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Lynn
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city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Lynn is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, situated in the northeastern United States. As a municipal center in the Boston metropolitan area, it serves as a residential and economic hub for the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated city
- May 14, 1850
- Named after
- King's Lynn , Norfolk , England
- Type
- Mayor-council city
- Body
- Executive Branch (Mayor) and Legislative Branch (City Council)
- Mayor
- Jared C. Nicholson ( D )
- Total
- 13.52 sq mi (35.02 km )
- Land
- 10.74 sq mi (27.81 km )
- Water
- 2.78 sq mi (7.20 km )
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Density
- 9,428.6/sq mi (3,640.41/km )
- Demonym
- Lynner
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 01901–01905
- Area codes
- 339 / 781
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lynn
- Population
- 101253
- Area
- 35.026941
- Elevation
- 9
- Official website
- www.ci.lynn.ma.us
- Image
- Lynn City Hall MA 01.jpg
- Households
- 33261
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- Commons category
- Lynn, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01910
- inception
- 1629-00-00
- P8168
- IKK
- water as percent of area
- 20.5758
- per capita income
- 27405
- P12749
- Stefan Dohr
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Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.
Settled by Europeans in 1629, Lynn is the 5th oldest colonial settlement in the Commonwealth. An early industrial center, Lynn was long colloquially referred to as the "City of Sin", owing to its historical reputation for crime and vice. Today, however, the city is known for its immigrant population, historic architecture, downtown cultural district, loft-style apartments, and public parks and open spaces, which include the oceanfront Lynn Shore Reservation; the 2,200-acre, Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Lynn Woods Reservation; and the High Rock Reservation and Park designed by Olmsted's sons. Lynn also is home to Lynn Heritage State Park, the southernmost portion of the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway, and the seaside, National Register-listed Diamond Historic District. The population was 101,253 at the 2020 United States census.