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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
town
areaCode 351
978
country 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
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)
linked to: Northshore Mall
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
Massachusetts Route 128
linked to: Route 128

Massachusetts Route 35
Massachusetts Route 62
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)
linked to: North Shore
populationEstimate approximately 28,000
postalCode 01923
region Greater Boston metropolitan area
linked to: Greater Boston
state Massachusetts

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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