Rep. Markey meets with Winthrop residents visiting Washington for D.C. Constituent Day, April 19, 2006.

Commonwealth Communities: Winthrop

Form of Government: Selectmen, Executive Secretary, Open Town Meeting

2000 Population: 18,303

Fun Facts!

1. Winthrop is named after Governor John Winthrop, a Puritan lawyer, who was a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its first Governor.

2. Winthrop is the birthplace of author, lecturer and historian, Edward Rowe Snow, who spent most of his life studying the lighthouses, islands, and legends of the New England coast. Mr. Snow has been credited with over 100 books and pamphlets as well as newspaper articles, lectures, and tours of the area.

3. Sylvia Plath, the famous American poet resided in Winthrop.

4. Mike Eruzione, the captain of the gold medal winning U.S. Hockey Team at 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, is from Winthrop.