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Essex County

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Essex County

County in northeast Massachusetts; area 1,282 sq km/495 sq mi; population (1998 est) 691,400. Its administrative headquarters is Salem. The county has a long nautical tradition, maintained today in Gloucester, Newburyport, Marblehead, and other working and recreational ports. The Cape Ann area is a popular summer resort. Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and other industrial cities make the lower Merrimack Valley one of the most important manufacturing centres in US history. Salem and other towns are rich in historical and literary associations. The county has historically been a centre of conservative merchants and industrialists.

Essex County

County in northeast New Jersey; area 329 sq km/127 sq mi; population (1990) 778,200. It is bounded by the Passaic River to the north, east and west, and Newark Bay to the southeast. Its administrative headquarters is Newark. In the New York metropolitan area, the county contains residential suburbs, industry, and shipping and business offices. Some of its larger municipalities include East Orange, Montclair, and Bloomfield.

Essex County

County in northeast New York; area 4,678 sq km/1,806 sq mi; population (1990) 37,200. It is situated in the Adirondack Mountains, bordered by Lake Champlain and the Vermont state line to the east. Its administrative headquarters is Elizabethtown. It is a resort, logging, and agricultural region, filled with peaks over 1,220 m/4,000 ft, and sprinkled with lakes, including Lake Placid, Schroon Lake, and the north tip of Lake George. There are several historic sites scattered along Lake Champlain, among them Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point.

Essex County

County in northeast Vermont; area 1,725 sq km/666 sq mi; population (1990) 6,400. It is situated on the Canadian Québec border and the Connecticut River. The Moose, Coaticook, Nulhegan, and Clyde rivers all flow through the county. Its administrative headquarters is Guildhall. The main industries are agriculture, particularly dairying, and lumbering. Hunting and fishing are major recreational businesses.
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The sale of a cond interest in Square a 121,998 s/f grocery anchored retail shopping center situated on the Bloomfield/Belleville Town line in Essex County, NJ.
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) by Real Estate Weekly
From the formation of the colony, but particularly after 1825, when a formal sales policy was adopted, land in Essex County was relatively affordable.
Land, Power and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada. (Reviews) by Errington, Jane / Journal of Social History
When in 1959 TC `Dickie' Dodds retired after 13 seasons as opening bat for Essex County Cricket Club, the World of Cricket wrote that his had been a career `that delighted cricket followers all over the country'.
How Dodds brightened up his game: fifties cricket star TC `Dickie' ... by Williams, Paul / For A Change
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