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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 223 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REVERE , a township and a See also:

coast resort of See also:Suffolk See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., immediately N.E. of See also:Boston on Massachusetts See also:Bay. Pop. (191o, U.S. See also:census), 18,219. See also:Area, 4.56 sq. m. The township is served by the Boston & See also:Maine and the Boston, Revere See also:Beach & See also:Lynn See also:railways, and by several electric ' railways connecting [with Boston, See also:Chelsea, Lynn, See also:Malden, and See also:Medford. Revere Beach, a See also:crescent-shaped beach of See also:white See also:sand extending from the promontory of See also:Winthrop on the S. to the Point of Pines on the N., is a popular bathing resort, and has been called the Coney See also:Island of Boston. The township has a See also:Carnegie library and a handsome See also:town See also:hall. The first See also:settlement here was made about 1626, and, under the name of Rumney See also:Marsh, it was a See also:part of Boston until 1739, when it became a part of the new township of Chelsea. The See also:northern part of Chelsea was organized as the township of See also:North Chelsea in 1846; part of it was separated as Winthrop in 1852; and in 1871 the name North Chelsea was changed to Revere, in See also:honour of See also:Paul Revere.

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