From collection Place
Newburyport (City of), Essex County, MA
Located 18 mi NW of Gloucester; Essex County (US-T121).
Details
Settled 1635, incorporated as a town in 1764. So named because it served as the port of the parent Town of Newbury (MA-T1/p33).
79 feet
42.8123920
-70.8874414
U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) at U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) ( https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names : accessed 30 May 2025). Entered placename and selected filters to find domestic name approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
