Newburyport
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 The State Street in June 2005 |
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| Location in Massachusetts | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1635 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Massachusetts | ||
| County : | Essex County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 49 ′ N , 70 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 20,416 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 940.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 27.4 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 21.7 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 11 m | ||
| Postal code : | 01950 | ||
| Area code : | +1 978, 465 | ||
| FIPS : | 25-45245 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0614293 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofnewburyport.com | ||
| Mayor : | Donna D. Holaday | ||
Newburyport is a small port city in Essex County in the US state of Massachusetts . It is located about 61 km northeast of Boston at the mouth of the Merrimack River in the Atlantic .
history
The first European settlement dates back to 1635 when immigrants founded the city of Newbury . The first shipyards were built in 1655. While the port developed into a fishing and trading center, the town remained agricultural, which is why the port separated from Newbury in 1764 and formed its own township as Newburyport. As a result, Newburyport developed into a prosperous trading town. In the run-up to the War of Independence , the first Tea Party riots against the British tea tax took place here (see also Boston Tea Party ). In the war of 1812 against Great Britain , the port was a center for privateers , who captured hundreds of British ships, but also suffered heavy losses themselves. A major city fire in 1811, the economic fallout from the British blockade in the War of 1812, and a nationwide financial crisis in 1816 sparked an economic crisis for the city. From the end of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century, Newburyport was a center of shipbuilding. a. the first clippers were built. The city is also considered the birthplace of the US Coast Guard ( coast guard ).
In 1851, the town incorporated parts of Newbury and experienced a second heyday in the course of industrialization , which ended in the early 20th century. In the 1970s, a major renovation program led to a major redevelopment of the historic city center that made Newburyport a thriving tourist destination.
Attractions
- Cushing House Museum , a 19th century building containing the Museum of the Historical Society of Old Newbury .
- Custom House Maritime Museum , an 1835 building that houses a museum of Newburyport's maritime history.
- Coffin House , a wooden colonial house built around 1678.
- The Little Farm , also a colonial country estate around 1690.
- Lowell's Boat Shop , a historic boat building company founded in 1793 and operated by the Newburyport Maritime Society . Boats are built here in the traditional way to this day.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), US Senator for Massachusetts
- William Plumer (1759–1850), politician and governor of New Hampshire
- John Parker Boyd (1764-1830), mercenary in India and general for the 1812 War
- William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1878), pioneer of the liberation of slaves with his weekly newspaper "The Liberator". Statue in Brown Square.
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827–1887), US Senator for California
- Robert Mulliken (1896–1986), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1966
- Fred Naumetz (1922–1998), American football player with the Los Angeles Rams
Personalities related to the city
- John Phillips Marquand (1893-1960), journalist and writer, 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel The late Mr. Apley ( The Late George Apley ), spent most of his life in Newburyport.
- Andre Dubus III (* 1959), writer; has lived in Newburyport for a long time. In the absence of a suitable study in his house, he wrote his bestselling House of Sand and Fog in his old Toyota station wagon in the city's Oak Hill Cemetery.
