Beverly, MA

Beverly, Massachusetts
City
Post Office in 1919
Seal
Motto: Patri Simillima Proles (Latin) "May we be as our children"
Location in Essex County and the state of Massachusetts.
Beverly, Massachusetts Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°33′30″N 70°52′48″W / 42.55833°N 70.88000°W / 42.55833; -70.88000
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Essex
Settled	1626
Incorporated	1668
Named for	Beverley, England
Government
• Type	Mayor-council city
• Mayor	Michael P. Cahill
Area
• Total	22.6 sq mi (58.5 km2)
• Land	15.1 sq mi (39.1 km2)
• Water	7.5 sq mi (19.4 km2)
Elevation	36 ft (11 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	39,502
• Density	2,617.2/sq mi (1,010.5/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	01915
Area code(s)	978 / 351
FIPS code	25-05595
GNIS feature ID	0614200
Website	City of Beverly Official Web Site

Coordinates: 42°33′29″N 70°52′48″W / 42.558°N 70.880°W / 42.558; -70.880

Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,502 at the 2010 census.

A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing. Beverly is a rival of Marblehead for the title of being the birthplace of the U.S. Navy. The city name is also the origin for the city of Beverly Hills, in Los Angeles County, California.

Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1626 by Roger Conant. Because of religious differences with Governor John Endecott, Beverly would be set off and officially incorporated in 1668, when it was named "Beverley" after Beverley, the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Surviving from the settlement's early history is the Balch House, built, according to dendrochronological testing performed in 2006, about 1679.