Essex
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town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Essex
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Total
- 15.9 sq mi (41.3 km )
- Land
- 14.0 sq mi (36.2 km )
- Water
- 2.0 sq mi (5.1 km )
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Density
- 263/sq mi (102/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01929
- Area code
- 351 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-21850
- Gnis feature id
- 0618296
- Website
- www .essexma .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Essex
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Essex County
- Population
- 3675
- Area
- 41.3
- Elevation
- 8
- Official website
- www.essexma.org
- Image
- Essex, MA.jpg
- Households
- 1371
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- Commons category
- Essex, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Essex, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01929
- inception
- 1634-00-00
- different from
- Essex
- per capita income
- 47199
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Encyclopedic overview
Essex is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 26 miles (42 km) north of Boston and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Newburyport. It is known for its former role as a center of shipbuilding. The population was 3,675 at the 2020 census.
The central village areas of Essex and South Essex make up the census-designated place of Essex.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Essex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.