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==Geography and transportation==
Swampscott is located at {{coord|42|28|27|N|70|54|21|W|type:city}} (42.474409, −70.905883).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 6.7 square miles (17.4 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 3.0 square miles (7.9 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 3.7 square miles (9.6 km<sup>2</sup>), or 54.83%, is water. Located beside Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Swampscott lies along a mostly rocky shoreline, though there is enough clear shore for five beaches; Phillips which stretches into Preston and is by far the largest beach in town, Eisman's and Whales, Fisherman's, and a part of King's Beach, which extends into Lynn. There are several small parks, along with the small Harold King Forest in the northwest corner of town and the Tedesco Country Club which bisects part of the town. The town also has two small ponds, Foster Pond and Palmer Pond.
[[File:Swampscott .jpg|thumb|View of Boston from Swampscott shore]] [[File:Great Black-backed Gull Swampscott MA June 2024.jpg|thumb|Great Black-backed Gull Swampscott MA June 2024]]
Swampscott is mostly suburban, with most of the clear land in the northwest corner of town. There are three villages within town, Beach Bluff to the east, Phillips Point to the south, and Phillips Beach inland between the two. The town is centered around Monument Square, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/thingstodo/walksandtours/olmstedmap.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180926/http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/thingstodo/walksandtours/olmstedmap.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> which is {{convert|4|mi|0}} south of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], {{convert|12|mi}} northeast of [[Boston]], and {{convert|20|mi}} southwest of [[Cape Ann]]. The town is {{convert|23|mi}} to the nearest point in [[New Hampshire]], in the town of [[Salem, New Hampshire|Salem]]. Swampscott is bordered by [[Marblehead, Massachusetts|Marblehead]] to the northeast, Salem to the northwest, and [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]] to the southwest. The water rights of the town extend into Massachusetts Bay, bordered by those of Marblehead and Lynn.
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| footnote=* = population estimate. Source: [[United States Census]] records and [[Population Estimates Program]] data.<ref name="2010_Census">{{cite web | title=TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts | publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=September 13, 2011 | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202839/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="2000-2009_PopulationEstimates">{{cite web | title=Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1. Population Estimates | publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212040628/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on | archive-date=February 12, 2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="1990_Census">{{cite web | title=1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts | id=1990 CP-1-23 | at=Table 76: General Characteristics of Persons, Households, and Families: 1990 | publisher=US Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 | date=December 1990 | url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030313100124/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf | archive-date=March 13, 2003 }}</ref><ref name="1980_Census">{{cite web | title=1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts | id=PC80-1-A23 | at=Table 4. Populations of County Subdivisions: 1960 to 1980 | publisher=US Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 |date=December 1981 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1950_Census">{{cite journal | title=1950 Census of Population | volume=1: Number of Inhabitants | at=Section 6, Pages 21-10 and 21-11, Massachusetts Table 6. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950 | publisher=Bureau of the Census | access-date=July 12, 2011 | year=1952 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1920_Census">{{cite web | title=1920 Census of Population | at=Number of Inhabitants, by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. Pages 21-5 through 21-7. Massachusetts Table 2. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1900, 1910, and 1920 | publisher=Bureau of the Census | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1890_Census">{{cite web | title=1890 Census of the Population | at=Pages 179 through 182. Massachusetts Table 5. Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions: 1880 and 1890 | publisher=Department of the Interior, Census Office | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1870_Census">{{cite web | title=1870 Census of the Population | at=Pages 217 through 220. Table IX. Population of Minor Civil Divisions, &c. Massachusetts | publisher=Department of the Interior, Census Office | access-date=July 12, 2011 | year=1872| url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870e-05.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1860_Census">{{cite web | title=1860 Census | at=Pages 220 through 226. State of Massachusetts Table No. 3. Populations of Cities, Towns, &c. | publisher=Department of the Interior, Census Office | access-date=July 12, 2011 | year=1864 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1860a-08.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals:
}} As of the census of 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Swampscott town, Essex County, Massachusetts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/swampscotttownessexcountymassachusetts |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> there were 15,111 people, with 6,093 households and 2.45 persons per household, residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|5,000.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 91.5% [[White people|White]], 1.2% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 2.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander]], and 3.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 5.6% of the population.
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* [[Osborne Anderson]], ice hockey player who competed in the [[1932 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Anthony Athanas]], restaurateur and philanthropist
* [[Charlie Baker (politician)|Charlie Baker]], C.E.O. of [[Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.]], [[Governor of Massachusetts]]
* [[David Portnoy]], founder of [[Barstool Sports]]▼
* [[David Lee Roth]], lead singer of the rock group [[Van Halen]]▼
* [[Charles Henry Bond]], president and general manager of [[Waitt & Bond]], one of Boston's largest real estate holders, and a patron of the arts
*[[List of The Brady Bunch characters|Carol Brady]], fictional TV mom
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* [[Johnny Pesky]], pro baseball coach, former [[Red Sox]] shortstop
* [[Antonio Pierro]], recognized as the oldest living man in the U.S. (January 9 to February 8, 2007) and the world's oldest living World War I veteran (January 24 to February 8, 2007)
▲* [[David Portnoy]], founder of [[Barstool Sports]]
▲* [[David Lee Roth]], lead singer of the rock group [[Van Halen]]
* [[Blondy Ryan]], World Series Champion, Major League Baseball shortstop for the New York Giants.
* [[George P. Sanger]], lawyer, editor, judge, and businessman
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