• Cochituate
  22.5 mi away
• Peabody
  22.6 mi away · pop. 54,481
• Danvers
  25.4 mi away
• North Attleborough Town
  25.9 mi away
• Attleboro
  26.2 mi away · pop. 46,461

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Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-06-28 09:15 UTC.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Weymouth Town, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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