Town of Danvers

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human settlement municipality town

The Town of Danvers is a municipality in Essex County, Massachusetts, historically notable for its connection to the 1692 Salem witch trials and preservation of related heritage sites.

Aliases (1)

Salem Town (historical) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement → municipality → town →
areaCode	351 → 978 →
country	United States →
county	Essex County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
crossedByRiver	Ipswich River → Waters River NERFINISHED →
foundedAsSettlement	17th century →
hasGovernmentType	board of selectmen → town meeting →
hasHeritageSite	Endecott Pear Tree → Rebecca Nurse Homestead → Salem Village Parsonage archaeological site → Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial →
hasHighSchool	Danvers High School →
hasLandmark	Danvers State Hospital site → Danvers Town Hall → Peabody Institute Library of Danvers →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.danversma.gov/ →
hasSchoolDistrict	Danvers Public Schools →
hasShoppingArea	Liberty Tree Mall → Northshore Mall (partly associated regionally) →
hasUTCOffset	UTC−05:00 →
hasUTCOffsetDST	UTC−04:00 →
historicalName	Salem Village →
incorporatedAsTown	1757 →
knownFor	connection to the 1692 Salem witch trials → preservation of Salem witch trials heritage sites →
locatedIn	New England →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
majorHighway	Interstate 95 NERFINISHED → Massachusetts Route 128 → Massachusetts Route 35 NERFINISHED → Massachusetts Route 62 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 1 →
namedAfter	Danvers Osborn (disputed etymology) →
neighboringMunicipality	City of Salem, Massachusetts → Town of Beverly, Massachusetts → Town of Middleton, Massachusetts → Town of Peabody, Massachusetts → Town of Topsfield, Massachusetts → Town of Wenham, Massachusetts →
partOf	North Shore (Massachusetts) →
populationEstimate	approximately 28,000 →
postalCode	01923 →
region	Greater Boston metropolitan area →
state	Massachusetts →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) ("Salem Town (historical)") →	hasPart
Rebecca Nurse Homestead →	owner