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Essex County, Massachusetts

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
493historic places
—earliest paper
1643formed
809,829pop. 2020
139cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 493 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 29 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Andover, Salem, Methuen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Massachusetts is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Essex titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

332 of 493 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

493 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
ADVENTURE (schooner) NHLGloucesterStructure1989
Abbot HallMarbleheadBuilding1974
Abbot TavernAndoverBuilding1982
Abbot, Asa and Sylvester, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Abbot, Benjamin, HouseAndoverBuilding1975
Abbot, J. T., HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Abbot-Baker HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Abbot-Battles HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Abbot-Stinson HouseAndoverBuilding1990
Academy Hill Historic DistrictAndoverDistrict1982
Adams, Abraham, HouseNewburyBuilding1990
Adams-Clarke HouseGeorgetownBuilding1990
Agawan DinerRowleyBuilding1999
American Woolen Company TownhousesLawrenceDistrict2012
American Woolen Mill Housing DistrictLawrenceDistrict1982
Amesbury Friends Meeting HouseAmesburyBuilding2002
Amesbury Public LibraryAmesburyBuilding2025
Amesbury and Salisbury Mills Village Historic DistrictAmesburyDistrict1985
Andover National BankAndoverBuilding1982
Andover Town HallAndoverBuilding1982
Andover Village Industrial DistrictAndoverDistrict1982
Ann's DinerSalisburyBuilding2003
Annisquam BridgeGloucesterStructure1983
Annisquam Harbor Light StationGloucesterStructure1987
ArdenAndoverBuilding1982
Arlington Mills Historic DistrictLawrence and MethuenDistrict1985
Arlington-Basswood Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict1984
Asbury Grove Historic DistrictHamiltonDistrict2009
Babson-Alling HouseGloucesterBuilding1996
Bailey HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Bailey, Timothy P., HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Baker's Island Light StationSalemBuilding1976
Balch, John, HouseBeverlyBuilding1973
Ballardvale DistrictAndoverDistrict1982
Barker, Stephen, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Barnard BlockAndoverBuilding1982
Barnard, Parson, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1974
Beauport NHLGloucesterBuilding2003
BeauportGloucesterBuilding1976
Bellvue CemeteryLawrenceSite2003
Beverly Center Business DistrictBeverlyDistrict1984
Beverly DepotBeverlyBuilding1979
Beverly Depot-Odell Park Historic DistrictBeverlyDistrict2014
Beverly Grammar SchoolBeverlyBuilding1990
Beverly High SchoolBeverlyBuilding2026
Beverly Powder HouseBeverlyStructure2019
Blakeley BuildingLawrenceBuilding2009
Blanchard-Upton HouseAndoverBuilding1990
Boardman House NHLSaugusBuilding1966
Boardman, John, HouseBoxfordBuilding1990
Bowditch, Nathaniel, House NHLSalemBuilding1966
Bowker PlaceSalemBuilding1983
Boxford Village Historic DistrictBoxfordDistrict1973
Bradford Burial GroundHaverhillSite2015
Bradford Common Historic DistrictHaverhillDistrict1977
Bradlee SchoolAndoverBuilding1982
Breakheart Reservation Parkways-Metropolitan Park System of Greater BostonSaugusDistrict2003
Bridge Street Neck Historic DistrictSalemDistrict2002
Briggs Carriage CompanyAmesburyBuilding2017
Brown HouseHamiltonBuilding1990
Brown Square HouseNewburyportBuilding1975
Brown Stocking Mill Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1996
Brown's ManorIpswichBuilding1980
Brown, Austin, HouseHamiltonBuilding1990
Buildings at 24-30 Summer St.LawrenceBuilding1985
Burnham, David, HouseEssexBuilding1983
Burnham, James, HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Burnham-Patch HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Buswell, J.E., HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Cable, Benjamin Stickney, Memorial HospitalIpswichBuilding1990
Cabot, Capt. John, HouseBeverlyBuilding1975
Caldwell BlockIpswichBuilding1983
Calef, Dr. John, HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Capen, Parson, House NHLTopsfieldBuilding1966
Capitol DinerLynnBuilding1999
Carlton-Frie-Tucker HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1990
Castle Hill NHLIpswichBuilding1977
Central Gloucester Historic DistrictGloucesterDistrict1982
Central Square Historic DistrictLynnDistrict1985
Central Street DistrictAndoverDistrict1982
Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Chandler-Hidden HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Chaplin-Clarke HouseRowleyBuilding1979
Charter Street Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1975
Chase, Samuel, HouseWest NewburyBuilding1990
Chestnut Street DistrictSalemDistrict1973
Chestnut Street District (Boundary Increase)SalemDistrict1978
Chickering HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Choate BridgeIpswichStructure1972
Choate, Rufus, HouseSalemBuilding1982
City HallSalemBuilding1973
Claflin-Richards HouseWenhamBuilding1973
Cochran,Jehiel, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Cogswell's GrantEssexBuilding1990
Coker, Benjamin, HouseNewburyportBuilding1990
Community HouseHamiltonBuilding2011
Conant, Exercise, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Corning, Samuel, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Crombie Street DistrictSalemDistrict1983
Cushing, Caleb, House NHLNewburyportBuilding1973
Daddy Frye's Hill CemeteryMethuenSite1984
Dalton HouseNewburyportBuilding1978
Dascomb HouseAndoverBuilding1982
David S. Lynch Memorial ParkBeverlyDistrict2024
Davis, Ephraim, HouseHaverhillBuilding1990
Davis-Freeman HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
Derby Summerhouse NHLDanversBuilding1968
Derby Waterfront DistrictSalemDistrict1976
Derby Wharf Light StationSalemStructure1987
Diamond Historic DistrictLynnDistrict1996
Dickinson-Pillsbury-Witham HouseGeorgetownBuilding1990
Dodge BuildingNewburyportBuilding1982
Dolan, Terence, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Double-arch Sandstone BridgeMethuenStructure1984
Downtown Lawrence Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict1979
Downtown Salem DistrictSalemDistrict1983
Dustin HouseHaverhillBuilding1990
Dyke-Wheeler HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
East End Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1980
East Gloucester Square Historic DistrictGloucesterDistrict1996
East Parish Meeting HouseHaverhillBuilding2011
Eastern Point Light StationGloucesterDistrict1987
Emerson HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Emerson HouseHaverhillBuilding1990
Emerson, Capt. Oliver, HomesteadMethuenBuilding1984
Emmons, G.B., HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Engine House No. 6LawrenceBuilding2004
English High SchoolLynnBuilding1986
Essex Company Machine ShopLawrenceBuilding1972
Essex Company Offices and YardLawrenceBuilding1979
Essex County Court BuildingsSalemBuilding1976
Essex Insitiute Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1972
Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham LibraryEssexBuilding2007
Estey TavernMiddletonBuilding1989
FRANK A. PALMER AND LOUIS B. CRARY (Shipwreck)GloucesterSite2006
Fabens BuildingLynnBuilding1982
Federal Street DistrictSalemDistrict1983
Felton, Nathaniel, HousesPeabodyBuilding1982
First Baptist ChurchMethuenBuilding1984
First Church CongregationalMethuenBuilding1978
First Parish Burial GroundGloucesterSite2010
First Religious Society Church and Parish HallNewburyportBuilding1976
First Unitarian ChurchPeabodyBuilding1989
First Universalist ChurchSalemBuilding1983
Fish Flake Hill Historic DistrictBeverlyDistrict1971
Fish Flake Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)BeverlyDistrict1986
Flint FarmAndoverBuilding1982
Flint Public LibraryMiddletonBuilding2002
Follansbee HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Fort LeeSalemSite1994
Fort PickeringSalemSite1973
Fort SewallMarbleheadSite1975
Foster, Gen. Gideon, HousePeabodyBuilding1976
Foster, Phineas, HouseBoxfordBuilding1990
Foster, Stephen, HouseTopsfieldBuilding1990
Foster, William, HouseAndoverBuilding1990
Fowler HouseDanversportBuilding1974
Fowler, Rea Putnam, HouseDanversBuilding1990
Fox Hill SchoolDanversBuilding1988
French-Andrews HouseTopsfieldBuilding1990
Friend, James, HouseWenhamBuilding1990
Front Street BlockGloucesterDistrict1974
Frye, Nathan, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Frye, Samuel, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1990
Fuller, Joseph, HouseMiddletonBuilding1990
Fuller, Lieut. Thomas, HouseMiddletonBuilding1990
G.A.R. Hall and MuseumLynnBuilding1979
Gardner-Pingree House NHLSalemBuilding1970
Gedney and Cox HousesSalemBuilding1974
Georgetown Central SchoolGeorgetownBuilding2001
Gerry, Elbridge, HouseMarbleheadBuilding1973
Giddings, George, House and BarnEssexBuilding1990
Giddings-Burnham HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Gleason BuildingLawrenceBuilding1982
Gloucester City HallGloucesterBuilding1973
Gloucester Fisherman's MemorialGloucesterObject1996
Gloucester Net and Twine CompanyGloucesterBuilding1996
Glover, Gen. John, House NHLMarbleheadBuilding1972
Goodale, Isaac, HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Gott HouseRockportBuilding1990
Gould, Capt. Joseph, HouseTopsfieldBuilding1990
Gould, Zaccheus, HouseTopsfieldBuilding1990
Grace Episcopal ChurchLawrenceBuilding1976
Granite Keystone BridgeRockportStructure1981
Grant, Benjamin, HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Gray, David, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Great Stone DamLawrenceStructure1977
Greenlawn CemeteryNahantDistrict2000
Greenlawn CemeterySalemSite2015
Hale, Reverend John, HouseBeverlyBuilding1974
Hale-Boynton HouseNewburyBuilding1983
Hamilton Hall NHLSalemBuilding1970
Hamilton Historic DistrictHamiltonDistrict1973
Hammond CastleGloucesterBuilding1973
Harding, Sarah H., HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Hardy, Joseph, HouseGrovelandBuilding1990
Hardy, Urias, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Harnden FarmAndoverBuilding1982
Harraden, Edward, HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
Harris FarmMarbleheadBuilding1990
Hart HouseLynnfieldBuilding1990
Haskell, Captain Robert, HouseBeverlyBuilding2022
Haskell, William, HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
Hastings-Morse HouseHaverhillBuilding1991
Haverhill Board of Trade BuildingHaverhillBuilding2007
Haverhill Historical Society Historic DistrictHaverhillDistrict2005
Haverhill Powder HouseHaverhillStructure2024
Hayes, Charles H., BuildingHaverhillBuilding2010
Hazen-Kimball-Aldrich HouseGeorgetownBuilding1990
Hazen-Spiller HouseHaverhillBuilding1990
Heard-Lakeman HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Henfield HouseLynnfieldBuilding1991
Herrick, Ella Proctor, HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
Hickey-Osborne BlockPeabodyBuilding1985
High Rock Tower-High Rock Cottage and Daisy CottageLynnDistrict1979
High Service Water Tower and ReservoirLawrenceStructure1978
High Street CemeteryDanversSite2003
High Street Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1980
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, House NHLBeverlyBuilding1972
Holt FarmAndoverBuilding1982
Holt-Cummings-Davis HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Holyoke-French HouseBoxfordBuilding1972
Hooper, Robert "King", MansionMarbleheadBuilding1976
Hopkinson, George, HouseGrovelandBuilding1990
Hose House No. 2BeverlyBuilding1986
Hospital Point Light StationBeverlyStructure1987
House 15-19 Park StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 10 Park StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 113-115 Center StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 13 Annis StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 136 Hampstead StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 23 East StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 262-264 Pelham StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 306 BroadwayMethuenBuilding1984
House at 4 Birch AvenueMethuenBuilding1984
House at 491 Prospect StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 50 Pelham StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 526 Prospect StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 9 Park StreetMethuenBuilding1984
House at 922 Dale StreetNorth AndoverBuilding1990
House of Seven Gables Historic District NHLSalemDistrict1973
House on Labor-in-Vain RoadIpswichBuilding1990
Howe BarnIpswichBuilding1990
Howe Village Historic DistrictBoxfordDistrict1973
Humphreys, Sir John, HouseSwampscottBuilding1990
Intervale FactoryHaverhillBuilding1988
Ipswich Mills Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1996
JOFFRE, (shipwreck)MassachusettsSite2009
Jackson Terrace Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict1984
Jenkins, Benjamin, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Johnson HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Johnson, Capt. Timothy, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1990
Joseph Fenno House-Woman's Friend SocietySalemBuilding2008
Kimball, Solomon, HouseWenhamBuilding1990
Kittredge MansionNorth AndoverBuilding1976
Kunhardt, George, EstateNorth AndoverBuilding1976
L.H. Hamel Leather Company Historic DistrictHaverhillDistrict2009
LAMARTINE (shipwreck)GloucesterSite2012
Lake, Stanley, HouseTopsfieldBuilding1990
Lambert, Thomas, HouseRowleyBuilding1990
Lane, Fitz Henry (formerly known as Fitz Hugh), HouseGloucesterBuilding1970
Larch FarmWenhamBuilding1990
Lawrence Street CemeteryMethuenSite1984
Lee, Jeremiah, House NHLMarbleheadBuilding1966
Lincolnshire, TheAndoverBuilding1982
Livermore, William, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Lodge, Henry Cabot, House NHLNahantBuilding1976
Lovejoy, Charles, HouseLynnBuilding1978
Low, Thomas, HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Lowell's Boat Shop NHLAmesburyBuilding1988
Lynn Bank BlockLynnBuilding1982
Lynn Common Historic DistrictLynnDistrict1992
Lynn Item BuildingLynnBuilding2023
Lynn Masonic HallLynnBuilding1979
Lynn Memorial City Hall and AuditoriumLynnBuilding2005
Lynn Public LibraryLynnBuilding1979
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2LynnBuilding1983
Lynn Woods Historic DistrictLynnDistrict1996
Lynn, ArmoryLynnBuilding1979
Machine Shop Village DistrictNorth AndoverDistrict1982
Macy-Colby HouseAmesburyBuilding2008
Main Street Historic DistrictHaverhillDistrict2003
Main Street-LockeAndoverDistrict1982
Manchester Village Historic DistrictManchesterDistrict1990
Manning HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Marblehead Historic DistrictMarbleheadDistrict1984
Marblehead LightMarbleheadStructure1987
March, Samuel, HouseWest NewburyBuilding1990
Market Square Historic DistrictNewburyportDistrict1971
Mary Baker Eddy House NHLLynnBuilding
Mary Baker Eddy House NHLLynnBuilding
Mechanics Block Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict1973
Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase)LawrenceDistrict1978
Meetinghouse Common DistrictLynnfieldDistrict1976
Meetinghouse Green Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1980
Memorial Hall LibraryAndoverBuilding1982
Merrifield HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Merrimack Associates BuildingHaverhillBuilding2009
Methuen Memorial Music HallMethuenBuilding1978
Methuen Water WorksMethuenBuilding1984
Monroe, Bessie, HouseSalemBuilding1983
Moore-Hill HousePeabodyBuilding1988
Morse, Moses, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Morse, Timothy, HouseWest NewburyBuilding1990
Mowers' BlockLynnBuilding1982
Munroe Street Historic DistrictLynnDistrict1996
Murray, William, HouseSalemBuilding1990
Musgrove BlockAndoverBuilding1982
Nahant Beach Boulevard-Metropolitan Park System of Greater BostonLynnDistrict2003
Nahant Civic Historic DistrictNahantDistrict1991
Nahant Life-Saving StationNahantBuilding2012
Nevins Memorial LibraryMethuenBuilding1984
Nevins, Henry C., Home for Aged and IncurablesMethuenBuilding1984
New Hampshire, TheManchesterSite1976
Newbury Historic DistrictNewburyDistrict1976
Newburyport Harbor Front Range LightNewburyportStructure1987
Newburyport Harbor LightNewburyportStructure1987
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range LightNewburyportStructure1987
Newburyport Historic DistrictNewburyportDistrict1984
Newell FarmWest NewburyBuilding1978
Newhall, Lucian, HouseLynnBuilding1985
Newman-Fiske-Dodge HouseWenhamBuilding1990
North Andover Center Historic DistrictNorth AndoverDistrict1979
North CanalLawrenceStructure1975
North Canal Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict1984
North Canal Historic District (Boundary Increase)LawrenceDistrict2009
North Street Fire StationSalemBuilding2013
Norwood-Hyatt HouseGloucesterBuilding2000
Noyes, James, HouseNewburyBuilding1990
O'Shea BuildingPeabodyBuilding1980
Oak Grove CemeteryGloucesterDistrict1975
Odd Fellows' HallBeverlyBuilding1978
Old CastleRockportBuilding1978
Old FarmWenhamBuilding1990
Old Garrison HouseRockportBuilding1991
Old Lynn High SchoolLynnBuilding2002
Old Post Office BuildingLynnBuilding1981
Old Public LibraryLawrenceBuilding1978
Old Town FarmMethuenBuilding1984
Old Town Hall Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1972
Old Town HouseMarbleheadBuilding1976
Olmsted Subdivision Historic DistrictSwampscottDistrict2002
OrlandoAndoverBuilding1982
Osborne, Prince, HouseDanversBuilding1990
Osgood FarmAndoverBuilding1982
Osgood HillNorth AndoverDistrict1999
Osgood, Col. John, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1990
Osgood, Samuel, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding1974
Our Lady of Good Voyage ChurchGloucesterBuilding1990
PORTLAND (Shipwreck and Remains)GloucesterSite2005
Paine-Dodge HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Palmer SchoolBoxfordBuilding1998
Park LodgeMethuenBuilding1984
Patch, Emeline, HouseHamiltonBuilding1990
Peabody Central Fire StationPeabodyBuilding1979
Peabody City HallPeabodyBuilding1972
Peabody Civic Center Historic DistrictPeabodyDistrict1980
Peabody InstituteDanversBuilding1997
Peabody Institute LibraryPeabodyBuilding1973
Peabody Museum of Salem NHLSalemBuilding1966
Peabody SchoolHaverhillBuilding1986
Peabody, George, HousePeabodyBuilding1988
Peabody, John P., HouseSalemBuilding1983
Pearson, Abiel, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Peirce-Nichols House NHLSalemBuilding1968
Perkins, John, HouseWenhamBuilding1990
Perkins, Joseph, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Perrin, William, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Pillsbury-French HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Pine Grove CemeteryLynnSite2014
Pinkham, Lydia, House NHLLynnBuilding2012
Platts-Bradstreet HouseRowleyBuilding1980
Pleasant-High Historic DistrictMethuenDistrict1984
Point Neighborhood Historic DistrictSalemDistrict2014
Primrose Street SchoolhouseHaverhillBuilding1983
Proctor, John, HousePeabodyBuilding1990
Punchard, Benjamin HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Puritan HouseGloucesterBuilding1976
Putnam, Deacon Edward, Jr., HouseMiddletonBuilding1990
Putnam, Gen. Israel, HouseDanversBuilding1976
Putnam, James, Jr., HouseDanversBuilding1990
Rea-Proctor HomesteadDanversBuilding1982
Ridgewood CemeteryNorth AndoverSite2016
River Road-Cross Street Historic DistrictTopsfieldDistrict2005
Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic DistrictRockportDistrict1976
Rockport High SchoolRockportBuilding1997
Rockport High School, OldRockportBuilding2004
Rocks Village Historic DistrictHaverhillDistrict1976
Rocky Hill Meetinghouse and ParsonageAmesburyBuilding1972
Rocky Neck Historic District (Additional Documentation)GloucesterDistrict2017
Rogers-Downing HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Rollins, John R., SchoolLawrenceBuilding2000
Ross TavernIpswichBuilding1990
Rowley Village Forge SiteBoxfordSite2001
Russell HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Rust, Nathaniel, MansionIpswichBuilding1980
Sacred Heart Parish ComplexLawrenceDistrict2011
Salem Common Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1976
Salem Common Historic District (Boundary Increase)SalemDistrict2002
Salem DinerSalemBuilding1999
Salem LandrySalemBuilding1983
Salem Maritime National Historic SiteSalemDistrict1966
Salem Village Historic DistrictDanversDistrict1975
Salem Willows Historic District (Additional Documentation)SalemDistrict1994
Samuel Brown SchoolPeabodyBuilding2009
Sargent-Robinson HouseGloucesterBuilding2016
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site NHLSaugusDistrict1966
Saugus Town HallSaugusBuilding1985
Saunders, Daniel, SchoolLawrenceBuilding2011
Sawyer HouseBoxfordBuilding1990
School Street SchoolHaverhillBuilding1986
Searles High SchoolMethuenBuilding1984
Seaside ParkMarbleheadSite2011
Second O'Shea BuildingPeabodyBuilding1980
Sewall-Scripture HouseRockportBuilding1982
Shawsheen Village Historic DistrictAndoverDistrict1979
Shepard BlockSalemBuilding2014
Simpson, James E., HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Smith HouseIpswichBuilding1990
Smith, Hazadiah, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial BuildingWest NewburyBuilding2016
South Green Historic DistrictIpswichDistrict1980
Southwick HousePeabodyBuilding1983
Spencer-Pierce-Little House NHLNewburyBuilding1968
Spicket Falls Historic DistrictMethuenDistrict1984
Spofford-Barnes HouseBoxfordBuilding1974
Sprague HouseDanversBuilding1987
St. Michael's ChurchMarbleheadBuilding1973
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and RectorySalemBuilding1994
St. Stephen's Memorial ChurchLynnBuilding1979
Stacy, George O., HouseGloucesterBuilding1982
State Lunatic Hospital at DanversDanversDistrict1984
Stevens, Abiel, HouseNorth AndoverBuilding2014
Story Grammar SchoolMarbleheadBuilding1986
Story, Joseph, House NHLSalemBuilding1973
Straightsmouth Island LightRockportStructure1987
Superior Courthouse and Bartlett MallNewburyportBuilding1976
Sutton BlockPeabodyBuilding1985
Swampscott CemeterySwampscottSite2013
Swampscott Fish HouseSwampscottBuilding1985
Swampscott Railroad DepotSwampscottBuilding1998
Swan, Asie, HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Tapley BuildingLynnBuilding1983
Tavern Acres Historic DistrictNorth AndoverDistrict1995
Ten Pound Island LightGloucesterStructure1988
Tenny Castle GatehouseMethuenBuilding1984
Third Railroad StationAndoverBuilding1982
Thomson, Elihu, House NHLSwampscottBuilding1976
Thorndike, Capt. John, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Titcomb, Benaiah, HouseEssexBuilding1990
Topsfield Town Common DistrictTopsfieldDistrict1976
Towne FarmBoxfordDistrict2012
Tufts, Rev. John, HouseWest NewburyBuilding1990
Turner HillIpswichBuilding1982
Turnpike HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Twin Lights Historic District-Cape Ann Light Station NHLRockportDistrict1971
US CustomhouseNewburyportBuilding1971
US Post Office-Beverly MainBeverlyBuilding1986
US Post Office-Lynn MainLynnBuilding1986
US Post Office-Newburyport MainNewburyportBuilding1986
US Post Office-Salem MainSalemBuilding1986
Union Congregational ChurchAmesburyBuilding2014
United Shoe Machinery Corporation ClubhouseBeverlyBuilding1982
Vamp BuildingLynnBuilding1983
Wade HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Waldo, George A., HouseMethuenBuilding1984
Walker Body Company FactoryAmesburyBuilding2007
Walnut Grove CemeteryMethuenSite1984
Ward, John, House NHLSalemBuilding1968
Ward, Joshua, HouseSalemBuilding1978
Ward, Richard, HouseAndoverBuilding1982
Washington Street Historic DistrictPeabodyDistrict1985
Washington Street Shoe DistrictHaverhillDistrict1976
Webster-Lane HouseGloucesterBuilding1996
Wenham Historic DistrictWenhamDistrict1973
Wesley Methodist ChurchSalemBuilding2014
West Cogswell HouseSalemBuilding1983
West Parish Center DistrictAndoverDistrict1982
Whipple, John, House NHLIpswichBuilding1966
White-Ellery HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
White-Preston HouseDanversBuilding1990
Whittemore HouseGloucesterBuilding1990
Whittier, John Greenleaf, Homestead (Haverhill)HaverhillBuilding1975
Whittier, John Greenleaf, House NHLAmesburyBuilding1966
Wilson, Shoreborne, HouseIpswichBuilding1980
Winter Island Historic District and Archeological DistrictSalemDistrict1994
Winter Street SchoolHaverhillBuilding2017
Wood Worsted MillLawrenceDistrict2010
Woodberry-Quarrels HouseHamiltonBuilding1990
Woodbridge, Thomas March, HouseSalemBuilding1975
Woodbury, Peter, HouseBeverlyBuilding1990
Woodridge HouseAndoverBuilding1982
YMCASalemBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Essex was formed in 1643 (1643-05-10) from unknown / original county.

ESSEX created as one of four original counties in Massachusetts.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Essex County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

810k434k58k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
57,91361,19674,65594,987165,611244,535357,030482,156496,313522,384568,831633,632723,419809,829

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Salem Maritime National Historic SiteNational Historic Site13.6 km
Saugus Iron Works National Historic SiteNational Historic Site22.6 km
Lowell National Historical ParkNational Historical Park36.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

139 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 139 listed
NameLatLon
Abbott Street Burial Ground42.54813-70.8778
Bayview Cemetery42.66645-70.66727
Beech Grove Cemetery42.65043-70.6172
Beechbrook Cemetery42.61937-70.71464
Belleville Cemetery42.82286-70.90394
Bellevue Cemetery42.70879-71.18726
Beth El Cemetery42.54356-70.9808
Bnai Brith Cemetery42.54453-70.93505
Bridge Street Cemetery42.80897-70.99116
Brookside Cemetery42.7044-71.06319
Calvary Cemetery42.62643-70.63598
Calvary Cemetery42.62675-70.6356
Cawles Memorial Cemetery42.68564-70.83977
Cedar Grove Cemetery42.51058-70.94023
Central Cemetery42.55204-70.87088
Chelsea Cemetery42.5436-70.9316
Cherry Hill Cemetery42.62415-70.68028
Children of Israel Cemetery42.80209-71.03298
Choate Cemetery42.66558-70.76086
Church Street Cemetery42.83694-71.00439
Dolliver Cemetery42.62823-70.73745
Elmwood Cemetery42.76453-71.07117
Elmwood Cemetery42.70036-71.22645
First Burying Ground42.68584-71.11223
First Cemetery42.84034-70.85637
First Parish Burial Ground42.61746-70.67411
First Parish Burying Ground42.79945-70.86184
First Settlers Burying Ground42.77032-70.84378
Flint Burying Ground42.57367-71.02814
Forest Hill Cemetery42.54109-71.04282
Goodale Cemetery42.56676-70.99252
Green Street Cemetery42.83929-70.85604
Greenlawn Cemetery42.42715-70.92767
Greenlawn Cemetery42.5326-70.9031
Greenwood Cemetery42.79939-71.01829
Hamilton Cemetery42.62084-70.84969
Harbor View Cemetery42.51202-70.86404
Harmony Cemetery42.68173-70.98932
Harmony Cemetery42.71867-70.99048
Harmony Grove Cemetery42.52676-70.91477
Haverhill City Cemetery42.79008-71.09589
Highland Cemetery42.68698-70.84184
Highland Cemetery42.80396-70.8771
Hilldale Cemetery42.78897-71.09505
Hillside Cemetery42.78564-71.13283
Holten Cemetery42.5609-70.95357
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery42.6852-71.13271
Immaculate Conception Cemetery42.71453-71.18617
Lanes Cove Cemetery42.67797-70.65988
Langsford Cemetery42.67979-70.65439
Linwood Cemetery42.77453-71.06534
Lithuanian Cemetery42.75869-71.07006
Lithuanian National Catholic Cemetery42.70155-71.23005
Locust Grove Cemetery42.82705-70.99867
Locust Grove Cemetery42.68954-70.84679
Locust Grove Cemetery42.68377-70.64575
Long Hill Cemetery42.83977-70.84245
Lower Corner Cemetery42.83814-70.98283
Magnolia Cemetery42.58342-70.71477
Maple Hill Cemetery42.5426-70.93199
Maplewood Cemetery42.82604-70.85889
Merrimack Cemetery42.7936-71.00693
Monumental Cemetery42.52871-70.92394
Mount Adnah Cemetery42.65991-70.67481
Mount Pleasant Cemetery42.61111-70.64422
Mount Prospect Cemetery42.85252-70.92112
Mount Vernon Cemetery42.70008-71.05672
Newburyport Hebrew Cemetery42.86313-70.87428
North Beverly Cemetery42.57926-70.89672
Oak Grove Cemetery42.54175-70.99461
Oak Grove Cemetery42.61965-70.66978
Oak Hill Cemetery42.80192-70.87016
Oak Hill Cemetery42.62453-70.67116
Oakdale Cemetery42.59508-71.0031
Old Burial Hill Cemetery42.51059-70.84635
Old East Burying Ground42.46823-70.94027
Old North Burying Ground42.68548-70.84204
Old North Parish Burying Ground42.68812-71.11594
Old Settlers Burying Ground42.57595-70.98529
Old South Cemetery42.67437-70.83726
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Aqawam42.67926-70.84116
Beaver Brook42.57926-70.95783
Stonehaven42.65843-70.59949
Wingaersheek42.65287-70.69532

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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