Town of Danvers

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Town of Danvers canonical 6
Danvers town government 1
Salem Town (historical) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
town
areaCode 351
978
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Essex County, Massachusetts
crossedByRiver Ipswich River
Waters River
foundedAsSettlement 17th century
hasGovernmentType board of selectmen
town meeting
hasHeritageSite Endecott Pear Tree
Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts
surface form: Rebecca Nurse Homestead

Salem Village meetinghouse
surface form: Salem Village Parsonage archaeological site

Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts
surface form: Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial
hasHighSchool Danvers Public Schools
surface form: 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
surface form: Northshore Mall (partly associated regionally)
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00
historicalName Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
surface form: 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
Route 128
surface form: Massachusetts Route 128

Massachusetts Route 35
Massachusetts Route 62
U.S. Route 1
namedAfter Danvers Osborn (disputed etymology)
neighboringMunicipality Salem, Massachusetts
surface form: City of Salem, Massachusetts

Beverly, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Beverly, Massachusetts

Town of Middleton, Massachusetts
Peabody, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Peabody, Massachusetts

Topsfield, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Topsfield, Massachusetts

Wenham, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Wenham, Massachusetts
partOf North Shore
surface form: North Shore (Massachusetts)
populationEstimate approximately 28,000
postalCode 01923
region Greater Boston
surface form: Greater Boston metropolitan area
state Massachusetts

Referenced by (9)

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town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) hasPart Town of Danvers
this entity surface form: Salem Town (historical)
Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts owner Town of Danvers
subject surface form: Rebecca Nurse Homestead
Endecott Pear Tree municipalJurisdiction Town of Danvers
Danvers Public Schools operatedBy Town of Danvers
Danvers Town Hall occupant Town of Danvers
this entity surface form: Danvers town government
Danvers Town Hall ownedBy Town of Danvers
this entity surface form: Town of Danvers, Massachusetts