Revere

Town in Suffolk County, east-central Massachusetts, situated on the Broad Sound of Massachusetts Bay, the Chelsea River, and the Pines River, 6 km/4 mi northeast of Boston; population (2000 est) 47,300. It was known as a resort from the 19th century, and has 6 km/3 mi of beaches, a dog track, and various other recreational facilities. It is now more a residential community, with some light industry.

Settled in 1636 as part of Boston, the town as named after American revolutionary Paul Revere, and incorporated in 1871, becoming a city in 1914.

Revere was the site of Wonderland Park, an early amusement park, which operated 1906–1911. The beach, which was the first public beach in the USA, and the amusement parks deteriorated in the 1950s, and many of the dilapidated buildings did not survive a major blizzard in 1978. The beach area was renovated and reopened in 1992, but with much of the former resort area given over to housing.