Weymouth, Massachusetts

**Weymouth** is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts,  United States. As of the 2020 census, Weymouth had a total population of 57,437. Despite its city status, it is formally known as the **Town of Weymouth**. It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town in England. The 1st Town Meeting was held in Weymouth (Wessagussett) in the Spring of 1622.  The 375th Town Meeting was held in the Spring of 1999. The final Town Meeting was held in the Fall of 1999 after a vote by citizens to change the Town Charter to form a City Form of Government. Wessagussett was the Algonquin name of Weymouth which was the Territory of the Massachusett Tribe under the leadership of its Sachem Chickatawbut.  His son Josiah Chickatawbut "sold" Wessagussett to the Colonists in a Deed dated 1642. In the Spring of 1623, Wessagussett was the site of the first act of Genocide when Captain Myles Standish and 8 men, led by Wampanoag Warrior Hobbamock killed Massachusett Leaders Wituwamat and Pecksuot and several others in an unprovoked raid. The date given for this event is April 6, 1623.

Abigail Smith, daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth (Quincy) was born in North Weymouth on November 11, 1744.  She would marry John Adams of Braintree, MA, who would become the 2nd President of the United States.  Their son, John Quincy Adams, would become the 6th President of the United States. John and Abigail would become the first to live in the White House in Washington, DC. It is the second oldest European settlement in Massachusetts. Actor Hal Holbrook and architect Frank Lloyd Wright lived in Weymouth.

## Other websites

- Town of Weymouth
- The Weymouth News
- Weymouth History
- Answer Book/Weymouth: _Everything you need to know_

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Town of Weymouth
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in Massachusetts, City
- **image skyline**: Town Hall Weymouth.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Town Hall, built in 1928 as a replica of Old State House (Boston), Old State House in Boston
- **image seal**: Seal of Weymouth, Massachusetts.png
- **motto**:
("To Work Is to Conquer")
- **image map**: Norfolk County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Weymouth highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Weymouth in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Massachusetts
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Massachusetts, County
- **subdivision name2**: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1622
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: September 2, 1635
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor-council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total km2**: 55.88
- **area total sq mi**: 21.57
- **area land km2**: 43.42
- **area land sq mi**: 16.77
- **area water km2**: 12.45
- **area water sq mi**: 4.81
- **elevation m**: 27
- **elevation ft**: 200
- **population total**: 57437
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 1322.79
- **population density sq mi**: 3426.01
- **timezone**: Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 02188–02191
- **area code**: 339/781
- **blank name**: FIPS code
- **blank info**: 25-78865
- **blank1 name**: GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0619462
- **unit pref**: Imperial