Winthrop Town
A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — population 18,446 as of 2020.
stops being your city.
Winthrop Town takes over news, events and the map.
News around Suffolk County

Rock music, designer clothes and oblivion: Charli XCX’s ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ tour takes TD Garden by storm
As the lights went dark at TD Garden last Thursday night, a sold out crowd of Charli XCX fans sporting ripped-up old shirts and dark sunglasses erupted in screams. The UK-born electropop singer arrived in peak rock-star swagger, cloaked in a leather jacket-dress and accompanied…
Creatives & Arts
Between truth and temptation: A film review of “Verity”
If you’re looking for a smut-filled, adrenaline-inducing film, “Verity” might be right up your alley. The Amazon MGM film, directed by Michael Showalter, is an adaptation of author Colleen Hoover’s erotic thriller. The story follows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer, as she is…
Creatives & Arts
Brinda Charry’s new novel ‘Hocus Pocus’ reimagines a magical Boston
In her new novel, "Hocus Pocus," Keene State professor Brinda Charry follows an Indian stage magician through a frozen 1816 Boston, where audiences see him as a curiosity.
Creatives & Arts
Pat Metheny spotlights younger musicians on 'Side Eye III+'
It's been 50 years since Pat Metheny released his first album in 1976.
Creatives & Arts
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar explores 'The Radiance' in new novel
In "The Radiance," a writer who's also named Ayad Akhtar has an almost fatal bicycle accident that leaves him with a mysterious state of altered perception.
Creatives & Arts
The effort to create pollinator rest stops for monarch butterflies
A decade ago, a federal plan aimed to help the pollinators along their journey and offset habitat loss by planting strips of milkweed and wildflowers along Interstate 35.
Community Groups & OrganizationsIn and around Winthrop Town
See & do
+54 more on the mapEat, drink & stay
+57 more on the mapShops & services
+112 more on the mapMusicians & bands near Winthrop Town →
Explore the Greater Boston metro →
Winthrop Town changes faster than we can keep up.
Something opened, closed or moved? Tell us and we'll put it right. Our editors review submissions before they publish — you'll need an account with access to send one.
Winthrop Town by the numbers
- Area
- 1.99 sq mi (5.16 km²), 6.33 sq mi water
- Median age
- 43
- Households
- 7,899
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $116,167
- Median house value
- $649,600
- Office
- TOWN MANAGER
- Address
- 1 METCALF SQ, WINTHROP, MA 02152