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Peabody

Town in Essex County, northeastern Massachusetts, on the Danvers River, 24 km/15 mi northeast of Boston; population (2000 est) 48,700. Traditionally a major leather processing centre, it also manufactures chemicals, fabricated metals, wood products, machine tools, shoes, clothing, and has a high-tech industrial park. It was incorporated as a city in 1916.

As Brooksby village, Peabody was settled from 1626 as a part of Salem. It split off from Salem as part of Danvers (then called Salem Village) in 1672. When Danvers was incorporated in 1757, Peabody was called South Danvers. It split from Danvers in 1855, and was renamed in 1868 after US entrepreneur and philanthropist George Peabody, who was born in the town.

Peabody has 15 entries on the national register of historic places, and George Peabody's house is now a museum.



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