Cities, towns, and villages*
edit*Amesbury incorporated 1666 from Salisbury.
*Andover incorporated 1646.
*Bradford incorporated 1668 from Rowley. Annexed by Haverhill 1897.
Danvers incorporated 1757 from Salem.Essex incorporated 1819 from Ipswich.Georgetown incorporated 1838 from Rowley.- Gloucester settled 1623.
- Groveland incorporated 1850 from Bradford.
Hamilton incorporated 1793 from Ipswich.Haverhill founded 1640.Ipswich established 1634.- Lawrence incorporated 1847 from Methuen and Andover.
- Lynn established 1629, named Lynn 1637.
Lynnfield incorporated 1814 from Lynn.
*Manchester-by-the-Sea incorporated 1645.
- Marblehead incorporated 1635.
- Merrimac incorporated 1876 from Amesbury.
- Methuen incorporated 1725 from Haverhill.
Middleton incorporated 1728 from surrounding towns—Salem, Topsfield, Andover, etc.- Nahant incorporated 1853 from Lynn.
- Newbury founded 1635.
- Byfield (a village of Newbury)
- Newburyport incorporated 1764 from Newbury.
- North Andover incorporated 1855 from Andover.
Peabody incorporated 1855 from Danvers.- Rockport incorporated 1840 from Gloucester.
- Pigeon Cove (a village of Rockport)
Rowley founded 1639.- Salem founded 1626.
- Salisbury established 1640.
Saugus incorporated 1815 from Lynn.- Swampscott incorporated 1852 from Lynn.
Topsfield established 1650.Wenham settled 1638.
*West Newbury incorporated 1819 from Newbury.
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