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Monument Square, Swampscott

Quick Facts: Swampscott is a beautiful and tranquil seaside community of 14,600 residents located 15 miles northeast of Boston along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean.

The name, Swampscott, is of Native American origin, most probably from M'sqiompsk meaning red rock. It then became M'squompskut, for the phrase “at Red Rock” because of the red granite outcroppings that were visible to those offshore

President Calvin Coolidge once spent a summer at Marian Court here in Swampscott

Two young men, H. Allen Durkee and Fred L. Mower, both graduates of Swampscott High and veterans of the United States Infantry in World War I, had formed a partnership in the manufacture of Marshmallow Fluff

Former Red Sox third baseman and now pro baseball coach Johnny Pesky lives in Swampscott