The Town of Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts,
United States. The population was 17,497 at the 2010 census. Winthrop is an
ocean-side suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance
to Boston Harbor, close to Logan International Airport. It is located on a
peninsula, 1.6 square miles (4.2 km) in area, connected to Revere by a
narrow isthmus and to East Boston by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation. Settled in 1630, Winthrop is one of the oldest
communities in the United States. It is also one of the smallest and most
densely populated
