According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Beverly MA 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 MA is located on the North Shore MA, the name given to communities north of Boston along Massachusetts Bay. There are many smaller coves, as well as two islands, the Great and Little Misery Islands, which are part of the city. From Woodbury Point westward lies Beverly Harbor, which lies at the mouth of the Danvers River. From the Danvers, the Bass River empties from within the city. Several other small streams lie within the city of Beverly MA as well. A large portion of Wenham Lake, as well as several other lakes and ponds lie within the city. The city of Beverly MA has its own city forest and reservation land as well. Much of the western half of the city is relatively urbanized, with the eastern part of the city (roughly from Woodbury Point east) is more rural. Beverly MA is also home to several parks, five beaches, the Beverly Golf & Tennis Club (est. 1910) and two yacht clubs, Jubiliee Yacht Club in Beverly Harbor and Bass Haven Yacht Club along the Bass River in Beverly MA.
The Veterans Memorial Bridge, looking toward Beverly MA from Salem
Besides Massachusetts Bay to the south, Beverly MA is bordered by Manchester-by-the-Sea to the east, Wenham to the north, Danvers to the west and Salem to the south. Beverly MA real estate and Salem are separated by the Danvers River and Beverly Harbor, with three bridges the Veterans Memorial Bridge (former location of the historic Essex Bridge), the MBTA railroad bridge, and the Kernwood Bridge) connecting the two cities. Beverly’s city center lies two miles north from Salem’s, and is 14 miles west-southwest of Gloucester and 17 miles northeast of Boston.
Route 128, the chief circumferential highway of the Boston area, crosses Beverly MA from east to west and connects the city to Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 in Danvers. Route 1A passes through Beverly MA from south to north, along main streets in downtown Beverly MA. The city is also the terminus of four different state routes; Route 22, which heads northeast from Route 1A; Route 62, which heads west from Route 127; Route 97, which parts with Route 1A northwest of downtown before heading north; and Route 127 which heads east from Route 22.
Beverly MA is the site of the split between the separate lines of the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, which provides service to Boston’s North Station. South of the junction lies Beverly Depot near downtown, which is accessible along both lines. Along the Newburyport portion of the line is the North Beverly MA stop, just south of the Wenham town line. Along the Rockport portion of the line are three stops, Montserrat, Prides Crossing and Beverly Farms. Additionally, MBTA Bus serves the city, with Route 451, with service to downtown Beverly and Salem from the North Beverly station. Additionally, a local bus route called the Beverly Shoppers Shuttle serves downtown and western Beverly MA, and is contracted through the Cape Ann Transportation Authority. Beverly MA is home to Beverly Municipal Airport, though parts of the airfield itself lay within Danvers, as well as a very small portion of the north runway lying in Wenham. Logan International Airport provides the nearest national and international air service.
Beverly MA History notes
Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, the Beverly MA 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 dendrochronological testing performed in 2006, about 1679.
The first ship commissioned for the US military, by the US Army (the US Navy had yet to exist), was the armed schooner Hannah. It was outfitted at Glover’s Wharf in Beverly MA and first sailed from Beverly Harbor on September 5, 1775. For this reason Beverly MA 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 MA has also been called the “birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution,”[citation needed] as the site of the first cotton mill in America (1787), and largest cotton mill of its time. The town is the home of one of the country’s first Sunday schools (which was built in 1810). Beverly was incorporated as a city in 1894.
In 1902, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation built a quarter-mile stretch of factory buildings in Beverly MA. The stretch was an early landmark example of reinforced concrete construction devised by concrete pioneer Ernest L. Ransome. In 1906 it 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. Parker Brothers, makers of Monopoly and other games, has offices in Beverly MA. The city is also home to the Landmark School, known worldwide for the education it provides for students with learning disabilities.
President William Howard Taft rented a house for the summer White House from Mrs. Maria Evans in Beverly MA real estate; in the summers of 1909 and 1910, he lived in a house located at what is now the site of the Italianate Rose Garden in Lynch Park, the city’s principal public park and in 1911 and 1912 he rented a different house, a mile away, “Parramatta” from Mrs. Robert Peabody. Beverly Hills, California, was named in 1907 after Beverly Farms in Beverly MA because Taft vacationed there.
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$299,900 : 1 Jewett Rd, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$359,900 : 74 Haskell St, Beverly3 beds, 1 full bath
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$339,651 : 3 Stewart Avenue, Beverly3 beds, 2 full baths
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$365,000 : 17 Berrywood Lane, Beverly3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$379,500 : 90 Rantoul St., Beverly4 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths
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$1,599 : 7 Marsh, Unit 7, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$2,750 : 7 Piper Dr, Unit 0, Beverly4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
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$1,900 : 8 Dyer, Unit 1, Beverly3 beds, 1 full bath
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$1,500 : 34 Longmeadow, Unit 34, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$1,250,000 : MLS # 71324855 in Beverly0 beds, 0 baths
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$12 : 19 Broadway, Beverly0 beds, 0 baths
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$379,500 : 90 Rantoul St., Beverly0 beds, 0 baths
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$125,000 : 950 Cummings Center, Beverly0 beds, 0 baths
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$575,000 : MLS # 71286094 in Beverly0 beds, 0 baths
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$319,000 : 621 Hale St, Unit 1, Beverly2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$264,500 : 15 Stone Street, Unit M, Beverly2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$162,000 : 9 Lothrop St, Unit 2, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$173,900 : 31 Elliott, Unit 2D, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$314,000 : 21 Winthrop Ave, Unit B, Beverly5 beds, 2 full baths
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