City of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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- Lynn City
- City of Lynn
- Lynn
- Incorporated City (county subdivision)
- Located on Massachusetts Bay 5 mi SW of Salem (US-T121).
- Settled 1629, incorporated as the town of Saugus in 1631, as a city in 1850. Called Saugus from the Indian meaning 'wet' or 'overflown grass lands.' Renamed Lynn, in 1637, in honor of the Reverend William Whiting, first settled minister, who had been curate at Lynn Regis in England. From 1629-31 it was called the plantation of Saugus 1629 (MA-T1/p28).
- 42.474555042° 28' 28.4"N-70.960813070° 57' 38.9"W
- Wyoma 0.8 mi. N
- Salem City 3.6 mi. NE
- Peabody City 4.1 mi. N
- Revere City (Suffolk County) 4.2 mi. S
- Melrose City (Middlesex County) 5.2 mi. W
- Malden City (Middlesex County) 5.8 mi. SW
- Pine Grove 0.3 mi. NW
- Old East Burying Ground 1.1 mi. E
- Saint Mary (Lynn) 1.2 mi. NW
- Saint Jeans 1.2 mi. N
- Saint Josephs 1.3 mi. N
- Lynn Jewish Cemeteries 1.4 mi. N
- Riverside 2.5 mi. SW
- Swampscott 2.6 mi. E
- Cedar Grove (Peabody City) 2.7 mi. NE
- Greenlawn 3.7 mi. SE
- Melrose Jewish Cemeteries (Melrose City, Middlesex County) 3.9 mi. SW
- Willow 4.1 mi. NW
- 42 m
- Salem NE
- Revere (Suffolk County) S
- Peabody N
- 544925382
- Updated Apr 20, 2020