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Peabody, Massachusetts, USA

Peabody, Essex, MA

First known as the Northfields, "the Farms", and Brooksby, the area was settled about 1626 within Salem, which had itself been founded in 1626 and incorporated in 1629. In 1752, the area was set off from Salem and incorporated as part of Danvers. It was usually referred to as "the South Parish", associated with the church located in the center (now Peabody Square). In 1855, the community broke away from Danvers to become the town of South Danvers, incorporated that May 18. The name was changed on April 30, 1868, to Peabody after George Peabody, a noted philanthropist. It would be incorporated as a city in 1916. kids.kiddle.co

Peabody includes: Bleachery, Crow Village, Dublin (East End), Kingdom, Kingscroft, Needham Corner, Paper Mills, Phelps Mills, and Proctor's Crossing.
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  • 1626 - Peabody is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • 1868 - Peabody is incorporated

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • Peabody Massachusetts, 1890
    Peabody is a large, handsome and prosperous town in the southerly part of Essex County, about 18 miles north of Boston, with which it has communication by the Wakefield Branch of the Eastern Railroad, by the Newburyport Branch of the Boston and Maine, and by the Salem and Lowell Railroad, which...Read MORE...


  • Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
    Main Street Looking North, Peabody, Mass.
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  • 1895 - Peabody
    Peabody, a post-village in Peabody township, Essex co., Mass., at the junction of the Lawrence and Wakefield Branch Railroads with the Salem & Lowell Railroad, 2 miles W. of Salem, and 16 miles N.N.E. of Boston. It contains 7 churches, 2 national banks, a newspaper office, a high school, and the...Read MORE...


  • 1906
    Peabody, a banking post-village in Peabody township (town), Essex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 2 miles W. of Salem. It contains the Peabody Institute, with collections and paintings, etc., and an extensive library. This place was named in honor of George Peabody, who was born here. The...Read MORE...


  • Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
    Town Hall, Peabody, Mass.
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  • News 1915 - 21 Children Die In School Fire
    Flames Sweep Through Peabody, Mass., Building, Turning Fire Drill Into Panic.
    Pupils Heaped At Door
    Little Cripple Trips and Comrades Fall Over Her-nearly All the Victims Are Girls.
    Heroic Work By Sisters
    Drop Their Charges Into Life Nets-Nearly 600 Saved-No Fire Escapes on...Read MORE...


  • 1916 - Peabody is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • News 1922 - 4 KILLED, 2 INJURED AS FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKS AUTOMOBILE
    Fatal Crossing Crash on Boston and Maine Line At Peabody, Mass.

    PEABODY, Mass., June 18. — Four men were killed and two injured when a freight train struck their automobile at a crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad in West Peabody today.

    The Dead:
    Joseph McCarthy, William Buckley,...Read MORE...


  • Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
    National Calfskin Co. Plant, Peabody, Mass.
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Main Street Looking North, Peabody, Mass.

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National Calfskin Co. Plant, Peabody, Mass.

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  • 1626 - Peabody is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1868 - Peabody is incorporated

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • Peabody Massachusetts, 1890
    Peabody is a large, handsome and prosperous town in the southerly part of Essex County, about 18 miles north of Boston, with which it has communication by the Wakefield Branch of the Eastern Railroad, by the Newburyport Branch of the Boston and Maine, and by the Salem and Lowell Railroad, which... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Peabody
    Peabody, a post-village in Peabody township, Essex co., Mass., at the junction of the Lawrence and Wakefield Branch Railroads with the Salem & Lowell Railroad, 2 miles W. of Salem, and 16 miles N.N.E. of Boston. It contains 7 churches, 2 national banks, a newspaper office, a high school, and the... Read MORE...

  • 1906
    Peabody, a banking post-village in Peabody township (town), Essex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 2 miles W. of Salem. It contains the Peabody Institute, with collections and paintings, etc., and an extensive library. This place was named in honor of George Peabody, who was born here. The... Read MORE...

  • News  1915 - 21 Children Die In School Fire
    Flames Sweep Through Peabody, Mass., Building, Turning Fire Drill Into Panic.
    Pupils Heaped At Door
    Little Cripple Trips and Comrades Fall Over Her-nearly All the Victims Are Girls.
    Heroic Work By Sisters
    Drop Their Charges Into Life Nets-Nearly 600 Saved-No Fire Escapes on... Read MORE...

  • 1916 - Peabody is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • News  1922 - 4 KILLED, 2 INJURED AS FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKS AUTOMOBILE
    Fatal Crossing Crash on Boston and Maine Line At Peabody, Mass.

    PEABODY, Mass., June 18. — Four men were killed and two injured when a freight train struck their automobile at a crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad in West Peabody today.

    The Dead:
    Joseph McCarthy, William Buckley,... Read MORE...


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