Massachusetts
Essex
Town of Swampscott

Swampscott

Swampscott is a town in , United States, located 15 miles up the coast from in an area known as the . The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census.
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  • Type: Town with 14,100 residents
  • Description: town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Swampscot”, “Swampscott, MA”, and “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Postal code: 01907

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swampscott Town Hall and Swampscott station.

Town hall
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, previously the Elihu Thomson House, is a historic building in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The house was designed by architect James T.

Railway station
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is a historic railroad station in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Located in the southwest portion of Swampscott near the border, it serves the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Building
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is a historic fishing supply storage house off Humphrey Street on Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the oldest active fish house in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Square Historic District and Lynn.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown . The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street.

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is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in . Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles north of the city line at Suffolk Downs, is part of 's urban inner core and is a major economic and cultural center of the .

Hamlet
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was a street car stop within the towns of Swampscott and in , , United States. It includes Avenue. The area was named by Benjamin Ware, a hotelier who developed with the intention of creating a resort area. is situated 2 miles northeast of Swampscott.

Swampscott

Latitude
42.46992° or 42° 28′ 12″ north
Longitude
-70.91715° or 70° 55′ 2″ west
Population
14,100
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US USW
Open location code
87JFF39M+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158872472
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4952468
Wiki­data ID
Q2086267
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Swampscott” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Swampscott”
  • Catalan: “Swampscott”
  • Cebuano: “Swampscott”
  • Chechen: “Свомпскотт”
  • Chinese: “斯旺斯科特”
  • Chinese: “斯旺普斯科特”
  • Chinese: “斯萬普斯科特”
  • Dutch: “Swampscott”
  • French: “Swampscott”
  • German: “Swampscott”
  • Haitian: “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Swampscott”
  • Irish: “Swampscott”
  • Italian: “Swampscott”
  • Japanese: “スワンプスコット”
  • Kazakh: “Svampskott”
  • Kazakh: “Свампскотт”
  • Kazakh: “سۆامپسكوتت”
  • Kirghiz: “Свампскотт”
  • Mazanderani: “سوامسکات (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “سوامسکات”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Swampscott (Massachusetts)”
  • Norwegian: “Swampscott”
  • Persian: “سوامسکات، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “سوامسکات”
  • Polish: “Swampscott”
  • Portuguese: “Swampscott”
  • Russian: “Свампскотт”
  • Russian: “Свомпскот”
  • Russian: “Суомпскотт”
  • Serbian: “Свомпскот”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swampscott”
  • Spanish: “Swampscott (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Swampscott”
  • Swahili: “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Swahili: “Swampscott”
  • Swedish: “Swampscott”
  • Tatar: “Свомпскотт”
  • Turkish: “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Swampscott”
  • Ukrainian: “Свомпскотт”
  • Volapük: “Swampscott”
  • Welsh: “Swampscott, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Swampscott”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include First Congregational Church of Swampscott and Linscott Park.

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