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North Andover, Massachusetts
—  Town  —
Location in Essex County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 71°08′08″W / 42.69861°N 71.13556°W / 42.69861; -71.13556
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Essex
Settled	1644
Incorporated[1]	1646
Government
- Type	Open town meeting
- Town    Manager	Mark Rees
- Board of    Selectmen	Chair Rosemary Smedile, Mark J. T. Caggiano, Daniel P. Lanen, Richard A. Nardella, Tracy M. Watson
Area
- Total	27.8 sq mi (72.1 km2)
- Land	26.7 sq mi (69.0 km2)
- Water	1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Elevation	75 ft (23 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	27,202
- Density	1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	01845
Area code(s)	351 / 978
FIPS code	25-46365
GNIS feature ID	0618306
Website	http://www.townofnorthandover.com/

North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 27,202 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 27.8 square miles (72 km²), of which, 26.6 square miles (69 km²) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) of it (4.27%) is water.It also is filled with beautiful scenery.

North Andover borders the following towns: Andover, Lawrence, Haverhill, Boxford, Middleton, and North Reading. North Andover is separated from Methuen by the Merrimack River.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.mass.gov/Ehed/docs/dhcd/profiles/196.doc

[edit] External links

• Town of North Andover
• North Andover Historical Society.
• Historical Sketches of the Town of Andover (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover) by Sarah Loring Bailey, published 1880, 626 pages.
• Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to 1850 (which includes North Andover).
• Andover, Massachusetts: Proceedings at the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, May 20, 1896 at books.google.
• Weir Hill

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