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Danvers Town Hall. The Town Hall was built in 1855. It has been modified and renovated and is still in use. Also in 1855, the southern portion of Danvers broke away to become the town of South Danvers, later renamed Peabody. In 1878, the Danvers State Hospital opened its doors. This was an institution to provide asylum and treatment for the ...
The Town of Danvers, Mass., voted at the Annual Town Meeting on March 18, 1974 to establish this area as a local historic district regulated by a Historic District Commission, in order to preserve the historic structures and their architectural features. [4] The district was then listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
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Essex County is roughly diamond-shaped and occupies the northeastern corner of the state of Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 828 square miles (2,140 km 2 ), of which 493 square miles (1,280 km 2 ) is land and 336 square miles (870 km 2 ) (41%) is water. [ 6 ]
High Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 45 High Street in Danvers, Massachusetts. The 0.6-acre (0.24 ha) cemetery is one of the older cemeteries in town, and occupies a prominent location in the town center. [2]