Nahant

Nahant

      town (township), Essex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. Lying just northeast of Boston and adjacent to the city of Lynn, the peninsula of Nahant comprises the “islands” of Little Nahant and Nahant, which are joined to the mainland by Lynn Beach (Long Beach), a 1.5-mile (2.4-km) isthmus of sand.

      Initially settled by fishermen and livestock herders in the mid-17th century, Nahant had developed as a resort community by the early 19th century. In 1817 regular steamboat service connected it with Boston, and in the late 19th century many summer homes were constructed there. Nahant remains a residential and summer resort community. East Point, Nahant, was made a coastal defense station during World War II, and it was used in the 1950s and '60s as a Nike surface-to-air missile (SAM) site. The Marine Science Center of Northeastern University was subsequently established there. Inc. town, 1853. Area 1.24 square miles (3.2 square km). Pop. (1990) 3,828; (2000) 3,632.

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