Peabody

Peabody is a city of 54,000 in the suburban area of the in . In the April 2009 edition of Forbes Magazine, Peabody was ranked the 14th most livable city in the United States.
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  • Type: City with 51,300 residents
  • Description: city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: Peabody, MA”, “Peabody, Massachusetts”, and “South Danvers
  • Postal codes: 01960 and 01961
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peabody Institute Library and Peabody City Hall.

Library
The is the public library serving Peabody, Massachusetts. It was established in 1852 by a bequest from philanthropist and Peabody native George Peabody, and now has its main facility at 82 Main Street, with the South Branch at 78 Lynn Street and West Branch at 603 Lowell Street.

Town hall
is the historic city hall of Peabody, Massachusetts. It is located at 24 Lowell Street, near Peabody Square.

Library
The is a public library at 370 Essex Street in . The library building was constructed in 1855 for John Bertram, a prominent sea captain, and his family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salem and Danvers.

A charming seaside destination, offers visitors the requisite bevy of enthralling elements: a world-class museum, compelling oceanfront and maritime history, quirky shops and tempting restaurants.

is a town in with a population of about 28,000. A large part of the town used to be called "Salem Village" and was where most of the accusers in the 1692 witch hysteria lived. The trials took place in neighboring .

Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
is a historic district roughly bounded by Church, Central, New Derby, and Washington Streets in . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and represents a major expansion of the Old Town Hall Historic District, which was listed in 1972.

Peabody

Latitude
42.5279° or 42° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
-70.9287° or 70° 55′ 43″ west
Population
51,300
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PED
Open location code
87JFG3HC+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158874353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4946863
Wiki­data ID
Q54136
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Peabody” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيبودي
  • Armenian: Փիբոդի
  • Basque: Peabody
  • Belarusian: Пібадзі
  • Catalan: Peabody
  • Cebuano: Peabody
  • Chechen: Пибоди
  • Chinese: Peabody
  • Chinese: 皮博迪
  • Chinese: 皮波迪
  • Czech: Peabody
  • Dagbani: Peabody
  • Danish: Peabody
  • Dutch: Peabody
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيبودى
  • Finnish: Peabody
  • French: Peabody
  • Georgian: პიბოდი
  • German: Peabody
  • Gilaki: پيبادي (ماساچۊست)
  • Gilaki: پيبادي
  • Haitian: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Haitian: Peabody
  • Hebrew: פיבודי
  • Irish: Peabody
  • Italian: Peabody
  • Japanese: ピーボディ
  • Kazakh: Пибоди
  • Kirghiz: Пибоди
  • Ladin: Peabody
  • Malagasy: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Malagasy: Peabody
  • Mazanderani: پیبادی (ماساچوست)
  • Mazanderani: پیبادی
  • Min Nan Chinese: Peabody
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peabody
  • Norwegian: Peabody
  • Occitan (post 1500): Peabody
  • Persian: پیبادی
  • Persian: پیبوی، ماساچوست
  • Persian: پیبوی
  • Polish: Peabody
  • Portuguese: Peabody
  • Russian: Пибоди (город)
  • Russian: Пибоди
  • Serbian: Пибоди
  • Serbo-Croatian: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Serbo-Croatian: Peabody
  • Silesian: Peabody
  • Slovak: Peabody
  • Slovenian: Peabody
  • South Azerbaijani: پیبوی، ماساچوست
  • Spanish: Peabody (Massachusetts)
  • Spanish: Peabody
  • Swahili: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Swahili: Peabody
  • Swedish: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Swedish: Peabody
  • Talysh: Pibodi
  • Tatar: Пибоди
  • Turkish: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Turkish: Peabody
  • Ukrainian: Пібоді
  • Urdu: پیباڈی، میساچوسٹس
  • Urdu: پیباڈی
  • Uzbek: Peabody
  • Vietnamese: Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Vietnamese: Peabody
  • Volapük: Peabody
  • Waray (Philippines): Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Waray (Philippines): Peabody
  • Welsh: Peabody, Massachusetts
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