Everett, Massachusetts
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| Coordinates: 42°24′30″N 71°03′15″W / 42.40833°N 71.05417°WCoordinates: 42°24′30″N 71°03′15″W / 42.40833°N 71.05417°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Massachusetts | ||
| County | Middlesex | ||
| Settled | 1630 | ||
| Incorporated | 1870 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council city | ||
| • Mayor | Carlo DeMaria, Jr. | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3.7 sq mi (9.5 km2) | ||
| • Land | 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 41,667 | ||
| • Density | 12,255.0/sq mi (4,734.9/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 02149 | ||
| Area code(s) | 617 / 857 | ||
| FIPS code | 25-21990 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0612739 | ||
| Website | http://www.cityofeverett.com/ | ||
Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. The population was 41,667 at the 2010 census.
Everett is the last city in the United States with a bicameral legislature[1], which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common Council. On November 8, 2011, the voters approved a new City Charter that will change the City Council to a one branch (unicameral) body with 11 members - 6 ward councilors and 5 councilors-at-large; an event that provoked an emotional response from many Everett residents. The new City Council will be elected at the 2013 City Election.
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[edit] History
Everett was originally part of Charlestown, and later Malden. It was named after Edward Everett, a politician and educator.[1] George Washington also visited the city on top of hospital hill and now is named Mount Washington.
[edit] Economy
Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC currently operates an LNG terminal. This terminal occupies 35 acres and received its first shipment in 1971.[2]
[edit] Geography
It is located at 42°24′36″N 71°3′8″W / 42.41°N 71.05222°W (42.409916, -71.052206).[3] It is bordered by Malden on the north, Revere on the east, Chelsea on the southeast, Boston and the Mystic River on the south, and Somerville and Medford on the west. Everett is 4.1 miles north of Boston. Glendale Park is the city's largest park.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), of which, 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (7.63%) is water.
[edit] Government
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 15, 2008[4] | |||||
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| Party | Number of Voters | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | 9,970 | 52.02% | |||
| Republican | 975 | 5.09% | |||
| Unaffiliated | 8,099 | 42.25% | |||
| Minor Parties | 123 | 0.64% | |||
| Total | 19,167 | 100% | |||
Everett has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor serves a two year term.
The Everett city council is bicameral, consisting of a Board of Aldermen and a Common Council. As of November 8, 2011, it will become a unicameral City Council.
[edit] Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen consisted of seven members one from each of the City's six wards and one Alderman-at-Large. All Aldermen were elected city-wide for a term of two years.
In addition to the duties they shared with the Common Council, the Board of Aldermen was the licensing authority in the City and approved licenses for motor dealers, second-hand dealers, awnings, lodging houses, junk dealers, pool tables, open-air parking lots, coin-operated devices, Lord's Day licences, antique and precious metal dealers.
[edit] Common Council
The Common Council consists three members elected per ward for a total of eighteen members. The Common Council shares equally responsibility for most legislative actions with the exception of licensing and confirmation of most Mayoral appointees.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1870 | 2,220 | — |
| 1880 | 4,159 | +87.3% |
| 1890 | 11,068 | +166.1% |
| 1900 | 24,336 | +119.9% |
| 1910 | 33,484 | +37.6% |
| 1920 | 40,120 | +19.8% |
| 1930 | 48,424 | +20.7% |
| 1940 | 46,784 | −3.4% |
| 1950 | 45,982 | −1.7% |
| 1960 | 43,544 | −5.3% |
| 1970 | 42,485 | −2.4% |
| 1980 | 37,195 | −12.5% |
| 1990 | 35,701 | −4.0% |
| 2000 | 38,037 | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 41,667 | +9.5% |
| * = population estimate. Source: United States Census records and Population Estimates Program data.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] | ||
As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 38,037 people, 15,435 households, and 9,554 families residing in the city. The population density was 11,241.1 people per square mile (4,345.0/km²). There were 15,908 housing units at an average density of 4,701.3 per square mile (1,817.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 79.7% White, 6.3% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.0% from other races, and 5.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.5% of the population. Many Italians live in this city.
There were 15,435 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.8% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,661. The median income for a family is $49,876. Males had a median income of $36,047 versus $30,764 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,845. About 9.2% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Notable residents
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- Bill Berglund - ice hockey goaltender
- Belden Bly - teacher and politician
- Pat Bradley - basketball player and coach
- George Brickley - baseball outfielder
- Vannevar Bush - engineer and science administrator
- Walter Tenney Carleton - businessman
- Benjamin Castleman - pathologist
- Arthur Dearborn - track and field athlete
- Jim Del Gaizo - football quarterback
- Louis DeLuca - businessman and politician
- Omar Easy - football running back
- Diamond Ferri - football defensive back
- H.R. Gray - businessman
- Hub Hart - baseball catcher
- Pat Hughes - football linebacker
- Brian Kelly - football coach (from Chelsea just Born in Everett hospital)
- George Keverian - politician
- Torbert Macdonald - congressman
- A. David Mazzone - judge
- Paul McCauley - mountaineer
- Martin P. Paone - secretary for the majority of the U.S. Senate
- Mark Pesce - writer, researcher and teacher
- Ellen Pompeo - star of Grey's Anatomy
- Dan Ross - NFL star and Super Bowl XVI record breaker,[14][15]
- Dwight Shepler - naval officer and painter
- Danny Silva - baseball third-baseman
- Paul L. Smith - character actor in Midnight Express, Dune and Popeye
- Ramiro Torres - local radio and TV personality for WJMN-FM and NESN
- Sumner Whittier - Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1953–57
- George Russell Callender, Brigadier General, founding commandant of the Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course
[edit] In popular culture
Everett is home to the set of the new ABC pilot "Boston's Finest."
Everett was also a setting for the Ben Affleck film Gone Baby Gone (2007).
The old Everett High School was used for the filming of scenes from Adam Sandler's movie "That's My Boy" and Kevin James' "Here Comes the Boom."
[edit] References
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- ^ "Profile for Everett, Massachusetts". ePodunk. http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2941. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Existing LNG Import/Export Terminals". Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng/exist-term/everett.asp. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "2008 State Party Election Party Enrollment Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Elections Division. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/st_county_town_enroll_breakdown_08.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ^ "Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1. Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts". US Census Bureau. December 1990. Table 76: General Characteristics of Persons, Households, and Families: 1990. 1990 CP-1-23. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts". US Census Bureau. December 1981. Table 4. Populations of County Subdivisions: 1960 to 1980. PC80-1-A23. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1950 Census of Population". Bureau of the Census. 1952. Section 6, Pages 21-10 and 21-11, Massachusetts Table 6. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1920 Census of Population". Bureau of the Census. Number of Inhabitants, by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. Pages 21-5 through 21-7. Massachusetts Table 2. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1920. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1890 Census of the Population". Department of the Interior, Census Office. Pages 179 through 182. Massachusetts Table 5. Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions: 1880 and 1890. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "1870 Census of the Population". Department of the Interior, Census Office. 1872. Pages 217 through 220. Table IX. Population of Minor Civil Divisions, &c. Massachusetts. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870e-05.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://www.sportspower.com/football/news/view/32144
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI
[edit] Further reading
- 1871 Atlas of Massachusetts. by Wall & Gray. Map of Massachusetts. Map of Middlesex County.
- Dutton, E.P. Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country. Published 1867. A good map of roads and rail lines around Everett/South Malden.
- Old USGS maps of Everett.
- History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879-1880. 572 and 505 pages. Everett article by Dudley P. Bailey in volume 1 pages 428-435.
- The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785. By Deloraine Pendre Corey, published 1898, 870 pages. Note, Everett was originally South Malden.
- Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden, 1649-1850 by Deloraine Pendre Corey, published 1903.
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