Peabody, Massachusetts Peabody, Massachusetts Peabody Official seal of Peabody, Massachusetts Location in Essex County and the state of Massachusetts.

Location in Essex County and the state of Massachusetts.

Peabody, Massachusetts is positioned in the US Peabody, Massachusetts - Peabody, Massachusetts Peabody / pi b di/ is a town/city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

At the 2010 census, the populace was 51,251, and in 2014 the estimated populace was 52,376.

Peabody is positioned in the North Shore region of Massachusetts.

It was usually referred to as "the South Parish", associated with the church positioned in the center (now Peabody Square).

The name was changed on April 30, 1868, to Peabody after George Peabody, a noted philanthropist.

The western, less densely populated portion of the town is often separately referred to as West Peabody.

In particular, Peabody was a primary center of New England's leather industry, which thriving immigrants from all around the world.

By 1915, a third of the populace was foreign-born. In addition to becoming home to large Irish and Russian populations, Peabody prominently advanced a large improve of workers hailing from the Ottoman Empire, mostly Turkish- and Kurdish-speakers from the region of Harput (now known as Elazig). The populace was situated primarily on Walnut Street, where they filled boarding homes and coffee homes to such an extent that it became known as "Ottoman Street," and, more pejoratively and less accurately, "Peabody's Barbary Coast." One visitor even noted that signs in town were written in both English and Ottoman Turkish. Because of this, Peabody became the first town/city to make a law that said all doors must push out. The tanneries that helped problematic Peabody's "Ottoman Street" remained a linchpin of the city's economy into the second half of the 20th century.

The tanneries have since closed, but the town/city remains known locally as the Leather City or Tanner City, and its high school sports squads are nicknamed the Tanners which continues to be the mascot today.

The loss of the tanneries was a blow to Peabody's economy, but the town/city has made up for the erosion of its industrialized base, at least in part, through other forms of economic development.

Meanwhile, West Peabody, which was mostly farmland as recently as the 1950s, has been advanced into a middle-to-upper class residentiary area.

Brooksby Farm, a historic farm managed by the City of Peabody, is a 275-acre (1.11 km2) working farm and conservation region that has been one of the city's most prominent destinations for decades.

Peabody is the locale of the Salem Country Club, a private nation club with a experienced golf course.

Peabody Square c.

Peabody Institute Library c.

Peabody is positioned at 42 32 3 N 70 57 41 W (42.534045, -70.961465). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.8 square miles (43.5 km2), of which 16.2 square miles (42.0 km2) is territory and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) or 3.46%, is water. The northwestern border of Peabody lies along the Ipswich River, with brooks feeding it, and the Waters River, a tributary of the Danvers River, drains the northeast part of town.

The town/city is wedge-shaped, with the town/city center positioned in the wider southeast end.

The neighborhood of South Peabody lies south of it, and the more suburban neighborhood of West Peabody lies to the northwest of the town/city center, separated by the highways and the Proctor neighborhood.

Peabody's center is 2 miles (3 km) from the center of Salem, and is 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Boston, 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Gloucester, and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Lawrence.

Peabody is bordered by Middleton to the northwest, Danvers to the northeast, Salem to the east, Lynn to the south and Lynnfield to the west.

Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. As of the census of 2010, there were 51,251 citizens residing in the town/city and a total of 22,220 housing units.

In the city, the populace was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 20, 22.5% from 20 to 39, 29.8% from 40 to 59, and 26.5% who were 60 years of age or older.

The median age of citizens in Peabody was 44.6.

In the April 2009 version of Forbes magazine, Peabody was ranked the 14th most livable town/city in the United States. Boston Children's Hospital Peabody Campus Peabody Veterans Memorial High School is a undertaking 9-12 enhance high school positioned in Peabody.

The squads are known as the Peabody Tanners.

Bishop Fenwick High School, a small Catholic high school serving the region, is positioned in the town/city near the boundary with Salem, Danvers, and Beverly.

Kennedy Junior High School in West Peabody in 2005.

They serve students from over 45 metros/cities and suburbs in easterly Massachusetts.

It is positioned in Peabody.

Peabody is the site of the junction of Interstate 95, Massachusetts Route 128 and U.S.

Massachusetts Route 114 passes through the northeast corner of town, going from Danvers towards Salem, with an intersection at Route 128's Exit 25, next to the Northshore Mall.

The Logan Express also stops on Route 1 in Peabody.

George Peabody, merchant, philanthropist, and namesake of the town/city a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Peabody city, Massachusetts".

"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions inside Massachusetts".

"Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1.

"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).

"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).

"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).

"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).

"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).

"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).

"Enumeration of Population and Housing".

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