300 topographic sheets and 169 fire insurance atlases across 27 places.
480 National Register listings published here, 25 of them National Historic Landmarks · 245 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1886 to 1940 · the county-history sources name 34 people · people the book names include By Thomas B. Wellman (Lynnfield Town, 1897) · John B. Alley (Lynn City, 1888) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
![Gloucester, Massachusetts. John Riberia [i.e., Ribeiro], Captain of the fishing trawler Old Glory, bidding his wife goodbye before leaving for the fishing grounds off the Massachusetts coast](assets/locph_2017865450.jpg)
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Newbury-Port [Mass.], 1775 to 1776. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Salem, Mass., 1776. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 47,759 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
![Lowell [i.e. Children's] Island, Marblehead, Mass., Boston Public Library - undated](assets/dpla_8ba2833a708fc94a.jpg)
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,308 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 34 of these 245 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
School
1899 to 1921, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1899 1904 1921 1921
Read elsewhere as Cove School; High School; Story High School.
School
1894 to 1918, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Junior High School; Ordway School; School (Grammar). :.
School
1903 to 1909, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as High School; Tapley School.
School
1907 to 1917, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Broadway School; High School.
School
1903 to 1919, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Bradstreet School; High School.
School
named once, in the 1886 atlas
Appears in 1886
Read elsewhere as Wingate School.
School
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Public Schools.
School
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Winthron School.
School
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Phillips School.
Church
1892 to 1907, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1886 atlas
Appears in 1886
Read elsewhere as Meth.Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1899 atlas
Appears in 1899
Read elsewhere as First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Grace Episcopal Church.
Church
named once, in the 1892 atlas
Appears in 1892
Read elsewhere as Congregational Church, Common.
Church
named once, in the 1898 atlas
Appears in 1898
Read elsewhere as Trinity Congregational Church.
Church
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Tabernacle Congregational Church.
Church
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as First Congregational Church.
Church
named once, in the 1888 atlas
Appears in 1888
Read elsewhere as Patrick's Catholic Church.
Church
named once, in the 1894 atlas
Appears in 1894
Read elsewhere as St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Church
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Cathole Church.
Church
named once, in the 1919 atlas
Appears in 1919
Read elsewhere as Roman Catholic Church.
Church
named once, in the 1921 atlas
Appears in 1921
Read elsewhere as Roman Catholic Church.
Church
named once, in the 1887 atlas
Appears in 1887
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1888 atlas
Appears in 1888
Read elsewhere as Free-will Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1892 atlas
Appears in 1892
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1892 atlas
Appears in 1892
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Baptist Church.
Church
named once, in the 1906 atlas
Appears in 1906
Read elsewhere as Unitarian Church, Etc.
Planing Mill
1892 to 1911, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1892 1901 1906 1911
Read elsewhere as Hardy & Cole, Planing Mill.
Mill
1892 to 1907, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Brown, G. B. Grist Mill; Grist Mill.
Shop
1887 to 1897, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Farley & Daniels, Shoe Shop, 3.
Bank
named once, in the 1909 atlas
Appears in 1909
Read elsewhere as National Bank.
Church
1892, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Methodist Church; Primitive Methodist Church.
School
named once, in the 1891 atlas
Appears in 1891
Read elsewhere as Public School.
School
named once, in the 1907 atlas
Appears in 1907
Read elsewhere as Farms Public School.
Machine Shop
1903 to 1909, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Davis & Fuber Machine Co.
Church
1906 to 1923, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Free Christian Church.
Mill
1894 to 1899, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Miller Bros., Carriage F'actory, :.: 1.
Machine Shop
1903 to 1909, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Nightingale, J. E., & Co., Machine Shop.
Church
named once, in the 1917 atlas
Appears in 1917
Read elsewhere as South Church (Congregational).
Church
1892 to 1897, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as St.Joachim's Catholie Church.
School
1927 to 1948, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as St. John's Preparatory School, __.
Mill
1903 to 1909, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Sylvester, D., Co., Rolling Mill.
Mill
named once, in the 1892 atlas
Appears in 1892
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 532 of them, burning about 746 acres. 3 started naturally and 43 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 102 |
| Smoking | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | SPRING POND FIRE |
| 4 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 May 2015 | Smoking | 50 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LYNN OUTLOOK FIRE |
| 11 November 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 32 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LYNN |
| 10 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 27 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | SALEM |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | TURKEY HILL FIRE |
| 1 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 663 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 18 injuries and about $50,374,780 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 346 |
| Hail | 98 |
| Flood | 82 |
| Flash Flood | 55 |
| Lightning | 49 |
| Tornado | 12 |
| Heavy Rain | 12 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 |
| Waterspout | 1 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 |
| Debris Flow | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Flood | Countywide | 2 killed, $7,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Conomo Pt | 2 killed | Two women were struck by lightning while walking towards the parking lot from the beach at Crane's Beach in Ipswich. One was a 61 year old woman from Connecticut, the other a 69 year old woman from Massachusetts. Both went into cardiac arrest and were given CPR before being transported to Beverly Hospital and then to Massachusetts General Hospital's burn unit. The 61 year old woman died of her injuries the evening of September 6th. The 69 year old succumbed to her injuries a week later on September 13th. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Haverhill Arpt | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A Methuen couple hiking in a park, took shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm. They were struck by lightning. The couple was transferred to a local hospital where the husband was declared dead. |
| July 1989 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1962 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 3 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Newbury | 2 hurt, $3,270,000 | Three to seven inches of rain fell across Essex County resulting in several rivers going into minor flood, including the Spicket River at Methuen and the Merrimack River at Lawrence and at Haverhill. In addition, several small streams rose above flood stage across Essex County, including the Parker River at Byfield and the Ipswich River at Ipswich and South Middleton.||Several streets were closed due to flooding in Peabody, Methuen, Andover, Danvers, Saugus, Gloucester, and Topsfield. Many basements were also flooded. The Mayor of Gloucester reported water pouring in the windows of the police station, as well as water coming into City Hall, some of the schools, and the Rose Baker Senior Center. Minor flooding occurred at the Danvers Electric Division and the Peabody Institute Library.||Two people were injured when a 28 year old woman's car became stranded in a deep puddle on the shoulder of Interstate 95. A Massachusetts state trooper rescued her from her car, cutting his arm on broken glass from the window. Thirteen people in Peabody were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after an unvented, gasoline powered pump was set up in a basement, emitting noxious fumes to the rest of the building. |
| June 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1986 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | South Essex | 1 hurt, $9,800,000 | Several small streams rose above flood stage across Essex County, including the Ipswich River at Ipswich and South Middleton, the Shawsheen River at Andover, and the Parker River at Byfield. This river flooding, coupled with heavy rain and poor drainage flooding, resulted in a federal disaster declaration for seven counties in Massachusetts, including Essex County. ||Numerous streets were closed and basements flooded in Peabody, Salem, Newbury, Haverhill, Topsfield, Andover, Gloucester, Newburyport, Byfield, Middleton, and Rowley, including Route 128 S in Peabody and Route 1 in Topsfield. Portions of Merrimack College in Andover were flooded, submerging trees downed by the wind. Several cars were stranded in floodwaters, including one in Saugus at the Shaws parking lot, three on Woburn Street in Andover, and two on Foster Street in Peabody. Several people were trapped in the cars in Peabody, but were successfully rescued. Many streets in downtown Peabody were under four feet of water. Collections at the Stevens Memorial Library in North Andover were damaged by floodwaters.||In Lawrence, a total of 50 homes on Willow Street, Exchange Street, and Myrtle Street were evacuated. In addition, twenty eight people in the Holiday Inn Express on Winthrop Street were evacuated due to flooding in the hotel. Approximately 25 three tenant homes along the Spicket River were evacuated. The Carriage Hill Apartments in Amesbury were evacuated due to flooding from a nearby pond. The Washington Park Condos and all 110 residents of the Marland Place Assisted Living Center in Andover were evacuated.||A 500 foot stretch of Route 62 in Danvers was closed when a fifteen foot deep sinkhole developed because of an underground culvert that was washed out after nearly eight inches of rain fell. It reopened nearly three weeks later after work was delayed by a second major rainstorm.|A sewer treatment plant in Gloucester processed roughly 15 million gallons of wastewater during the storm, nearly 5 times capacity. As a result, excess wastewater was combined with runoff and released into the harbor.||One fatality indirectly resulted from the flooding when a 49 year old man drowned while pumping water from his office. A 15 year old girl was hospitalized for hypothermia after spending 45 minutes in the Ipswich River when the canoe she was in capsized. |
| July 1968 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prides Crossing | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Trees, wires, and limbs on Essex, Gridding, and Pennet Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds. These winds were accompanied by penny size hail. One of the falling tree limbs landed on a person, injuring (direct) them. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | 1 hurt, $3,000 | At a fireworks display, one of the vendors signs blew down injuring one person. In addition, trees on Cherry Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Shawsheen Vlg | 1 hurt | A 31 year old man was struck by lightning while taking out trash behind the Dunkin' Donuts shop where he worked. He was struck in his left thumb and the force of the strike sent him flying into the windshield of a parked car 15 feet away and setting his shirt on fire. He sustained injuries to his shoulder and thumb. He was taken to an area hospital for evaluation but then sent home. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Forest River | 1 hurt | An 18 year old male was struck by lightning as he was letting his dogs back into the house. He was transported to the hospital but was not seriously injured. |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Peabody | 1 hurt | Person struck by lighting on Nicholson Street. Extent of injuries unknown. |
| March 2001 | Flash Flood | Methuen | $10,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | $5,000,000 | Local police reported numerous trees blown down. At the Beverly Airport, a wind gust to an estimated 70 to 75 mph occurred during a severe thunderstorm, flipping over several light aircraft and damaging a total of 14 aircraft. Five were damaged beyond repair. |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | North Salem | $2,500,000 | Numerous streets were closed due to flooding. In addition, numerous vehicles were reported stuck in water on roads throughout Peabody; occupants had to be rescued and vehicles towed. Parts of Route 128 were impassable due to flooding. The Peabody police station was flooded, damaging training rooms, telephones, three police cruisers, and two motorcycles. Several houses were flooded near the intersection of Washington and Granite Streets. The Lahey Clinic was flooded with 4 to 6 feet of water in the basement and several inches of water in the 1st floor hallways. The fire chief estimated that at least 100 houses and 40 businesses were damaged. In addition, at least 100 basements throughout town were flooded. Flooding was extensive enough that schools were closed. |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Marblehead | $2,500,000 | Numerous streets were closed due to flooding. Approximately 500 houses experienced some sort of flooding, 100 of these houses had to have the electricity cut off to prevent further problems related to basement flooding. Water levels in houses were reported to be between 4 and 9 feet deep. Six houses on Elmwood Road had at least 8 feet of water on the 1st floor. On Paradise Road between the 300 block and 1000 block, 90 percent of the businesses had water damage. Orchard, Bradley, and Elmwood Roads, Humphrey, Burrill, New Ocean, and Columbia Streets, Shepard and Atlantic Avenues, and Sculpin Way were still closed around 2pm because of flooding, several hours after rain had stopped. One elementary school was closed, while other schools in the area delayed opening because of the flooding. In Lynn, Chatham Street was closed due to flooding and approximately 180 homes experienced severe flooding in the basements. Seven city buildings sustained water damage, the worst being Harrington Elementary and Marshall Middle School with water coming in from below and through the roof. |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Beverly | $1,000,000 | The Federal Street railroad underpass and portions of Park Street flooded, resulting in several cars getting stuck in the floodwaters. At least eight inches of water flooded the Cummings Center, flooding all first floor businesses (about 200). The Department of Public Works garage flooded, damaging police cars and other city vehicles. Approximately 100 houses were affected by flooding. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Lynnfield | $570,000 | Pillings Pond |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Georgetown | $570,000 | Parker River |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Peabody | $570,000 | Procter and Goldwaithe Brooks |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Lawrence | $570,000 | Shawsheen River |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Devereux | $500,000 | Three to four inches of rain fell in Marblehead, resulting in flooding on numerous roads. In addition, 66 houses, 3 businesses, the library, a school, and 26 rental units experienced flooding at least 2 feet deep. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | West Peabody | $500,000 | In Lynn, Alley and Commercial streets experienced significant flooding. A car was stranded on Chatham Street. In Peabody, a car was stranded near Foster and Spring Streets. Shaws Lane and Oak Streets were flooded. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peabody | $500,000 | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Flood | Topsfield | $300,000 | The Ipswich River flooded the Topsfield Fairgrounds parking lot and grounds. This resulted in a delay in the opening of the annual Topsfield fair. Alternate parking lots had to be opened and shuttles used to transport patrons to and from the fair. Approximately 100 small businesses were affected by floodwaters flooding their travel trailers. |
| August 1991 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Andover | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Andover | $150,000 | Heavy rain fell across much of Lawrence and Andover, with the Automated Surface Observing System at Lawrence, MA (KLWM) recording 0.52 inches of rain in six minutes. This combined with a blocked culvert designed to drain runoff from Interstate 495 resulted in four to five feet of water inundating three homes on Binney Street in Andover. In addition, a large sinkhole formed on Shepard Street near the entrance of the Lawrence Industrial Park. Other reports of flooding included: motorists stuck in floodwaters on Route 133, flooding in the town hall basement, and minor street flooding. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Peabody | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | East Saugus | $100,000 | In Lynn at 530 AM EST, Boston Street was flooded and impassable at Stetson Street. A car was trapped in flood waters at the intersection of Boston and Bridge Streets. At 536 AM EST, a car was trapped in flood waters at Lynn Commons; people in the car needed to be rescued. At 542 AM EST multiple cars were trapped in flood waters at the intersection of Boston Street and Cottage Street; the road was closed. Also multiple cars were trapped in flood waters at Washington and Johnson Streets. At 550 AM EST, Western Avenue, Liberty Street, and North Common Street were closed due to flooding. At 555 AM EST Alley Street was flooded and impassable. At 558 AM EST, a car was trapped in flooding on Commercial Street at Fenwick Street. At 649 AM EST, multiple cars were trapped in flood waters on Monroe, New Park, and Federal Streets as well as Western Avenue. At 8 AM EST, Ainsworth Place at Boston Road experienced flooding into buildings. An amateur radio operator in Lynn reported a storm total of 3.79 inches of rain. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosvenor Corner | $100,000 | Surveys done by emergency management, fire, and police officials as well as NWS storm spotters and discussed with the NWS office determined that straight line winds with speeds up to 80 mph caused the damage that occurred in Haverhill. Numerous trees and wires were downed throughout Haverhill with some blocking streets and others falling onto houses and cars. This included at least 50 trees that fell at the Haverhill Country Club. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ipswich | $100,000 | Over 100 trees were downed, snapped, or lost large limbs. This included hardwood and softwood trees such as oaks and pines. Power was out for a majority of the town since many utility lines were brought down. Damage from this microburst began at Mile Lane and Linebrook Road where tops of a large pine tree and oak tree were snapped off and ended on Argilla Road where large tree limbs and power lines were downed.||The most significant damage was on Topsfield Road where a large pine tree was downed and multiple utility lines were downed, including a transformer. Damage was also significant on South Main Street at County Road where large oak trees had limbs snapped off and numerous power and utility lines were downed. On Waldingfield Road, a large tree and limbs were downed onto the commuter rail tracks, resulting in delays until the debris could be cleared. |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Salem Maritime Nhs | $100,000 | Winthrop, Wilson, Tremont, Canal, and Buffum Streets, Marlborough Road, Route 107 at the Salem/Lynn line, and Highland and Jefferson Avenue were closed due to flooding. Vehicles were stuck in floodwaters and four people were rescued from vehicles. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | South Lynnfield | $100,000 | An apartment copmlex on Dearborn Road caught fire after being struck by lightning. A firefighter fighting the fire suffered minor injuries (indirect) after a ceiling collapsed on him. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Methuen | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Gloucester | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $75,000 | Numerous trees and wires were downed throughout Lynn, closing thirty to forty streets. An amateur radio operator recorded a wind gust of 60 mph on their home weather station on Centre Street. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Haverhill | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Middleton | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Lynn | $50,000 | At 9:16 AM EST, cars on Monroe Street in Lynn were floating in the street. At 9:18 AM EST, water was rising in a building on Monroe Street, causing people to stand on chairs. At 9:31 AM cars were trapped in flood waters on Chatham Street under a bridge; the road was impassable. At 10:03 AM the basement door to a building on Union Street had collapsed due to the flooding, and water was pouring in. At 10:18 AM, large sections of Boston Street in Lynn were flooded and impassable, and several cars were trapped in the floodwaters. At 10:32 AM state route 107 on the Lynn/Salem border was closed due to flooding. At 10:59 AM EST, manhole covers were reported coming off the road on Seymour Avenue. A car was trapped in three feet of water on Wilfred Street; the road was impassable. At 11:42 AM EST, street flooding on Erie Street reached several feet. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Methuen | $50,000 | Approximately twenty to thirty trees and wires on Hampstead and Old Homestead Streets were downed by microburst winds. |
| December 2014 | Debris Flow | Topsfield | $50,000 | Route 1 at Ipswich Road in Topsfield was closed in both directions due to a landslide. The landslide damaged four cars and left some of the road buried under three feet of mud. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Lawrence | $50,000 | In Lawrence, trees were downed on Winthrop Avenue, Essex Street, Everett Street, and Methuen Street. A tree fell onto a house on Furber Street and another on Melvin Street. In North Andover, a large tree was downed on Boston Road near Route 114 and on Main Street. Damage was a little more extensive in Andover, where many trees were downed on the south side of town including on Vine Street. Trees and wires were downed on Bridle Path Road. |
| July 2014 | Lightning | East Boxford | $50,000 | Lightning struck a house on Baldpate Road in Boxford which ignited a fire. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Boxford | $50,000 | Trees and wires on Glendale Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. A tree was downed onto a car on Lake Shore Road, blocking the road. |
| June 2012 | Lightning | Lynn | $50,000 | Lightning struck a three family home on Washington Street, setting fire to the house. Damage was to the front roof in the third floor unit. Residents in the third floor unit were unable to return to their unit due to water damage. Other units were not damaged. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem Cgas | $50,000 | Trees on Broadway, Wisteria Street, and Raymond Avenue were downed by thunderstorm winds. One of these trees fell on a house on Broadway. Another fell on a car on Wisteria Street. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawsheen Vlg | $50,000 | Numerous trees and wires were downed across Andover and North Andover. Trees were downed onto houses at the intersection of Central Street and Shawsheen Road and on Kathleen Drive in Andover and at the intersection of Marion Avenue and Abbott Street in North Andover. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawsheen Vlg | $50,000 | Several trees were downed in Andover. One went through the roof of a house on Lowell Street. Another was downed on a car on South Main Street. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swampscott | $50,000 | Trees and wires were downed on several streets in Marblehead and Swampscott, including Pickwick Road in Marblehead and Thomas and Banks Roads in Swampscott. One of the trees on Banks Road fell onto a garage. A tree on Thomas Road landed on a house causing extensive damage. |
| July 2009 | Lightning | South Lawrence | $50,000 | Lightning struck a house on Fossen Way setting it on fire. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Ipswich | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenham | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Flood | Haverhill | $45,000 | Flooding affected several homes in Danvers, and closed a portion of Bridge Street in Salem.|Minor to moderate flooding affected the larger mainstem rivers in the Merrimack basin. The Merrimack River at Lowell crested at 58.1 feet at 7 pm on the 17th (flood stage is 52 feet) which is the fifth highest flood on record. In Haverhill, it crested at 17.6 feet at 230 am on the 18th (flood stage is 15 feet) while in Lawrence, a crest of 29 feet was reported at 9 am on the 18th (flood stage is 20 feet). The Spicket River at Methuen crested at 9 feet at 145 pm on the 18th (flood stage is 8 feet). The Concord River at Lowell crested at 8.4 feet at 1 am on the 19th (flood stage is 8 feet). |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Salem Maritime Nhs | $40,000 | At 9:18 AM EST, Walnut Street in Peabody was closed due to flooding. At 9:36 AM EST, Spring Street was closed due to flooding. At 9:41 AM EST Oak Street was closed due to flooding; a car was trapped in the parking lot of the Elks Lodge on Oak Street. At 9:42 AM train tracks were flooded near Howley Street and Proctor Brook; the water level was six inches below the bridge. Also, Tremont Street and Foster Street were closed due to flooding with several cars trapped in the waters. By 9:48 AM nearly two feet of water was reported on Walnut Street with two cars trapped on the road. At 10:02 AM EST, Margin Street near Sheldon Road was flooded and closed. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prides Crossing | $40,000 | Multiple trees around Beverly were downed by thunderstorm winds, including trees on McKay, Balch, and Herrick Streets and one on Cross Lane. Trees downed near Beverly Hospital blocked emergency vehicle access to the hospital. One utility pole also was downed. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Topsfield | $35,000 | Numerous trees and wires were downed throughout Topsfield, including on Valley Road and Route 97. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 72 workings inside this county. 21 still produce and 51 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 42 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 15 |
| Granite | 4 |
| Lead | 2 |
| Iron | 2 |
| Zirconium | 2 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Perlite | 1 |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury | 1 |
| Thorium | 1 |
| Mercury | 1 |
| Silver, Gold, REE | 1 |
| Tungsten | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Travers Labs Refinery--Beverly, Ma. | Mercury, Silver, Gold, REE | Plant | ||
| Chipman Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hale Engineering Co--Danvers, Ma. | Tungsten | Plant | ||
| Harriman Mine | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Lynn Eastern Smelt & Refin Corp | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury | Plant | ||
| Newburyport Pb-A?^Ict | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Danvers, Ma. | Thorium | Plant | ||
| Wittemore Perlite Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Georgetown Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Saugus Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Ventron Corp--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Rockport Quarries Inc | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Town of Rockport | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Town of Rockport Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Atwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Danvers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Essex Bituminous Concrete Products | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Groveland Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Manchester Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Manchester Sand and Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peabody Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richardson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saugus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Swampscott Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trimount Bituminous Prdts Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Trimount Bituminous Products Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Warren Manter Co Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alton Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amesbury Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buzzell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Camillieri Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Center Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City of Haverhill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Donald Innis Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| East Broadway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Georgetown Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goodhue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haverhill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haverhill Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haverhill Sand Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Heath Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Henry D Lay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ipswich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John R Morse | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kay Locke Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maurice Concrete Products Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mavrofrides Brothers | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mc Niff-Dominic Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcniff Co Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miles River Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pepperell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peter H Arekalian Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pines Speedway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R W Drinkwater | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R W Drinkwater Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ralph L Buzzell | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rocco Zambino and Sons, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rowley Ready Mix Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| The Pines Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Topseal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Torromeo Trucking Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Torromeo Trucking Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Town of Groveland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 23,769 of them, by kingdom 9,838 plantae, 7,612 animalia, 3,734 fungi, 1,521 chromista, 552 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by NY, YPM, USNM, BPI, NHA, PH among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1800 | Rhodobryum roseum (Hedw.) Limpr. | Plantae | Amesbury | J. W. Huntington | PH PH00128600 |
 | 1800 | Rhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta (Fr.) AntonÃn, Halling & Noordel. | Fungi | Peabody | R. B. Mackintosh | NY 3028053 |
| 1803 | Erysiphaceae | Fungi | not stated | A. B. Seymour | NY 02938709 | |
 | 1815 | Myrica L. | Plantae | West Cambridge [=Town of Arlington], five miles from Boston. | Boott, J.W. | MEL MEL 2423651A |
 | 1816 | Hamamelis L. | Plantae | Andover Turnpike [=Northern Expressway?], 6 miles from Boston. | Boott, J. | MEL MEL 2410689A |
 | 1816 | Lupinus L. | Plantae | Mystic Pond, 6 miles from Boston. | Boott, F.M.B. | MEL MEL 0308188A |
 | 1816 | Viola labradorica Schrank | Plantae | Andover Turnpike, 6 miles from Boston U.S.A. | not recorded | MEL MEL 2509205A |
 | 1817 | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | Animalia | Loblolly Cove, Cape Ann | not recorded | USNM USNM 115617 |
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 21 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 76 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
Everyone History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1888.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 27 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Amesbury city · 01913 · On Back River · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Andover town · 01810 · Near Carmel Hill · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 10 atlases
Beverly city · 01915 · Near Prospect Hill · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Danvers town · 01923 · On Frost Fish Brook · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Essex town · 01929 · On Alewife Brook · Ipswich quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Black Rock · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Hamilton town · 01982 · On Long Causeway Brook · Ipswich quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Haverhill city · 01830 · On Little River · Haverhill quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Ipswich town · 01938 · On Kimball Brook · Ipswich quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Lawrence city · 01840 · On Bloody Brook · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Lynn city · 01902 · Near High Rock · Lynn quadrangle
43 sheets, 1892 to 1997
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Lynnfield town · 01940 · On Beaverdam Brook · Reading quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Marblehead town · 01945 · Near Burial Hill · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Merrimac town · 01860 · Near Turkey Hill · Haverhill quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Daddy Frye Hill · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Middleton town · 01949 · Near Wills Hill · Reading quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Nahant town · 01908 · Near Bass Rock · Lynn quadrangle
43 sheets, 1892 to 1997
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Newburyport city · 01950 · On Back River · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
North Andover town · 01845 · On Shawsheen River · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Peabody city · 01960 · On Goldthwait Brook · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Rockport town · 01966 · On Mill Brook · Rockport quadrangle
39 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Rowley town · 01969 · Near Jewett Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Salem city · 01970 · On South River · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Salisbury town · 01952 · On Town Creek · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
Saugus town · 01906 · Near Vinegar Hill · Boston North quadrangle
46 sheets, 1893 to 1989
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Swampscott town · 01907 · By Black Wills Cliff · Lynn quadrangle
43 sheets, 1892 to 1997
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Gloucester city · 01930 · On Annisquam River · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Ipswich town · 01938 · On Kimball Brook · Ipswich quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1997
No longer a settlement
Haverhill city · 01832 · Near Scotland Hill · Salem Depot quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Gloucester city · 01930 · On Annisquam River · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Danvers town · 01923 · Near Dales Hill · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
No longer a settlement
Beverly city · 01915 · Near Snake Hill · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Beverly city · 01915 · Near Pride Rock · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Middleton town · 01949 · Near Wills Hill · Reading quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Salisbury town · 01952 · Near Allen Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Newbury town · 01922 · On Wheeler Brook · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Ipswich town · 01938 · Near Grape Island · Ipswich quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Beverly city · 01915 · Near Bald Hill · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Newburyport city · 01950 · On Artichoke River · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Salisbury town · 01952 · Near Allen Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Gloucester city · 01930 · On Alewife Brook · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Rowley town · 01969 · On Bachelder Brook · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Boxford town · 01921 · Near Redshanks Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Beacon Hill · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Boxford town · 01921 · Near Jobs Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Beacon Hill · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Prairie Ledge · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Rowley town · 01969 · On Ox Pasture Brook · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Scotland Hill · Salem Depot quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Scotland Hill · Salem Depot quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Haverhill city · 01830 · On Snows Brook · Haverhill quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Newburyport city · 01950 · Near Gangway Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Rowley town · 01969 · Near Hunsley Hills · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Manchester-by-the-Sea town · 01944 · On Wolf Trap Branch · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Boxford town · 01921 · Near Redshanks Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Topsfield town · 01921 · On Fish Brook · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Newbury town · 01922 · Near Kents Island · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Rowley town · 01969 · Near Long Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Andover town · 01810 · Near Pole Hill · Wilmington quadrangle
41 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Manchester-by-the-Sea town · 01944 · Near Spy Rock · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Scotland Hill · Salem Depot quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
North Andover town · 01845 · Near Town Farm Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Marblehead town · 01945 · By Half Tide Rocks · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Marblehead town · 01945 · By Half Tide Rocks · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Meetinghouse Hill · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Reservoir Hill · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Saugus town · 01906 · Near Mount Moriah · Boston North quadrangle
46 sheets, 1893 to 1989
Merrimac town · 01860 · Near Poplar Hill · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Middleton town · 01949 · Near Ferncroft Hill · Salem quadrangle
42 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Beverly city · 01915 · Near Snake Hill · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Lawrence city · 01843 · On Hussey Brook · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Newbury town · 01951 · Near Old Town Hill · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
North Andover town · 01845 · Near Weir Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Saugus town · 01906 · On Bennetts Pond Brook · Boston North quadrangle
46 sheets, 1893 to 1989
Rockport town · 01966 · Near Pigeon Hill · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
39 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Newbury town · 01951 · On Pine Island · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Ipswich town · 01938 · Near Bartholomew Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Saugus town · 01906 · On Fiske Brook · Boston North quadrangle
46 sheets, 1893 to 1989
Newburyport city · 01950 · On Plum Island · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Newbury town · 01951 · On Plumbush Creek · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Beverly city · 01965 · Near Beverly Rocks · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Salisbury town · 01952 · Near Gangway Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Sunset Hill · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Gloucester city · 01930 · On Mill River · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Sunset Hill · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Ferry Hill · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Black Rock · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Salem city · 01970 · Near Abbot Rock · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Salisbury town · 01952 · Near Allen Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Salisbury town · 01952 · Near Batt Hill · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Amesbury city · 01913 · Near Deer Island · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Andover town · 01810 · On Hussey Brook · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Andover town · 01810 · On Hussey Brook · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Newbury town · 01922 · On Ox Pasture Brook · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Georgetown town · 01833 · Near Redshanks Hill · Georgetown quadrangle
41 sheets, 1888 to 1997
Groveland town · 01834 · Near Dead Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Lawrence city · 01843 · On Spicket River · Lawrence quadrangle
38 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Lynnfield town · 01940 · Near Humphreys Island · Reading quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Middleton town · 01949 · On Flint Brook · Reading quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
North Andover town · 01845 · Near Weir Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Rockport town · 01966 · Near Twelvefoot Rock · Rockport quadrangle
39 sheets, 1886 to 1984
No longer a settlement
Methuen city · 01844 · Near Reservoir Hill · Salem Depot quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Newbury town · 01951 · Near Gangway Rock · Newburyport East quadrangle
44 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Wenham town · 01984 · Near Bald Hill · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Boxford town · 01921 · Near Foster Hill · South Groveland quadrangle
40 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Gloucester city · 01930 · Near Oak Island · Gloucester quadrangle
27 sheets, 1886 to 1984
Manchester-by-the-Sea town · 01944 · Near Ram Island · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
West Newbury town · 01985 · Near Kimball Hill · Newburyport West quadrangle
47 sheets, 1888 to 1987
Marblehead town · 01945 · Near Jeggle Island · Marblehead North quadrangle
40 sheets, 1888 to 1985
Gloucester city · 01930 · On Annisquam River · Gloucester OE N quadrangle
28 sheets, 1886 to 1984
No longer a settlement
The vanished settlements of Essex County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
38 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1949
47 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1945
38 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1972
43 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1972
42 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1949
42 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1970
42 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1948
27 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1972
42 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1944
40 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1949
39 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1944
47 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1946
44 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1898 to 1944
0 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1941
47 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1934
38 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1949
46 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1907 to 1969
47 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1954
38 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1947
42 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1890 to 1970
43 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1907 to 1949
42 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1927
43 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1907 to 1942
42 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1907 to 1940
40 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1931
41 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1923
Each is a separate federal document with its own page: a survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word. There are too many to list here without burying the rest of this page.
The complete index for Essex County, and the vanished settlements.
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