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Coordinates: 42°33′29″N 70°52′48″W / 42.558°N 70.880°W
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,862 at the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing.
[edit] History Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, the area was first settled in 1626 by Roger Conant. Because of religious differences with Governor John Endicott, Beverly would be set off and officially incorporated in 1668, when it was named after Beverley in Yorkshire, England. Surviving from the settlement's early history is the Balch House, built (according to recent testing) about 1679. The first ship commissioned by the United States military (actually the US Army, as the US Navy did not yet exist), was the armed schooner Hannah. It was outfitted at Glover's Wharf, and first sailed from Beverly Harbor on September 5, 1775. For this reason Beverly calls itself the "Birthplace of America's Navy" -- a claim disputed by other towns, including nearby Marblehead. The Hannah can be found on the patch of the city's police department. Beverly is also the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, as the site of the first cotton mill in 1787/1788,[2][3]. It also has one of the first Sunday schools in the country in 1810. Beverly would be incorporated as a city in 1894. In 1902, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation built at Beverly a quarter-mile stretch of factory buildings, which in 1906 went into production. Closed in 1987, the complex was bought by Cummings Properties in 1996, and developed into a campus of hi-tech companies and medical offices. Cherry Hill Industrial Park, straddling the boundary with Danvers, is home to many businesses and offices. Parker Brothers, makers of Monopoly and other games, has offices in Beverly. The city is also home to the Landmark School, known worldwide for the education it provides to learning disabled students. President William Howard Taft maintained a summer home in Beverly; in the summers of 1909 and 1910, he lived in a house located at what is now the site of the Rose Garden in Lynch Park, the city's principal public park.[4] Beverly has a former Nike missile site on L. P. Henderson Road, right near the Beverly Municipal Airport. This site was in operation from March 1957 until August 1959, when the Army handed it over to the National Guard. It is now used by Beverly as a storage site and is under the scrutiny of many environmental organizations, as it and the surrounding areas—such as Casco Chemical—have polluted the ground water, which could be potentially hazardous to the nearby Wenham Lake water supply. [edit] Geography Beverly is located on the North Shore, 20-25 miles northeast of Boston. It is bordered on the east by Manchester-by-the-Sea, on the north by Wenham, and on the west by Danvers. To the south, on the other side of the Danvers River, is Salem. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.7 square miles (58.9 km²), of which, 16.6 square miles (43.0 km²) of it is land and 6.1 square miles (15.9 km²) of it (27.00%) is water. Beverly is located on the north shore of the outer part of Massachusetts Bay south of downtown Beverly is the Danvers River, a tidal inlet of the Bay. Just east of Beverly is Cape Ann. Its zip code is 01915. [edit] Transportation[edit] Mass transitBeverly is served by five stations on the MBTA Commuter Rail's Newburyport/Rockport Line. Beverly Depot, in downtown Beverly, is located at the junction of the Newburyport and Rockport branches of the line. The Rockport branch's further stops in Beverly are located at Montserrat, Prides Crossing, and Beverly Farms; the Newburyport branch has an additional stop in North Beverly. The North Beverly station is served by MBTA Bus route 451 with service to downtown Beverly and Salem. Additionally, a local bus route called the Beverly Shoppers Shuttle serves downtown and western Beverly. The city currently contracts the Cape Ann Transportation Authority to provide bus service on the shuttle. [edit] RoadRoute 128, the chief circumferential highway of the Boston area, crosses Beverly from east to west and connects the city to Interstate 95 and U.S. 1. Route 1A passes through Beverly from south to north, along main streets in downtown Beverly. Numbered state highways that terminate in Beverly include Route 22, which leaves Beverly to the northeast; Route 62, to the west; Route 97, to the northwest; and Route 127, to the east. The Danvers River, south of the city, is spanned by two road bridges connecting Beverly to Salem. [edit] Demographics As of the census[5] of 2000, there are 39,862 people, 15,750 households, and 9,906 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,401.4 people per square mile (927.2/km²). There are 16,275 housing units at an average density of 980.5/sq mi (378.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 85.97% White, 5.04% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.28% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 6.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 15,750 households out of which 28.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% are non-families. 29.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 3.02. In the city the population is spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $53,984, and the median income for a family is $66,486. Males have a median income of $45,348 versus $35,659 for females. The per capita income for the city is $28,626. 5.7% of the population and 4.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 6.5% of those under the age of 18 and 5.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. [edit] EducationThe city has five K-5 elementary schools: Ayers Ryal Side, Centerville, Cove, Hannah, and North Beverly. The city's sole middle school is Briscoe Middle School, serving grades 6-8. The city's other middle school, Memorial Middle School, closed in 2005 and is now Recovery High School, an alternative school to help high school students who are overcoming addiction to drugs or alcohol. The Northshore Academy at McKeown School is an alternative school, in the former McKeown Elementary School building, in a partnership between Beverly Public Schools and the Northshore Education Consortium (NEC).[6] Beverly is home to several private schools, including St. Mary's Star of the Sea School, Harborlight Montessori School, Kindercare Learning Center, Beverly School for the Deaf, St. John the Evangelist School, the Bright Horizons School, the Waring School and several others. Beverly High School is a grade 9-12 public high school located in Beverly. It was founded in 1858, and currently enrolls over 1300 students. A new academic building is now under construction adjacent to the current building, and is set to be completed in January 2011.[7] The city is home to Endicott College, a private four-year comprehensive college, and Montserrat College of Art, a private four-year visual arts college. [edit] Points of interest
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