Essex County
county in Massachusetts, United States
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Summary
Essex County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 2,343 Wikipedia views per month (county of massachusetts category, ranking #2 of 15).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Capital: Salem[5]
- Shares border with: Rockingham County[6], Suffolk County[7], Middlesex County[8], Hillsborough County[9]
- Named after: Essex[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Salem[11], Amesbury[12], Andover[13], Beverly[14], Boxford[15], Danvers[16], Essex[17], Georgetown[18], Gloucester[19], Groveland[20], Hamilton[21], Haverhill[22], Ipswich[23], Lawrence[24]
- Commons category: Essex County, Massachusetts[25]
- Inception: 1643[26]
- Coordinate location: 42.635475, -70.970825[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Essex County, Massachusetts[28]
- Population: 743,159[29], 745,430[30], 751,003[31], 755,970[32], 762,550[33], 776,043[34], 809,829[35]
- List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Essex County, Massachusetts[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Essex County, Massachusetts[38]
- Number of households: 297,254[39]
- Native label: Essex County[40]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C108909[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Essex County, Massachusetts[42]
- Different from: Essex County[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Essex County include USS Essex[44], a fifth-rate frigate[45].
Why It Matters
Essex County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include USS Essex[44], a fifth-rate frigate[45].