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.