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Methuen, Massachusetts

Methuen is a 23-square-mile (60 km2) city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 53,059 at the 2020 census. Methuen lies along the northwestern edge of Essex County, just east of Middlesex County and just south of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The city is bordered by Haverhill to the northeast, North Andover to the southeast, Lawrence and Andover to the south, Dracut (Middlesex County) to the west, Pelham, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County) to the northwest, and Salem, New Hampshire (Rockingham County) to the north. Methuen is located 17 mi southwest from Newburyport, 30 mi north-northwest of Boston and 25 mi south-southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire.

History
Methuen was first settled in 1642 and was officially incorporated in 1726. Methuen was originally part of Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1724 Stephen Barker and others in the western part of that town petitioned the General Court to grant them permission to form a new town above Hawke's Meadow Brook. Although opposed by their fellow townsmen, the petition was approved the following year (December 8, 1725), and the General Court gave them an act of incorporation under the name of Methuen. The town was named for Sir Paul Methuen, a member of the King's Privy Council and friend of acting Provincial Governor William Dummer. The first town meeting was held on March 9, 1726, in the home of a resident. The land was set aside for a meetinghouse, which was erected later in 1726 on what is now Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery.

The residents in the northern part of the new town of Methuen soon petitioned to have their own meetinghouse (a combination of town hall and puritan church), and in 1736 the north parish was set off. Land for a meetinghouse was donated by descendants of the original proprietors of Haverhill, and in 1738 the second Methuen meetinghouse was raised. The structure survives to this day, as the Salem N.H. Historical Society building. In 1741, with the fixing of the Northern boundary of Massachusetts, most of this new north parish was removed from Methuen and placed in New Hampshire. It was incorporated as Salem, New Hampshire in 1750.

Industrial growth in the 1800s influenced Methuen's development. Construction of the Methuen Cotton Mills at the Spicket River falls in the 1820s and the increased manufacture of hats and shoes in small factories along the Spicket spurred the centralization of Methuen's economic, residential and cultural activities within the area around Osgood, Broadway, Hampshire and Pleasant streets. Three wealthy and prominent families—the Nevins, the Tenneys and the Searles—played a significant role in Methuen's history and development. These families were instrumental in the founding of many of Methuen's landmarks, including the Nevins Memorial Library, the Searles building, Tenney Gatehouse, Nevins Home, Spicket Falls, and the Civil War monument between Pleasant and Charles streets.

In 1922, it was affected by the 1922 New England Textile Strike, shutting down the mills in the city over an attempted wage cut.

Geography
Methuen is located at 42.73°N, -71.17944°W (42.730040, −71.179352). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.7 km2, of which 57.6 km2 is land and 2.0 km2, or 3.42%, is water.

Methuen lies alongside the northern banks of the Merrimack River and is bisected by the Spicket (originally "Spigot") River, as well as many brooks and streams. There are several ponds dotting the area as well, and the town is home to a town forest, a bird sanctuary, and a small state park (Tenney State Park). Pine Island, near the southern end of town in the Merrimack River, is also part of the town's land.

Transportation
Methuen lies at the northern end of Interstate 93 in Massachusetts, with three exits providing access. A portion of Interstate 495 crosses through the eastern side of town from Lawrence to Haverhill. Massachusetts Route 213, the "Loop Connector", provides highway access between the two, having three intermediate exits of its own, in addition to the exits for I-93 and I-495. The town is also crossed by Route 28, Route 110, and Route 113, the latter two meeting at I-93 Exit 43 (old exit 46). I-93 provides the town's only bridge across the Merrimack; there are several crossings in Lawrence, and several in neighboring Haverhill, but none for 7 mi upstream from I-93 all the way to the eastern end of Lowell and also comes down from New Hampshire, providing the fastest route to both 25 minutes north to Manchester, New Hampshire, and 25-30 minutes south to Boston.

Methuen is served by the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority's bus service. Daily intercity bus service to Worcester and New York City is provided by OurBus from the Methuen Park and Ride. The nearest rail station is in South Lawrence, which is part of the Haverhill/Reading Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, providing service into Boston's North Station. Small plane service can be found at Lawrence Municipal Airport and the Merrimack Valley Seaplane Base, with the nearest national service being at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, and the nearest international service being at Logan International Airport.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 43,789 people, 16,532 households, and 11,539 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,954.7 persons per square mile (754.8/km$2$). There were 16,885 housing units, at an average density of 753.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 89.35% White, 1.35% African American, 0.22% Native American, 2.38% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.87% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos, of any race, were 9.64% of the population (8.4% Dominican, 5.7% Puerto Rican, 0.6% Guatemalan, 0.3% Ecuadorian, 0.3% Mexican, 0.3% Cuban). Methuen has a very diverse population and it has gotten more diverse over the years. For a very long time, Methuen and its neighboring city, Lawrence have always been, and still are home to a large number of Mediterranean Lebanese, Italian communities. Methuen is also home to an expanding community of Hispanic/Latino people, mainly Dominicans.

There were 16,532 households, of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. Of all households, 25.3% were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $49,627, and the median income for a family was $59,831. Males had a median income of $41,693 versus $31,864 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,305. About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those aged 65 or over.

Government
Historically, Methuen had a town meeting-selectmen form of government and was known as the Town of Methuen until it adopted a charter replacing its traditional town meeting and selectmen with a council and manager. Even with a form of government that had historically and legally been exclusive to cities, the community, in a gesture of traditionalism, retained the name Town of Methuen in its charter. However, because Massachusetts cities have self-governing powers not available to towns, it became known for legal purposes as "The City Known as the Town of Methuen". A subsequent charter, which adopted a strong mayor form of government, officially changed the community name to the "City of Methuen".

Methuen's city government consists of a mayor, three Councilors-at-Large, two East District councilors, two Central District councilors, two West District councilors, and six School Committee members. The following are the current members of Methuen's municipal government:

 * The mayor of Methuen is Neil Perry.
 * The at-large city councilors are Jessica Finocchiaro, Nicholas Dizoglio, and David DJ Beauregard, Jr.
 * The East District city councilors are Steven Saba and Eunice Zeigler.
 * The Central District city councilors are James McCarty and Joel Faretra.
 * The West District city councilors are Allison Saffie and Mike Simard.

Methuen is part of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district.

Public schools

 * Methuen High School
 * Comprehensive Grammar School
 * Tenney Grammar School
 * Timony Grammar School
 * Marsh Grammar School

Private schools

 * Saint Monica's is a Catholic for pre-K to 8th grade.
 * St. Ann's Home and School provides residential, outpatient, and private day school options for a wide range of learning disabilities and/or behavioral and emotional disorders. All programs are designed to provide a continuum of special needs services to assist children and adolescents who need intensive and comprehensive help for themselves and their families. The Day School program offers education for children and adolescents with special emotional needs, complemented by a strong therapeutic component. Children are transported to St. Ann's from communities in a one-hour radius. Referrals come from school districts seeking an academically focused, clinically supported school setting for students with significant emotional, developmental, behavioral, and learning needs.
 * Presentation of Mary Academy was a private Catholic high school founded in 1958. The academy is on a 22 acre campus formerly known as the Edward F. Searles Estate. The school was originally for young women in grades 9–12 but went co-educational with the 2011–2012 school year. Due to financial difficulties, the school closed in 2020.

Sports

Methuen High School's athletic teams play in the Merrimack Valley Conference. Their big rivals are the Andover Golden Warriors, the Central Catholic Raiders of Lawrence, and the Haverhill Hillies. On Thanksgiving Day, the football team plays fellow Merrimack Valley foe the Dracut Middies. The teams first met in a non-Thanksgiving Day game in 1935 and did not play again until the Thanksgiving series started in 1963. The school colors are blue and white, and their mascot is the Ranger, named after Rogers' Rangers, the precursor of the U.S. Army Rangers, which was founded by town resident Robert Rogers.

Historic district
The Searles Tenney Nevins Historic District, established by the city in 1992 to preserve the "distinctive architecture and rich character of one of Massachusetts' most unique neighborhoods", is named after the three Methuen city fathers: David C. Nevins, Edward F. Searles and Charles H. Tenney.

From the City of Methuen: "Today, the trio's collective vision can be seen in mills, housing, schools, mansions, churches, monuments, playgrounds, the library, and the architectural fantasies that resulted from their artistic rivalry. The historic district boundaries were established to include properties and buildings constructed or used by the Searles, Tenney and Nevins families and the people who worked for them."

The historic district is administered by the Methuen Historic District Commission, which protects the district from alterations that might compromise its historic integrity. Property owners within the historic district must obey the Rules and Regulations of the Historic District Commission. The rules and regulations specify general criteria for materials used, size and proportions of the buildings, colors, as well as other features. Any violation of the rules and regulations can result in fines and other possible legal action.

Bounded within the Searles Tenney Nevins Historic District are the Spicket Falls Historic District and the Pleasant-High Historic District. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as are many of the other buildings within the area.

Points of interest

 * Forest Lake is a recreational great pond of over 55 acre bordered by the Methuen town forest. Access is managed by the Forest Lake Association. Residents and visitors can engage in a series of activities, including fishing, canoeing, and swimming.
 * Methuen Water Works, Cross Street, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
 * Methuen Memorial Music Hall was built specifically to house the Great Organ, built originally by Walcker Orgelbau for the Boston Music Hall, and procured by philanthropist and city benefactor Edward Francis Searles more than a century ago. The organ case, which in approximate terms is as large as a typical house, is ornate and features a bust of J.S. Bach as a central ornament.
 * The Methuen Rail Trail occupies the railbanked Boston and Maine Manchester and Lawrence Railroad corridor. It connects the Spicket River Greenway in Lawrence with the in-development Salem Bike-Ped Corridor. Future plans to revitalize this rail line for commuter and freight rail could make this trail a rail-with-trail bike path.
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts
 * The Nevins Memorial Library, founded in 1868 by David Nevins, Sr., was completed in 1883, two years after his death. The grand brick and stained glass library were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
 * Saint Basil's Seminary is the main US location for the Basilian Salvatorian Order, a community of religious priests of the Greek Catholic rite.
 * St Xenia Orthodox Church, a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural parish of Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). The church hosts St. John of Damascus Church School.

Notable people

 * Steve Bedrosian, professional baseball pitcher, chiefly for the Atlanta Braves
 * Joseph Bodwell, 40th governor of Maine
 * Mark Buben, professional football player
 * Susie Castillo, Miss Massachusetts USA 2003, Miss USA 2003 and MTV VJ
 * Elias James Corey, 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
 * Ben Cosgrove, composer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Pat DeCola, sports reporter
 * Sean Furey, Olympic javelin thrower
 * Mitchell Garabedian, attorney
 * Andrew Haldane (1917–1944), Marine captain, portrayed in the HBO miniseries The Pacific
 * Christopher Lennertz, composer for films, television shows, and video games
 * Warren Manzi (1955–2016), playwright, Perfect Crime
 * Gary McLain former Villanova men's basketball player
 * Harriet Nevins, philanthropist, animal rights activist
 * Georges Niang, professional NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers
 * Fred Otash, actor, author, famous private investigator, LA police officer, WWII Marine veteran
 * Jimmy Pedro, Olympics bronze medalist
 * Mary Frances Platt (1953–2004), writer and activist
 * Edith Prague, Connecticut politician
 * Mike Rochford, former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
 * Robert Rogers (1731–1795), founder of Rogers' Rangers which led to the creation of the United States Army Rangers
 * John Ruiz, professional comedian and writer
 * Edward Francis Searles (1841–1920), philanthropist, interior and architectural designer
 * James Michael Shannon, Massachusetts Attorney General and congressman
 * Charles H. Tenney (1842–1919), industrialist and philanthropist

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Middleton, Massachusetts

Middleton is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,779 at the 2020 census.

History
Before European colonial settlement, the area was home to a number of native settlements. The area fell along an ill-defined "border" region between the Massachusett and Pennacook. The tribes in this region generally spoke the Abenaki language, with major local tribes being the Naumkeag and Agawam. Will's Hill in modern-day Middleton was home to a winter village founded by an Algonquin Sachem.

Middleton was first settled by Europeans in 1659, and was officially incorporated in 1728. Prior to 1728 it was considered a part of Topsfield, and contains territory previously within the city of Salem.

The name Middleton is derived from its location midway between the important early settlements of Salem and Andover. It was first settled by Bray Wilkins, who came from Salem with a large family, having purchased 600 acres from Governor Bellingham. The town grew as a farming community, mostly due to its location on the Ipswich River, with homesteads of hundreds of acres. However, during the 18th century Middleton also contained a vital ironworks industry, located in the area of what is now Mill and Liberty streets. This enterprise originally involved Thomas Flint, Sr. and his son, Thomas Flint Jr, of Salem, John How of Boxford, and Thomas Cave Jr. of Topsfield and was carried on for approximately seventy years. The area is home to a number of intact homes from the colonial period, such as the Thomas Fuller House, which was constructed in 1684.

Although the town no longer has any functional rail systems, there have been rail lines previously running through the area. Notably, the Essex Railroad had termini in Salem and North Andover, running through Middleton from the mid-1840s through the mid-20th century, when passenger and freight demands dropped off.

In the late 18th and to the mid-19th centuries Middleton was a vacation town to those who lived in areas such as Lawrence and Lowell. It is home to one of the oldest trees in Massachusetts, being approximately 400 years old, and which is located at 39 Peabody Street. The oldest still standing house is the Wilkins house, which was built in 1693, and served as a tavern on the main road between Salem and Lawrence. Middleton is one of the fastest-growing towns in the Commonwealth, and the fastest on the North Shore. When locally grouped it is grouped with Salem, Danvers, and Beverly, but also occasionally Topsfield and Boxford, as these three towns are a tri-town. These three towns share Masconomet Regional High School (named after Chief Masconomet, sagamore of the Agawam tribe, which lived in Essex County at the time of English colonization) which serves grades 9–12, while its middle school serves grades 7 and 8.

Geography and transportation
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.5 square miles (37.4 km$2$), of which 14.0 square miles (36.2 km$2$) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km$2$) (3.32%) is water. Middleton lies along the border of Essex County, and is bounded by North Reading in Middlesex County to the west, and North Andover to the northwest, Boxford to the northeast, Topsfield to the east, Danvers to the southeast, Peabody to the south, and shares a 0.3 mile border with Lynnfield to the southwest. Middleton lies eight miles northwest of Salem, 11 miles southeast of Lawrence, and 19 miles north of Boston. Middleton is part of a tri-town with two other towns which are Topsfield and Boxford.

Middleton lies in the low hills of northeastern Massachusetts. The Ipswich River flows through town, flowing from the North Reading/Lynnfield line along the Peabody and Danvers borders before turning northward into town, exiting along the border between Boxford and Topsfield. Several brooks feed into the river throughout town, and the town is also home to two larger ponds, Middleton Pond and Andover Meadow Pond, as well as several smaller ones. Within the town, there are portions of the Harold Parker State Forest and Boxford State Forest, as well as the Peabody Reservation, Sanford Reservation and Middleton Conservation Land.

Middleton lies just west of Interstate 95, with two very short parts of the highway passing through corners of the town before and after passing through Topsfield. There are exits off the highway in Boxford and in Danvers, which both provide access to the town. Route 114, which follows the path of the old "Essex Turnpike", passes through the center of town, and is crossed there by Route 62, which merges with Route 114 for a 0.2 mile stretch there. There is no rail service within town; there are two lines (the Haverhill/Reading Line and the Newburyport/Rockport Line) of the MBTA Commuter Rail to the west and south of town, both of which provide access to Boston's North Station. The nearest small air service is located at Beverly Municipal Airport, with the nearest national and international air service being located at Logan International Airport. Despite the abandonment of the Essex Railroad line, the Middleton Rail Trail Alliance began a project in 2018 to convert the former train lines into walking and biking trails. The trail aims to link with rail trails in neighboring towns, such as the Danvers Rail Trail. Such links could serve to bring the town into the Border to Boston trail system, connecting New Hampshire to Boston via bike trails.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,744 people, 2,305 households, and 1,744 families residing in the town. The population density was 554.4 PD/sqmi. There were 2,347 housing units at an average density of 168.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 95.43% White, 1.65% African American, 0.05% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.26% of the population.

There were 2,305 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 138.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 147.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $145,525 in 2020. The 2020 median income for a family was $146,856. About 2.1% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

 * P. J. Axelsson, Boston Bruins forward
 * Lyndon Byers, Boston Bruins right wing
 * Coco Crisp, Boston Red Sox outfielder
 * Charles L. Flint, lawyer, politician, and president of UMass Amherst
 * Kelly Gibson, PGA Tour golfer
 * Shane Hnidy, defenseman for six NHL teams, including the Bruins
 * Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council
 * Kyle McLaren, defenseman for the Bruins
 * Brian Rolston, center who played for five NHL teams, including the Bruins
 * Sergei Samsonov, forward who played for six NHL teams, including the Bruins; is presently a scout for Carolina Hurricanes
 * Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins goaltender; once won Vezina Trophy
 * John Tudor, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
 * Rasheed Wallace, NBA forward for six teams, including the Boston Celtics
 * Jo Jo White, NBA player, chiefly for Celtics

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Newbury, Massachusetts

Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,716 at the 2020 census. Newbury includes the villages of Old Town (Newbury Center), Plum Island and Byfield. Each village is a precinct with its own voting district, various town offices, and business center.

History
Native Americans lived along the Merrimack River for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas. At the time of contact, Pennacook or Pentucket controlled territory north of the Merrimack, while Agawam and Naumkeag controlled territory southeast and southwest of the river respectively. The original name for the land that would become Newbury may have been Quascancunquen meaning "waterfall," referring to the falls in Byfield where Central Street crosses the Parker River, and was likely part of the territory of Agawam sachem Masconomet at the time of contact. No formal agreements between the original inhabitants of Newbury and English colonists would be made until more than a generation had passed from settlement and the effects of virgin soil epidemics had significantly decreased native populations in the area.

English colonists settled and incorporated Newbury Plantation in 1635. The Rev. Thomas Parker and cousin Rev. James Noyes, along with the latter's brother Nicholas, led a group of about 100 pioneers from Wiltshire, England. They sailed from the River Thames aboard the ship Mary and John, first landing in Agawam (now Ipswich) in 1634. They arrived the next spring at the Quascacunquen River, now the Parker River. A commemorative stone marks the spot where Nicholas Noyes was the first of the new settlers to leap ashore at Newbury, named after the town in Berkshire, England.

In 1650, 30 acres of modern day West Newbury referred to as Indian Hill was purchased by the town of Newbury from an indigenous man named Great Tom for three pounds. In 1681, the descendants of an indigenous man Old Will would sell one hundred and sixty acres to the town of Newbury for six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence. Finally, in 1700, the grandson of sachem Masconomet of the Agawam would relinquish his title to any lands in Newbury for a sum of ten pounds.

In 1791, 3,000 head of cattle grazed town lands, or on the region's abundant salt marsh hay. Other trades included tanning and shipbuilding. Newbury originally included Newburyport, set off in 1764, and West Newbury, set off in 1819.

In 1636, the first water-powered mill was established at the falls. Gristmills and sawmills were built, and in 1794, the first textile mill in Massachusetts. At Byfield in 1763 was founded the nation's first boarding preparatory school, Dum'r (Dummer) Charity School, known subsequently as Dummer Academy, Governor Dummer Academy, and now The Governor's Academy. It was also site of the first female seminary, founded in 1807. Byfield developed into a mill village, and once had six water-powered mills, manufacturing various products from woolens to snuff.

The railroad entered the community in 1850, carrying freight but also tourists, helping Plum Island develop into a Victorian seaside resort. Back on the mainland, silver was discovered in a large field in 1878, and the Chipman Silver Mine would begin operations until it finally closed in 1925. By 1905, however, the economy had shifted back to agriculture, and Newbury became a supplier of eggs, milk and poultry. Some would dig for clams or hay the salt marshes. The town is today primarily residential, with many examples of fine antique architecture.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 68.1 km2, of which 60.5 km2 is land and 7.6 km2, or 11.17%, is water. Newbury lies just south of the mouth of the Merrimack River, and is drained by the Little River and Parker River, which, along with the Plum Island River, drain into Plum Island Sound, separating Plum Island from the mainland. Much of the town land is made of marshes, and is protected land, included in the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Old Town Hill Reservation Area, Kents Island Wildlife Management Area, Downfall Wildlife Management Area and parts of the Mill River Wildlife Management Area and Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area.

Newbury is located along the Atlantic Ocean, and is bordered by Newburyport to the north, West Newbury to the northwest, a small portion of Groveland to the west, Georgetown to the southwest, and Rowley to the south. The center of Newbury lies 19 mi east of Lawrence, 19 mi north of Salem, 32 mi north-northeast of Boston and 24 mi south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Interstate 95 passes through the western part of town, with two exits providing access to the town. U.S. Route 1, locally known as the Newburyport Turnpike, passes from north to south through the middle of the town, and Massachusetts Route 1A's northernmost portion passes through the east of town, just inland from the marshes. The town is home to the Plum Island Airport, a private general aviation airport; the nearest national service is at Logan International Airport. The Newburyport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail passes through town, with its northern terminus just over the Newburyport line.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,717 people, 2,514 households, and 1,815 families residing in the town. The population density was 277.0 PD/sqmi. There were 2,816 housing units at an average density of 116.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 98.32% White, 0.37% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 2,514 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $74,836, and the median income for a family was $83,428. Males had a median income of $52,366 versus $35,656 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,640. About 1.2% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Newbury is home to one public elementary school which serves K–6: Newbury Elementary School. Middle School students attend Triton Regional Middle School for 7–8, and high school students attend Triton Regional High School for 9–12, along with Rowley, and Salisbury. Along with 10 other towns and cities in Essex County, Newbury is part of the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School district.

Points of interest

 * Coffin House (1678)
 * Dole-Little House (c. 1715)
 * James Noyes House (c. 1646)
 * Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (c. 1690)
 * Swett-Ilsley House (c. 1670)
 * Abraham Adams House
 * The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy), a private preparatory school in Byfield
 * Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (also in Rowley and Ipswich)

Notable people

 * Joshua Coffin, American antiquary and abolitionist
 * Andre Dubus III (born 1959), author and short story writer
 * Richard Dummer, settled in Newbury in May 1635
 * William Dummer, Lt. Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
 * Jonathan Singletary Dunham, prominent early American settler of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
 * Moses Little, colonel of the 12th Continental Regiment during the American Revolution
 * William Henry Moody, United States Supreme Court Justice, United States Attorney General, assisted in the prosecution of Lizzie Borden
 * Samuel Moore, settled in Newbury in 1634, and then emigrated to Woodbridge, New Jersey, where he held many offices in the fledgling colony
 * Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
 * Eliphalet Pearson, first Principal of Phillips Academy (1778–1786) and Acting President of Harvard University (1804–1806)
 * John Woodbridge, settled in Newbury in 1634 and married Mercy Dudley, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. He served as Town Clerk of Newbury from 1634 to 1638 and as Deputy to the General Court, 1639-40-41. He was ordained over the church in Andover, 24 October 1645

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Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 35 mi northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island. The mooring, winter storage, and maintenance of recreational boats, motor and sail, still contribute a large part of the city's income. A Coast Guard station oversees boating activity, especially in the sometimes dangerous tidal currents of the Merrimack River.

At the edge of the Newbury Marshes, delineating Newburyport to the south, an industrial park provides a wide range of jobs. Newburyport is on a major north-south highway, Interstate 95. The outer circumferential highway of Boston, Interstate 495, passes nearby in Amesbury. The Newburyport Turnpike (U.S. Route 1) still traverses Newburyport on its way north. The Newburyport/Rockport MBTA commuter rail from Boston's North Station terminates in Newburyport. The earlier Boston and Maine Railroad leading farther north was discontinued, but a portion of it has been converted into a recreation trail.

History

On January 28, 1764, the General Court of Massachusetts passed "An act for erecting part of the town of Newbury into a new town by the name of Newburyport." The act begins:"Whereas the town of Newbury is very large, and the inhabitants of that part of it who dwell by the water-side there, as it is commonly called, are mostly merchants, traders, and artificers, and the inhabitants of the other parts of the town are chiefly husbandmen; by means whereof many difficulties and disputes have arisen in managing their public affairs – Be it enacted ... That part of the said town of Newbury ... be and hereby are constituted and made a separate and distinct town ...."

The act was approved by Governor Francis Bernard on February 4, 1764. The new town was the smallest in Massachusetts, covering an area of 647 acre, and had a population of 2,800 living in 357 homes. There were three shipyards, no bridges, and several ferries, one of which at the foot of Greenleaf Lane, now State Street, carried the Portsmouth Flying Stage Coach, running between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Boston.

The town prospered and became a city in 1851. Situated near the mouth of the Merrimack River, it was once a fishing, shipbuilding and shipping center, with an industry in silverware manufacture. In 1792, a bridge was built two miles above the town where the river contained an island. Merrimack Arms and Brown Manufacturing Company made Southerner Derringer pistols in their Newburyport factory from 1867 to 1873. The sea captains of old Newburyport (as elsewhere in Massachusetts) had participated vigorously in the triangular trade, importing West Indian molasses and exporting rum made from it. The distilleries were located around Market Square near the waterfront. Caldwell's Old Newburyport rum was manufactured locally until 1961.

As a part of the triangle trade, the first leg of which involved the purchase of slaves from West Africa, many Newburyporters were anti-abolitionists. Massachusetts abolished slavery in 1783, and many runaway slaves found refuge in the state. In the early 1800s, around 6000 runaway slaves were living in Newburyport. In 1850, the fugitive slave act was passed, requiring all US states to capture and return runaway slaves. Because of this, runaways had to flee the country or risk returning to slavery. In this era, some white Newburyporters became stops on the Underground Railroad. As a port city and part of the triangle trade, Newburyport's abolitionists were often mariners. Capt. Alexander Graves, for example, smuggled slaves from the South and to Canada.

Newburyport once had a fishing fleet that operated from Georges Bank to the mouth of the Merrimack River. It was a center for privateering during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Beginning about 1832, it added numerous ships to the whaling fleet. Later, clipper ships were built there. Today, the city gives little hint of its former maritime importance. Notably missing are the docks, which are shown on earlier maps extending into the channel of the Merrimack River, and the shipyards, where the waterfront parking lot is currently located.

George Whitefield, the well-known and influential English preacher who helped inspire the First Great Awakening in America, arrived in Newburyport in September 1740. The revival that followed his labors brought into existence Old South Church, where he was buried after his death in 1770.

The city's historical highlights include:

Historic events:
 * First of many clipper ships built here
 * First "Tea Party" rebellion to oppose British Tea Tax
 * First state mint and treasury building
 * Newburyport Superior Courthouse, the oldest continuously active courthouse in Massachusetts

The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank on State Street was founded in 1854 and is one of the oldest banks in the United States still in operation.

Historic houses and museums:
 * Cushing House Museum & Garden (c. 1808)
 * Newburyport Custom House Museum (1835), designed by Robert Mills

Literary interests:
 * Was referred to in the H. P. Lovecraft story, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", as being located near Innsmouth. Lovecraft based his depiction of Innsmouth largely on Newburyport.
 * Subject of the most ambitious community study ever undertaken, the Yankee City project conducted by anthropologist W. Lloyd Warner and his associates

Timeline

 * 1635: Newbury incorporated.
 * 1761: Belleville Congregational Church founded.
 * 1764: Newburyport incorporated (formerly part of Newbury).
 * 1772: Marine Society of Newburyport established.
 * 1773
 * Isaiah Thomas opens "a printing house in King Street."
 * Essex Journal newspaper begins publication.
 * 1790: Population: 4,837.
 * 1793: Impartial Herald newspaper begins publication.
 * 1794
 * Morning Star newspaper begins publication.
 * Newburyport Woolen Manufacturing Co. established.
 * 1795
 * Political Gazette newspaper begins publication.
 * Merrimack Bank incorporated.
 * 1797: Newburyport Herald newspaper begins publication.
 * 1799: Newburyport Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.
 * 1801: American Intelligencer newspaper published.
 * 1802: Merrimac Humane Society established.
 * 1803
 * Merrimack Gazette and New England Repertory newspapers begin publication.
 * Newburyport Female Charitable Society organized.
 * Merrimack Fire and Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.
 * 1804: Political Calendar newspaper begins publication.
 * 1805: Merrimack Magazine begins publication.
 * 1807: Newburyport Gazette newspaper begins publication.
 * 1808: Statesman newspaper begins publication.
 * 1810
 * Newburyport Mechanick Association and Newburyport Athenaeum incorporated.
 * Independent Whig newspaper begins publication.
 * Merrimack Bible Society organized.
 * 1812: Washington Benevolent Society organized.
 * 1818: Howard Benevolent Society instituted "for the relief of the sick and destitute."
 * 1825: Newburyport Hosiery Co. established.
 * 1829: Newburyport Lyceum organized.
 * 1835
 * Society for the Relief of Aged Females founded.
 * U.S. Custom House built.
 * 1836
 * Newburyport Linnean Society and Newburyport Steam Cotton Co. incorporated.
 * Newburyport Silk Co. and Newburyport Ladies' Bethel Society established.
 * 1837: Bartlet Steam Mills incorporated.
 * 1840: Pleasant Street Christian Church organized.
 * 1841: Essex North District Medical Society organized.
 * 1842: James Steam Mills incorporated.
 * 1844: Essex Steam Mills incorporated.
 * 1845: Globe Steam Mills and Ocean Steam Mills incorporated.
 * 1850
 * Ladies' General Charitable Society instituted.
 * Newburyport Gas Co. incorporated.
 * 1851: June 18: Essex North Musical convention held.
 * 1852: Merrimack Library Association organized.
 * 1854
 * Newburyport Public Library founded.
 * Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank incorporated.
 * 1855: Newburyport Library Association organized.
 * 1857: Mechanic Library Association incorporated.
 * 1865: Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
 * 1869: Merrimack Marine Railway Co. incorporated.
 * 1874: Newburyport Mutual Benefit Association organized.
 * 1877: Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury established.
 * 1878: Newburyport Athenaeum organized.
 * 1884: Newburyport YMCA incorporated.
 * 1886: Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men incorporated.
 * 1887: Newburyport Electric Light & Power Co. incorporated.
 * 1888: Daily News established.
 * 1890
 * YWCA of Newburyport incorporated.
 * City Improvement society organized.
 * 1896: Newburyport Choral Union organized.
 * 1904: South End Reading Room Association formed.
 * 1906: Newburyport Homeoepathic Hospital opens.
 * 1917: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Newburyport founded.
 * 1968: Newburyport Maritime Society established.
 * 1971: Market Square Historic District added to National Register of Historic Places.
 * 1971-1979: Downtown undergoes major renewal and historic preservation effort.
 * 1991: Actors Studio of Newburyport founded.
 * 1994: Sister city relationship established with Bura, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya.

Historic preservation
Despite its former prosperity, in the 1950s and 1960s Newburyport's center fell into disrepair because of several factors, most notably strip malls taking away from local business and increased use of the automobile. At this time, construction of major highways brought larger cities such as Lawrence and Lowell into shopping range. Consequently, by 1970 Newburyport's historic downtown section was scheduled to be razed prior to reconstruction with federal money. Ideas to rebuild the city's downtown were numerous, ranging from hotels and new stores to, ironically, a strip mall, with few buildings left for historical reasons. At the last moment, however, the city changed its mind and signed a federal grant that allowed it to keep most of its historic architecture. Renovation and restorations began during the early 1970s, and continued throughout most of the decade, initially along State Street, and culminating with creation of a pedestrian mall along Inn Street. Newburyport is often cited as an example by preservationists of how to maintain a city's architecture and heritage, while still having it remain functional and liveable.

Geography
Newburyport is located at 42.8125°N, -70.8775°W (42.812391, −70.877440). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6 sqmi, of which 8.4 sqmi is land and 2.2 sqmi (20.77%) is water.

The city is part of Massachusetts' North Shore; Newburyport was laid out on the elevated south bank of the Merrimack River between the river and Newbury marshes. The shipyards, now boatyards (and still vigorously active), extended along the bank at the edge of the river. They were connected by Merrimac Street, which ends upriver where the bank merges into bluffs covered with pine forest. Colonial residences extend up the bank from Merrimac Street to High Street running parallel to it near the top of the ridge. The homes of the seafaring entrepreneurs line High Street. Many feature widow's walks, structures on the roof where the residents could watch for the return of sailing vessels. Nearly every home maintains a splendid flower garden, most dating to colonial times. Various cross streets, such as State Street, Green Street and Market Street, connect Merrimac Street and High Street. The top of the ridge proved an ideal location for later institutions, such as Newburyport High School and nearby Anna Jaques Hospital. The ridge drops more sharply to the marsh on the other side. Along its margin a third parallel street developed, Low Street.

The river bank gradually descends to marshes at Joppa Flats beyond downtown Newburyport. The Plum Island Turnpike was pushed out over the marsh on a causeway to a narrow part of the Plum Island River just to the south of where it connects to the mouth of the Merrimack. A drawbridge was built there, the only access to the island by road. On the Newburyport side a small airport, Plum Island Airport, was built at the edge of the marsh. The portion of Plum Island that is in the city has no direct access to the rest of the city; similarly, there is no access between the mainland and Woodbridge Island or Seal Island, west of Plum Island (the latter being shared between Newburyport and Newbury). Several parks and beaches dot the city, including Plum Island Point Beach, Simmons Beach, Joppa Park, Waterfront Park, Woodman Park, Cashman Park, Moseley Pines Park and Atkinson Common and March's Hill Park. Newburyport Forest is located in the southwest corner of the city, and Maudslay State Park lies along the northwest part of the city, along the banks of the Merrimack.

Newburyport is located 37 mi north-northeast of Boston, 19 mi east-northeast of Lawrence, and 21 mi south-southeast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Situated 5 mi south of the New Hampshire border, the city is bordered by the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) to the east, Newbury to the south and southeast, West Newbury to the west and southwest, Amesbury to the north and northwest, and Salisbury to the northeast.

Neighborhoods
Joppa: Joppa is bordered by Newbury to the southeast, the South End to the southwest, and Downtown to the Northwest. This is the closest neighborhood to Plum Island Airport located in Newbury.

South End: The South End is bordered by Newbury to the south, Joppa to the northeast, and downtown to the northwest. The border between the South End and Joppa is just behind Hancock Street, Chestnut Street and part of Prospect Street.

Plum Island: The Newburyport neighborhood on North end of Plum Island is geographically isolated from the rest of Newburyport but served by Newburyport services and schools. It features Plum Island Point, a popular spot for fishing and recreation, and the Plum Island Lighthouse, built in 1838.

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 17,416 people, 8,264 households, and 4,428 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,086.2 PD/sqmi. There were 7,897 housing units at an average density of 942.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 90.2% White, 3.6% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.7% of the population. The top five ethnic groups are: (United States 2010 Census quickfacts)

 * Irish – 25%
 * English – 16%
 * Italian – 11%
 * French (except Basque) – 7%
 * German – 6%

There were 7,519 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.1% were non-families. Of all households, 33.1% were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $78,557, and the median income for a family was $103,306. Males had a median income of $51,831 versus $37,853 for females. The per capita income for the city was $34,187. About 2.8% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government
Upon adopting a new charter in 2011 which took effect in 2013, Newburyport has been run by a mayor with a four-year term and an eleven-member City Council (prior to that, the mayor's term lasted for two years). During the mid-twentieth century, Newburyport enjoyed a typical "small community" approach, conducted, most notably, by city mayor and activist Ed Molin, who died in 2005. The current mayor of Newburyport is Sean Reardon, and the next election year for mayor is 2025.

Newburyport is part of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district.

Transportation
Interstate 95 passes through the western side of town, with one exit at Route 113. Route 113 itself has its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 1 and Massachusetts Route 1A, with Route 1A continuing along the same right of way as 113 towards Newbury. Route 1 and 1A cross the river along the Newburyport Turnpike Bridge; it had originally followed State Street and ended at Merrimac and Water Streets before crossing the river via ferry to Salisbury. The Turnpike Bridge is the easternmost crossing of the Merrimack; upstream the river is crossed by the Newburyport Railroad Bridge (just west of the Turnpike Bridge), the Chain Bridge, one of the oldest bridges along the river, and the Whittier Memorial Bridge, which brings Interstate 95 to Amesbury.

The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority provides regular bus service between the city and Haverhill, which includes access to the commuter rail station in Newburyport. The bus is free as of March 2023. Newburyport is the northern terminus of the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, providing access through several North Shore cities to Boston's North Station.

Plum Island Airport is a privately owned general aviation airport located within the city limits. It is open to the public and managed by Plum Island Aerodrome, Inc., a not-for-profit organization. The nearest scheduled commercial air service can be found at Boston's Logan International Airport, Worcester's Worcester Regional Airport, Portsmouth's Pease International Tradeport or Manchester's Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

Education

The current site of Newburyport High School was purchased from Alice L. Atkinson in 1935, and the deed was recorded at the Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds as Book 3030, Page 279 in March 1935.

Newburyport High School is one of the oldest public high schools in the United States.

Newburyport is served by several public schools, belonging to the Newburyport School District, and several private schools.

 * Francis T. Bresnahan Lower Elementary School: pre-kindergarten to grade 3
 * Edward G. Molin Upper Elementary School: grades 4 and 5
 * Rupert A. Nock Middle School: grades 6 to 8
 * Newburyport High School: grades 9 to 12
 * River Valley Charter School: grades kindergarten to 8
 * Immaculate Conception Catholic School: grades pre-kindergarten to 8
 * Newburyport Montessori School: pre-kindergarten and kindergarten

On Monday, November 4, 2019, the Newburyport School Committee unanimously (with one member absent) voted to implement a Start School Later policy, the first of the Cape Ann League to do so.

The times will be:

 * Francis T. Bresnahan Lower Elementary School: pre-kindergarten to grade 3; 8:20–2:50
 * Edward G. Molin Upper Elementary School: grades 4 and 5; and Rupert A. Nock Middle School: grades 6 to 8; 7:45–2:15
 * Newburyport High School: grades 9 to 12; 8:15–2:45

Newburyport is served by the Newburyport Public Library, part of the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.

Newburyport High School competes in the Cape Ann League, an athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The athletics program offers a variety of sports for girls and boys during the fall, winter, and spring seasons. The school colors are Crimson and Old Gold and the mascot is a Clipper Ship.

Activities

Newburyport makes activities available for its residents, including a year-round ice skating rink and a beautiful waterfront and boardwalk. Many Newburyport residents love boating, fishing, swimming, and other water sports. The city's picturesque downtown shopping district also makes it a great location to enjoy boutique shopping. The city sponsors several youth sports leagues, including baseball, football, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and hockey. The city's youth services program also provides classes, campouts, and activities in robotics, music, rock climbing, chess, fencing, sewing, dance, skateboarding, judo, academics, cooking, yoga, cheerleading, art, fashion design, photography, biking, and frisbee.

Yankee Homecoming
Yankee Homecoming, run not by the city, but by the non-profit Yankee Homecoming, Inc., is the annual festival celebrating the natives coming home to Newburyport. The event was initiated in 1957 by native Newburyporter George Cashman, who sought to stimulate the economy and lift the spirit of the citizens.

It lasts one week. The first Sunday of the festival, known as "Olde Fashioned Sunday", is celebrated at the Bartlet Mall in Newburyport, and features many activities, including an art show, an appearance by the city's oldest fire engine, the "Neptune #8", and the participation of many local businesses. There is also an antique car parade. Each Yankee Homecoming features a grand marshal and numerous street vendors.

The festival includes eight days and over 200 events. There are concerts every night at Market Landing Park. Other popular events include the Newburyport Lions' 10 mi and 5-kilometer road races, which run through the city's downtown streets and neighborhoods. There is also a 45-minute fireworks show on Saturday night, which is followed the concluding Sunday by the famous Yankee Homecoming parade.

First held in 1958, Newburyport's "Yankee Homecoming" is the second-oldest homecoming festival in the United States. Many charities raise their funds during this time.

Waterfront Concert Series
This was held Friday evenings in Waterfront Park in downtown Newburyport, these free concerts were intended for all ages. The concerts were presented by the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and the Waterfront Trust and were sponsored by a local insurance agency, Arthur S Page Insurance.

Newburyport Literary Festival
Held during the last weekend of April, the Newburyport Literary Festival was started in 2006 as a new effort by the city to increase interest in reading and literary arts. Many local authors are invited to sign and chat about their books, and schoolchildren create projects to show to an author who visits their school. Among the authors who regularly visit are Andre Dubus III, Tess Gerritsen, and Rhina Espaillat.

Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
Held towards the beginning of August, the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival was founded in 2001 by resident Jane Niebling and Philadelphia violist David Yang. For the duration of the festival, exceptional international artists are embedded in the community, giving many concerts but also holding open rehearsals in public places, chamber music reading parties in local homes (“hausmusiks”), a free family concert, a lecture on the summer’s repertoire, and a world premiere of a newly-commissioned work often based on the culture, history, or landscape of the region. Prominent composers who have written for the festival include Jon Deak, Eric Ewazen, David Serkin Ludwig, Robert Maggio, and Jay Reise.

Sister Cities
Newburyport has the following sister cities

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Points of interest
Over the years, the town has cultivated a significant tourist population. The quaint downtown shopping center includes businesses that appeal to all ages. Local businesses and restaurants surround Market Square and along State Street. During festivals throughout the year, visitors are invited to enjoy concerts, food, and entertainment. An old mill building on Liberty Street is home to other small businesses and a local farmers' market during both the summer and winter seasons. The historic area has a charming feel and upbeat atmosphere.

High Street is a remarkable street of fine old Federal-style houses, linking the Atkinson Common (1893–1894) with the Bartlett Mall, site of the Charles Bulfinch-designed Essex County Superior Courthouse (1805). Laid out in 1801, the Bartlett Mall was redesigned in the 1880s by noted Boston landscape architect Charles Eliot, with later improvements by Arthur Shurcliff.

First Presbyterian Church dates from 1756. The clock tower bell was cast by Paul Revere. One of the most famous individuals in 18th-century America, evangelist George Whitefield, before dying in Newburyport in 1770, asked that his remains be buried under the pulpit of the "Old South" church, and they are there to this day.

Some other points of interest are the city's historic waterfront, Atwood Park located at the south end of Newburyport, Market Square & Inn Street, Cashman Park, and Brown Square, graced with a statue to "Garrison the Liberator", before the City Hall. The recently restored City Hall itself is a fine old building featuring in the first-floor corridor a portrait gallery of some of those who have fallen in service of their country. Others are listed on the central monument in Atkinson Common.

 * Chain Bridge
 * Cushing House Museum & Garden
 * Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
 * Maudslay State Park
 * Newburyport Brewing Company
 * Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

In popular culture
Newburyport was the inspiration for the city of Innsmouth, the setting of the H. P. Lovecraft story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The narrative also cameos the actual Newburyport in the first chapter. It is where the protagonist sets out from on his journey to Innsmouth. It was mentioned in Stephen King's, "Doctor Sleep,". Also, the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize winner, Ducks, Newburyport, featured the city.

Notable people

 * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), U.S. president, resided in Newburyport 1787–1788
 * Charlotte Johnson Baker (1855–1937), physician
 * Edward Bass (1726 –1803), first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts and second bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island.
 * Nikole Beckwith (born 1980), Newburyport-born and raised writer and filmmaker
 * Kate Bolick (born 1972), Newburyport-born and raised author and essayist
 * John Parker Boyd (1764–1830), U.S. Army Brigadier General in the War of 1812
 * John Bromfield, Jr. (1779–1849), merchant
 * John H. Couch (1811–1870), sea captain, pioneer and a founder of Portland, Oregon
 * Osmond Richard Cummings (1923–2013), author and historian
 * Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), diplomat and politician
 * Timothy Dexter (1748–1806), businessman noted for his writing and eccentricity
 * Robert Gray Dodge (1872-1964), Boston Attorney
 * Andre Dubus III (born 1959), novelist
 * William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), abolitionist
 * Edmund Pike Graves (1891–1919), aviator who served as a fighter pilot during WWI and the Polish-Soviet War
 * Áine Greaney (born c. 1962), writer and editor
 * Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), polar explorer
 * Edwin A. Grosvenor (1845–1936), author and professor of history
 * Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952), painter
 * Judith Hoag (born 1968) actress
 * Lucy Hooper (1816–1841), poet
 * Charles Tillinghast James (1805–1862), mechanical engineer, designer, senator
 * Benjamin H. Jellison (1845–1904), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
 * Joe Keery (born 1992), actor
 * Rufus King (1755–1827), diplomat and politician
 * Thomas B. Lawson (1807–1888), artist
 * Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), manufacturer
 * John Lowell (1743–1802), congressman and federal judge
 * George Lunt (1803–1885), editor, lawyer, author, politician
 * John P. Marquand (1893–1960), author
 * Donald McKay (1810–1880), shipbuilder
 * Jonathan Meath (born 1955), television producer
 * Johnny Messner (born 1970), actor
 * Robert S. Mulliken (1896–1986), recipient of 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Theophilus Parsons (1750–1813), jurist
 * James Parton (1822–1891), biographer
 * Edmund Pearson (1880–1937), librarian and true crime writer
 * Jacob Perkins (1766–1849), early American inventor
 * Timothy Pilsbury (1789–1858), congressman from Texas
 * Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), writer
 * Charles A. Spring (1800–1891), influential Presbyterian leader in Iowa and Illinois
 * Rev. Gardiner Spring (1785–1873), author of the Gardiner Spring Resolutions, which gained Abraham Lincoln the support of the Presbyterian Church
 * Rev. Samuel Spring (1746–1819), religious leader, chaplain in Benedict Arnold's army
 * Clara F. Stevens (1855–1934), English professor at Mount Holyoke College
 * Matthew Thornton (1714–1803), signer of the Declaration of Independence
 * William S. Tilton (1828–1889), Civil War brigade commander at the Battle of Gettysburg
 * Peter Tolan (born 1958), television/film producer and writer
 * Richard Trefry, (1924-2023), United States Army lieutenant general.
 * Charles Turner (1848–1908), painter, born in Newburyport
 * William Gordon Welchman (1906–1985) English mathematician, university professor, Second World War codebreaker at Bletchley Park, United Kingdom
 * William Wheelwright (1798–1873), sea captain, US consul in Chile, steamship and railroad promoter in South America
 * Lothrop Withington (1856-1915), genealogist, historian, and book editor who was killed in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
 * Martha Wright (1923–2016), singer and Broadway actress

title: Newburyport, Massachusetts


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North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 30,915.

History
Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas. At the time of European arrival, Massachusett and Naumkeag people inhabited the area south of the Merrimack River and Pennacooks inhabited the area to the north. The Massachusett referred to the area that would later become North Andover as Cochichawick.

The lands south of the Merrimack River around Lake Cochichewick and the Shawsheen River were set aside by the Massachusetts General Court in 1634 for the purpose of creating an inland plantation. The Cochichewick Plantation, as it was called, was purchased on May 6, 1646 when Reverend John Woodbridge, who had settled the land for the English, paid Massachusett sachem Cutshamekin six pounds and a coat for the lands. The plantation was then incorporated as Andover, most likely in honor of the hometown of many early residents, Andover, Hampshire, England. The town was centered in what is now North Andover, but the spread of settlement south and west of the old town center created much conflict in the early years about the location of the parish church. In 1709, the matter was brought to the General Court, which set aside two parish churches, north and south. The parishes grew apart as the years went on and on April 7, 1855, the North parish separated from the south and was incorporated as North Andover.

There are several first period (pre-1720) houses still standing in town. The oldest house is probably the Bridges House, relocated from Marbleridge Road to Court Street in 2001; the original portion of this house probably dates to about 1690. Other first period houses include the Stevens House on Great Pond Road; the Faulkner House on Appleton Street; the Abiel Stevens House on Salem Street; the Parson Barnard House, which is a museum; a house on Andover Street near the intersection with Chickering Road; and the Carlton-Frie-Tucker House at 140 Mill Road. No house in North Andover has been scientifically dated by dendrochronology, so dates are based solely on stylistic elements, original deeds, and tradition.

The North Parish Church on the North Andover Green is a historic church building built in 1836. It was the 5th meetinghouse of the Puritan church congregation founded in 1645 in North Andover. In about 1836 the congregation chose to become a Unitarian church and commissioned this Gothic building.

North Andover's development was varied, with much of the land along the Shawsheen and Merrimack being concerned with industry, and the lands southwest being more agricultural. Several mills were located in the town, as well as the Western Electric Company, AT&T's manufacturing division, which supplied telephone machinery for many years before it was split up by AT&T into the new company, Lucent Technologies. Today, North Andover is considered a bedroom community of the Greater Boston area.

In January 2018, voters turned down a proposal for a cannabis-growing and research facility in the former Lucent Technologies building, along the Merrimack River. The town meeting vote was 1,430 against having recreational marijuana facilities and 1,155 voted in favor. The growing and research facility was expected to bring in to the town $100 million over a 20-year period.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 71.9 km2, of which 68.1 km2 is land and 3.7 km2, or 5.18%, is water. The town lies to the south of the Merrimack River, which makes up part of its northwestern boundary, along with the Shawsheen River. The northeastern quadrant of town is dominated by Lake Cochichewick, which is also bordered by the Osgood Hill Reservation, Weir Hill Reservation and the Reas Pond Conservation Area. The town also is home to portions of Harold Parker State Forest, Boxford State Forest and the Charles W. Ward Reservation. There are many brooks, streams and ponds dotting the town.

North Andover lies in the northwestern portion of Essex County along the Merrimack and Shawsheen Rivers. It is bordered by Andover to the southwest, Lawrence and Methuen to the northwest, Haverhill to the northeast, Boxford to the east and Middleton to the southeast. North Andover's Old Center, which is closer to the geographic center of town than its newer town center, is located 3.5 mi southeast of Lawrence's city center, and is 25 mi north of Boston and 30 mi southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Interstate 495 crosses through the western part of town along the Lawrence border, with one exit within town and two more providing access to the town from Lawrence. The town lies along Massachusetts Route 114, known as the "Salem Turnpike," and is also served by Route 125 and Route 133, which are concurrent for much of their routes within town. The town is partially served by the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority bus line. The nearest train station is located in Lawrence, where the Lawrence stop along the Haverhill/Reading Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail lies (the line actually passes through the town along the Merrimack, but there is no stop). North Andover is also home to the Lawrence Municipal Airport, providing small aircraft service to the region. The nearest national service, at Logan International Airport and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is within a thirty-mile ride of the town.

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 28,352 people, 10,516 households, and 7,324 families residing in the town. The population density was 1078.0 PD/sqmi. There were 10,964 housing units at an average density of 416.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 88.7% White, 1.78% African American, 0.09% Native American, 6.31% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.62% from other races, and 1.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.93% of the population.

There were 10,516 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.4% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

As of the 2017 American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the town was $105,661, and the median income for a family was $132,674. Males had a median income of $68,411 versus $42,270 for females. The per capita income for the town was $51,658. 5.1% of the population and 2.9% of families were below the poverty line. 5.2% of those under the age of 18 and 4.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government and infrastructure
North Andover employs the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a five-member Select Board and a town manager, Melissa Rodrigues. The town has its own police and fire departments, EMS, public works, and a senior center. North Andover has no hospital, the nearest being Lawrence General Hospital.

On the state level, the town is served by Essex County services, and is patrolled by the First Barracks of Troop A of the Massachusetts State Police, based in Andover. North Andover lies in two districts, the Fourteenth Essex and Eighteenth Essex, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and the First Essex and First Essex and Middlesex in the Massachusetts Senate. North Andover is located within Massachusetts's 6th congressional district, and has been served by Representative Seth Moulton (D) since 2015. Massachusetts' senior Senator is Elizabeth Warren (D), and its junior Senator is Ed Markey (D), both in office since 2013. North Andover has no mayor, but, until his death in 2006, William P McEvoy, the director of recreation, was known as the "unofficial mayor".

Media
North Andover is located within the Boston media market, and is served by the Eagle-Tribune newspaper.

Education
North Andover is home to its own school system. It has an early childhood center, five elementary schools (Atkinson Elementary, Franklin Elementary, Kittredge Elementary, Annie L. Sargent Elementary, Thomson Elementary), North Andover Middle School and North Andover High School. On May 16, 2017, the citizens of North Andover approved the expansion of the early childhood center, which opened for the 2018–2019 school year. The primary reason behind this expansion was to reduce elementary class size, which it failed to realize.

In 2004, a brand new high school and complete sporting complex including a football field, a soccer field, field hockey greens, and a lacrosse field was added. There is a complete track and field area and numerous tennis courts. North Andover's mascot is the Scarlet Knight and its colors are scarlet and black. It competes in the Merrimack Valley Conference and Division II of the MIAA. Its main rival is Andover, who it plays in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. High school students from North Andover are also allowed to attend Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover. There are two private schools in North Andover: Brooks School, and Saint Michael's Elementary School. The nearest private high schools include: Phillips Academy Andover (9–12), Austin Preparatory School (6–12), Central Catholic High School (9–12), which are located in the nearby towns of Andover and Reading, and the city of Lawrence.

North Andover is also home to Merrimack College, a Catholic Augustinian four-year college. The nearest public community college, based in Haverhill, is Northern Essex Community College, which also has a campus in Lawrence and a Corporate & Community Education Center in North Andover. The nearest public university is University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell).

Economy
Barker's Farm, which started in 1643, is the oldest continually operated business in Massachusetts and among the oldest in the United States.

Converse, the popular sneaker company, was headquartered in North Andover from 2002 to 2015.

Entertainment
Residents of North Andover can purchase a summer pass to Steven's Pond where they can go swimming. Nearby Weir Hill offers trails for hiking, walking, biking, and views of the surrounding area and beyond.

Many events are held at the old town center, including the sheep shearing festival in late spring and various summer activities for children and adults. The North Andover Youth Center is also located in the old town center and offers a variety of activities to the town's youth. These services are offered to kids in grades 6 through 12 and yearly passes can be purchased to have full access to their facilities.

Harold Parker State Forest offers 25 mi of trails, a campground, and a freshwater swimming beach. Other activities include horseback riding, camping, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, and hiking. In September there is also an annual fishing tournament.

Boxford State Forest is also located in town, and is home to the Sharpner's Pond Anti-Ballistic Missile Site.

The Col. John Osgood House, a historic house, is also in North Andover.

2018 gas leaks and explosions
On September 13, 2018, several gas lines suffered leakage due to high pressure in the tubes of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, a subsidiary of NiSource. As a result, several fires and explosions occurred, homes were evacuated.

Notable people

 * Colin Blackwell, ice hockey forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Cliff Bleszinski, game designer (Gears of War)
 * Anne Bradstreet, poet
 * Simon Bradstreet, Anne's husband, minister and co-founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony
 * Jake Bobo, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
 * Phillips Brooks, minister of Trinity Church, Boston and great-grandson of the founder of Phillips Academy
 * Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards
 * Mike Cavanaugh, head ice hockey coach at University of Connecticut
 * Jace Clayton, DJ, writer, interdisciplinary artist
 * Joey Daccord, NHL Player
 * Daniel Dennett, philosopher and atheist
 * Zak DeOssie, former long snapper for New York Giants, NFL linebacker
 * Bobby Farnham, professional ice hockey player
 * Dorothy Farnum, silent film-era screenwriter
 * Jamie Hagerman, Olympic ice hockey player
 * Steve Heinze, former NHL player
 * Charles Jencks, architect and philanthropist
 * George B. Loring, member of US House of Representatives and career politician
 * John U. Monro, dean of Harvard College
 * Samuel Osgood, first Postmaster General of the United States
 * Samuel Phillips Jr., founder of Phillips Academy
 * Liz Simons, actor and comedian
 * Richard D. Smith, renowned chemist in the area of proteomics
 * James Spader, screen and TV actor (Boston Legal and The Blacklist)
 * Issac Stevens, first governor of Washington Territory
 * Moses Stevens, textile manufacturer
 * Oliver Stevens, Suffolk County district attorney
 * Sidney J. Watson, former NFL player, former college ice hockey coach, and US Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

Historical maps

 * John Farnum and Moses Abbot 1795 Map of Andover. Click on the map for larger image.
 * Dorman, Moses. 1830 Map of Andover, including what would later become North Andover.
 * Beers, D.G. 1872 Atlas of Essex County Map of North Andover, plate 55.
 * Walker, George H. 1884 Atlas of Essex County Map of North Andover, page 121.

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Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 54,481 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. Peabody is located in the North Shore region of Massachusetts, and is known for its rich industrial history.

History
The area was long inhabited by Native American people known as the Naumkeag.

The area was settled as part of Salem in 1626 by a small group of English colonists from Cape Ann led by Roger Conant. It was subsequently referred to as the Northfields, Salem Farms, and Brooksby. Several area residents were accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century, three of whom were executed (John Proctor, Giles Corey, and Martha Corey).

In 1752, the area was set off from Salem, and incorporated as a district of Danvers. It was referred to as "the South Parish", associated with a church located in present-day Peabody Square. In 1855, the community broke away from Danvers, and was incorporated as the independent town of South Danvers. The name was changed to Peabody on April 30, 1868, in honor of George Peabody, noted philanthropist born in present-day Peabody, widely regarded as the "father of modern philanthropy". It was granted city status in 1916. The western, less densely populated area of town is often separately, yet unofficially, referred to as West Peabody.

Peabody started off as a farming community, but its rivers and streams attracted mills which operated by water power. During the 18th-century, Peabody's Central Street corridor was a hub of pottery manufacturing, especially redware. In particular, Peabody was a major center of New England's leather industry, which attracted immigrants from all around the world.

By 1915, one-third of the population had been born outside the United States. In addition to becoming home to large Irish and Russian populations, Peabody developed a large community of laborers hailing from the Ottoman Empire, mostly Turkish and Kurdish speakers from the region of Harput, now known as Elazığ. The population was situated primarily on Walnut Street, where they filled boarding houses and coffee houses to such an extent that it became known as "Ottoman Street," and, more pejoratively and less accurately, "Peabody's Barbary Coast", as the United States was at war with the Ottoman Empire during World War I. One visitor even noted that signs in town were written in both English and Ottoman Turkish.

On the morning of October 28, 1915, twenty-one young children were killed in the St. Johns School fire in the downtown area on Chestnut Street. Their bodies were found after the fire subsided, huddled together and burnt beyond recognition, near the entrance just steps away from survival. As a result, Peabody became the first city in the United States to establish a law that all entrances or exits in public buildings be push-open, rather than by handle or knob.

The tanneries that lined Peabody's "Ottoman Street" remained a linchpin of the city's economy into the second half of the 20th century. The tanneries have since closed or been relocated elsewhere, but the city remains known locally as the Leather City or Tanner City. The mascot of Peabody Veterans Memorial High School is named the Tanners.

The loss of the tanneries was a huge blow to Peabody's economy, but the city has made up for the erosion of its industrial base, at least in part, through other forms of economic development. Early in the 20th century, Peabody joined the automobile revolution, hosting the pioneer Brass Era company, Corwin Manufacturing.

The Northshore Mall, originally known as the Northshore Shopping Center, is one of the region's largest shopping malls. The mall opened in September 1958 as an outdoor shopping center, and was built on farm land originally owned by Elias Hasket Derby, one of America's first millionaires. Centennial Park, an industrial park in the center of the city, has attracted several medical and technology companies. West Peabody, which was mostly farm land until the 1950s, has been developed into a middle-to-upper class residential area. Brooksby Farm, a 275 acre working farm and conservation area has been one of the city's most popular destinations for decades.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.5 km2, of which 42.0 km2 is land and 1.5 km2 or 3.46%, is water. The northwestern border of Peabody lies along the Ipswich River, with brooks feeding it, and the Waters River, a tributary of the Danvers River, drains the northeastern part of town. Several other ponds and a portion of Suntaug Lake lie within town. The largest protected portion of the city is the Brooksby Farm, whose land includes the Nathaniel Felton Houses.

The city is wedge-shaped, with the city center located in the wider northeastern end. The neighborhood of South Peabody lies south of it, and the more suburban neighborhood of West Peabody, where the high school is located, lies to the west of the city center, separated by the highways and the Proctor neighborhood. Peabody's center is 2 mi from the center of Salem, 15 mi northeast of Boston, 18 mi west-southwest of Gloucester, and 18 mi southeast of Lawrence. Peabody is also bordered by Middleton to the northwest, Danvers to the north, Salem to the east, Lynn to the south and Lynnfield to the southwest.

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 51,251 people living in the city and a total of 22,220 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 90.4% White, 2.4% African American, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race (1.3% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Mexican, 0.1% Cuban, and 4.5% other Hispanic or Latino), 1.9% Asian, 3.8% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races.

The city has had a very large Greek population ever since the early 20th century. Ever since the mid 20th century, the Portuguese population has been very present, especially from the Azores. In the 21st century, Brazilians came in large swathes.

There were 21,313 households, of which 26.8% included children under the age of 18, 48.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. Of all households, 31.4% were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28, and the average family size was 3.02.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 20, 22.5% from 20 to 39, 29.8% from 40 to 59, and 26.5% who were 60 years of age or older. The median age of people in Peabody was 44.6. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $65,515, and the median income for a family was $80,471. Males had a median income of $55,352 versus $44,167 for females. About 4.4% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Major employers

 * Analogic Corporation
 * Boston Children's Hospital
 * Boston Acoustics
 * Carl Zeiss AG
 * Christian Book Distributors
 * JEOL
 * Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
 * Meridian Interstate Bancorp
 * Northshore Mall
 * Rousselot Gelatine (formerly a division of Kodak)
 * Saucony
 * UTC Aerospace Systems

Points of Interest

 * Bell Inn and Tavern, built in 1897 and formerly known as the O'Shea Mansion. The original building on the property was the Bell Tavern, built in 1757 and demolished in 1840. Local minutemen met in the tavern's yard before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
 * Brooksby Farm, a 275 acre city-owned farm and conservation area.
 * George Peabody House Museum, dedicated to George Peabody.
 * North Shore Children's Museum, a city-owned museum.
 * Peabody's Black Box Theater.
 * Peabody Institute Library, a public library established in 1852 following a bequest from philanthropist and Peabody resident George Peabody.
 * Tillie's Farm, a city-owned farm in South Peabody.
 * Washington Street Historic District, a 19th-century residential neighborhood where many civic and business leaders of the time period built homes.

Parks and recreation

Salem Country Club is a privately owned country club and golf course, which hosted the U.S. Senior Open in 2001 and 2017, and the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1984.

Independence Greenway is a 5.25 mi rail-trail that is part of the Border to Boston trail.

Crystal Lake is a 21-acre conservation area and is part of the Ipswich River watershed.

Spring Pond is a lake that abuts Peabody, Lynn, and Salem.

Government

Peabody is represented in the state legislature by officials elected from the following districts:

 * Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district
 * Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Essex district
 * Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Essex district

Public schools
Public education is administered by Peabody Public Schools. Schools include:

 * Brown Elementary School
 * Burke Elementary
 * Carroll Elementary School
 * Center Elementary School
 * Higgins Middle School
 * McCarthy Elementary
 * South Elementary
 * Veterans Memorial High School
 * Welch Elementary
 * West Elementary

Christian schools

 * Bishop Fenwick High School, a Catholic private high school.
 * Covenant Christian Academy, a Christian and classical preparatory school.
 * St. John the Baptist School, a private Catholic school.

Transportation
Highways in Peabody include:
 * Interstate 95
 * Massachusetts Route 128
 * Massachusetts Route 129
 * U.S. Route 1
 * Massachusetts Route 114

Several lines of the MBTA bus service pass through town. The Logan Express also stops at the Northshore Mall in Peabody. The Springfield Terminal rail line passes through town, with one line passing from Lynnfield towards Danvers, and another, mostly abandoned, line passing from Middleton to Salem. The nearest commuter rail service is in Salem, along the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, with service to Boston's North Station. The nearest airport is the Beverly Municipal Airport, and the nearest national and international air service is located at Boston's Logan International Airport.

Utilities
The municipally-owned Peabody Municipal Light Plant provides electricity to the city. Natural gas service in Peabody is provided by National Grid. Cable television in Peabody is provided by Comcast and the City in June 2019 issued a second Cable TV license to RCN.

Notable people

 * Jeff Allison, former professional baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins from 2003 to 2011
 * Daniel Ankeles, Maine state senator
 * Matt Antonelli, former second basemen for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball
 * Samantha Arsenault, Olympic swimmer champion
 * Garcelle Beauvais, actress and author
 * Frederick Berry, disability rights advocate, state senator from 1983 to 2013, majority leader of the Massachusetts State Senate from 2003 to 2013
 * Matt Bloom, professional wrestler
 * Nathaniel Bowditch, early American astronomer, mathematician, and navigator
 * Patrick Francis Bresnahan, United States Navy veteran, Medal of Honor
 * Emma Southwick Brinton, American Civil War army nurse, traveler, and foreign correspondent
 * Kimberly S. Budd, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
 * Bobby Carpenter, NHL player in the 1980s and 1990s
 * Giles Corey, victim of the Salem witch trials
 * Martha Corey, victim of the Salem witch trials
 * Chick Davies, Major League Baseball player
 * Brad Delp, lead singer of the band Boston
 * Jerry DeLucca, former professional football player in New England Patriots
 * Mary Upton Ferrin, American suffragette and women's rights advocate
 * Bob Franke, singer-songwriter
 * Gary Gulman, comedian
 * Hrishikesh Hirway, musician, producer, host of Song Exploder, and vocalist of The One AM Radio
 * Daniel P. King, congressman from 1843 to 1850
 * Christina Kirkman, teen actress, comedian, and circus performer
 * Joe Klein, author, journalist (worked for The Peabody Times in the 1970s)
 * Steve Lomasney, former Major League Baseball player
 * David A. Lowy, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
 * Heather MacLean, competitive runner; competed at 2020 Summer Olympics
 * Nicholas Mavroules, mayor from 1967 to 1978, congressman 1979 to 1993
 * Ryan Montbleau, professional musician
 * Jonathan Mover, professional drummer
 * George Peabody, merchant, philanthropist, and namesake of the city
 * Marc Predka, rapper known as Tha Trademarc
 * John Proctor, victim of the Salem witch trials
 * Patricia Goldman-Rakic, pioneering neuroscientist and professor
 * Ruth Shoer Rappaport, scientist and vaccine researcher
 * Charles Rosa, MMA fighter
 * Pauline Sperry, mathematician
 * John J. Studzinski, Investment banker and philanthropist
 * John Tudor, Major League Baseball pitcher from 1979 to 1990
 * Francis Robbins Upton, physicist and mathematician
 * Rochelle Walensky, physician-scientist, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023
 * Jack Welch, industrialist
 * Nancy Werlin, book author

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Talk:SITA (business services company)

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SITA – Corporate profile SITA is the world's leading provider of global information and telecommunication solutions to the air transport and related industries. With over 50 years experience, we: support our members and customers globally in over 220 countries and territories continue to be the only organization providing the global network services - as well as the IT infrastructure and applications - that enable air transport organizations to operate seamlessly. Leading the industry forward SITA has long served global aviation and related industries. We've spearheaded the definition of common use technologies, for example, as well as hosted solutions, open IT standards ... and more. In these endeavours, all of our initiatives and solutions aim to ensure interoperability and the cost-effective use of the latest technologies for the industries we serve.

Global and local Today, we have around 3,800 staff, of more than 130 nationalities from all over the world. It means we can offer access to local people, with local, specific industry knowledge. Our global reach, our neutrality ... and the fact that SITA is completely owned by the aviation community... all remain critical to our customers. So too does our breadth of service, support and the industry expertise we provide.

The industries we serve Airlines, airports, aerospace companies - organizations involved in aircraft design, maintenance and communication - as well as logistics organizations, international organizations and governments: they are all among the industries SITA serves. Our portfolio includes:

application services end-to-end desktop and infrastructure services network services, focusing on systems integration, outsourcing and consulting, in support of complex solutions Here are a few more facts about SITA. We provide the widest portfolio of managed data and voice network services over a single seamless network – the largest in the world. We are the leading provider, to airports and the wider aviation sector, of the end-to-end IT infrastructure, shared use platforms, and application solutions. And we lead the world in the provision of hosted and managed applications to the air transport industry.

SITA's value-added services are offered through SITA INC (Information Networking Computing), headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with network services managed through SITA SC, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

--- This is an encyclopedia not a place to post plugs for companies. With that said I do think that this entry can be made to conform to our NPOV policy by cutting-out much of the self-referential material (who is "we"? -- Wikipedia? Obviously not). --mav

Merge from Airline teletype
This seems to be the correct place for the information. Both articles are very different but appear to cover the same topic. Vegaswikian 00:02, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Airline teletype (now renamed to Airline teletype technology) seems a more general article, while this article deals specifically with the European co-op operating the technology.  I've removed the merge tag, and linked the articles together. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: Advertisment?????
I do not agree with the harsh exclamation that the article reads like and advertisement...After the end of WW-II SITA was established as the first and still the largest private comms companies in the World as of 2011. To deny that SITA had its origins in data comms across the planet well before we had ISD Telephony would be a travesty...It is historical fact that a data comms carrier was born out of World necessity in air transportation... Fact SITA further developed SNA to provide global SNA/T when the World was new to Global Data Comms...When the editor and contributors of this article were not even born SITA had been formed and was functional with the largest Main Frame Computer Systems on this planet and still are...Go Visit Galileo, COVIA, AMR - Corporations, Amadeus, Abacus to name a few and thanks for 'Secure Flight' which keeps our air transports safe in a Global sense. How could you not write about SITA without saying where they came from and what they do very quietly without advertisement nor endorsement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zczc2311 (talk • contribs) 06:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

SITA vs Friends Media Network
Has the name of SITA AERO been changed to Friends Media Network?? Or Somebody has spammed the article? This article originally was about SITA AERO but now has been renamed to Friends Media Network. Please explain me or give link to any talk page where it has been discussed or else I will revert it back to march 31st,2014

Conflicting company name: State Information Technology Agency (ZA)
The South Africa government's IT agency is also commonly referred to as SITA. See http://www.sita.co.za/ 196.14.169.11 (talk) 11:09, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅- Used Distinguish template to leave a hatnote.--Xzinger (talk) 06:23, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

about: CHAMP Cargosystems
more needs to be explained about -CHAMP Cargosystems -

like when dit it become a subsediary of Sita. ?

-and how does it integrate or technicly interface into the rescource network.?

-and if I remember correctly, SITA is or was incorporated like a coop (a co-operativ-company), with equal size shares and powers by every airline company involved.

-about CHAMP Cargosystems, I remember it from its first few jears of begin in developlement, as begin emploid there as technician for terminal cables, and operator on the Sperry-Unisys 1100 and the then new Unisys 2200, in the shack of old cl44 hangers domesticated to office space, in the south-west end of the main runway, at Findel airport (ELLX). . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.176.192 (talk) 00:19, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

title: Talk:SITA (business services company)