[3] It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town in England, and is the second-oldest settlement in Massachusetts, second only to Plymouth.

The blue collar city culture of places like South Boston and Dorchester is prevalent in the neighborhoods of Weymouth.

This trend continues in a different way again today as some longtime South Boston residents are now being priced out due to gentrification.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

Some Larger mammals, such as Coyotes and White-tailed Deer live in the more forested areas such as Great Esker Park, and occasionally wander into the suburbs.

There are many other species of birds that inhabit the diverse habitats that are located in Weymouth, such as Red-tailed Hawks, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Egrets, Turkey Vultures, Great Blue Herons, along with various species of waterfowl, seagulls, and shorebirds.

The Herring Run was also a crucial resource for the early colonists of the area and the Native Massachusett People.

Weymouth held the distinction of having the oldest continuous town meeting form of government, for 365 years.

They are named after local women: abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman and First Lady Abigail Adams.

[35] There are eight primary schools and one early childhood center, five of which are named after Weymouth's Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.

[36] Along with this, the New Maria Weston Chapman Middle School made local news on two separate occasions due to the violent behavior of students.

[44] By winter, poor planning and bad management led to supplies running out, and the Plymouth colonists had little to share.

The situation grew desperate and Weymouth men began to sell their clothes, hire themselves out as laborers, and even steal from the local Massachusett Indians.

The Indians were soon taunting the Weymouth men and robbing them of what little food they gathered clamming and foraging in the woods.

[45] Governor William Bradford decided to preempt the planned attack, and sent Myles Standish to Weymouth with the Plymouth militia and their Indian guide Hobbamock to end the threat.

Three men who had left the colony to live among the Indians as laborers could not be warned in time and were subsequently killed by them after Standish had released the women and children.

[45] Robert Gorges attempted to form a colony at the site later that year as the center of a more royalist and Anglican system of government for New England.

[44] He brought William Morrell as religious leader and expected Governor Bradford to acknowledge his supremacy and act as his agent.

[47] In 1630, it was officially incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony; the name was changed to Weymouth in 1635 with the addition of 100 families under the leadership of Joseph Hull.

These groups experienced some difficulty integrating together, especially due to conflicting pressures from the Puritans of Boston and the Pilgrims of Plymouth, but Weymouth was a stable and prominent town with its current boundaries by 1635.

[48] Weymouth was heavily involved in the shoemaking industry from the first years of the 18th century right through to 1973, when the Stetson Shoe Company closed its doors.

In May 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker designated a tract of land near Lakeview Manor and the eastern and northern borders of Whitman's Pond as an "opportunity zone" under the Congressional Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.