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Andover
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town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Essex
- Region
- New England
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town manager
- Andrew P. Flanagan
- Select board
- Alexander J. Vispoli, Ellen Townson, Laura M. Gregory, Melissa Danisch, Kevin Coffey
- Total
- 32.1 sq mi (83.2 km )
- Land
- 31.0 sq mi (80.3 km )
- Water
- 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km )
- Elevation
- 180 ft (55 m)
- Density
- 1,179/sq mi (455.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01810
- Area code
- 351 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-01465
- Gnis feature id
- 0619444
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,569. It is located 20 miles (32 km) north of Boston and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Lawrence. Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Andover. It is twinned with its namesake: Andover, Hampshire, England.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.