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Everett is a
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in Middlesex County,
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, United States, directly north of
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, bordering the neighborhood of Charlestown. The population was 49,075 at the time of the
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. Everett was the last city in the United States to have a
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, which was composed of a seven-member
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and an eighteen-member Common Council. On November 8, 2011, the voters approved a new City Charter that changed the
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to a
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body with eleven members – six ward councilors and five councilors-at-large. The new City Council was elected during the 2013 City Election.


History and Transportation

Everett was originally part of Charlestown, and later Malden. It separated from Malden in 1870. In 1892, Everett changed from a
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to a city. On December 13, 1892, Alonzo H. Evans defeated George E. Smith to become Everett's first
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. Landfill has expanded the Everett shoreline over the centuries. At some point between 1905 and 1912, it connected the mainland to what was formerly White Island in the
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. The bridge of the
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was originally built using this island for part of the crossing. The city was named after Edward Everett, who served as U.S. Representative,
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, the 15th
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, Minister to
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, and
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. He also served as President of
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. In 1971, Distrigas of Massachusetts began importing
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(LNG) at its Everett Marine Terminal in the Island End section of Everett. This terminal was the first of its kind in the country. Everett's business district is focused on Broadway, with many businesses and restaurants along the route. Bus routes that run through Everett are 97, 99, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, and 112. Everett Square is a small bus-hub, with bus routes 104, 109, 110, 112 and 97, all served by MBTA. A bus lane exists on Broadway ( MA-99), from Glendale Square (Ferry Street), to Sweetser Circle. The Everett City Hall, Everett Fire Department, Parlin Memorial Library, and a few health centers, businesses and restaurants are centered around Everett Square on Broadway, Norwood St and Chelsea St. Everett Stadium is also near the Square. Route 16 is just south of the Square, allowing quick access to a major highway. Besides Everett Square, Gateway Center just off Route 16 in Everett is a major retail shopping district, with big box stores like Target, The Home Depot, and Costco. While there are no subways stops, the nearest subway station is Wellington Station on the
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Orange Line subway system, which is located in the Revere Beach Parkway off Medford, near the border of the city. The
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stop in Chelsea, and SL3 stop, is located 250 feet out of the city's southern limits. US-1, which provides highway access to Revere and north, and
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and I-93, runs just east of the city, bordering the Woodlawn cemetery. On June 23, 2019, the
Encore Boston Harbor Encore Boston Harbor (previously referred to as Wynn Everett and Wynn Boston Harbor) is a luxury resort and casino located in Everett, Massachusetts (on the border with Boston). It is owned by Realty Income and operated by Wynn Resorts. The r ...
casino (formerly called the Wynn Casino and Resort of Boston) opened on a 33-acre parcel of land along Broadway and the Mystic River in Everett, which had been previously used for industrial purposes. After a remediation process to clean the site, Wynn Resorts constructed Encore Boston as an integrated resort with a hotel, a harborwalk, restaurants, a casino, spa, retail outlets, and meeting and convention space. Public amenities along the year-round harborwalk include a picnic park, paths for bikers and pedestrians, viewing decks, waterfront dining and retail, a performance lawn, floral displays, and boat docks. Wynn Resorts described the $2.6 billion development as "the largest private single-phase construction project in the history of the
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." Everett has an increasing population as people are seeking new households near downtown Boston while not wanting to pay the higher prices of living now associated with surrounding municipalities, such as those in neighborhoods of
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,
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, or Somerville.


Geography

Everett is bordered by Malden on the north, Revere on the east, Chelsea on the southeast, Somerville and Medford on the west, and
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and the
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on the south at Charlestown. Everett is a major part of the Port of Boston. Some of Everett's neighborhoods are Glendale, Woodlawn, the Village, and the Line. Glendale Park is the city's largest park. According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (7.63%) is water.


Climate

In a typical year, Everett, Massachusetts temperatures fall below 50F° for 195 days per year. Annual precipitation is typically 44.2 inches per year (high in the US) and snow covers the ground 52 days per year or 14.2% of the year (high in the US). It may be helpful to understand the yearly precipitation by imagining 9 straight days of moderate rain per year. The humidity is below 60% for approximately 25.4 days or 7% of the year.


Demographics

As of the
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, there were 41,667 people, 15,435 households, and 9,554 families residing in the city. The
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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 53.6% Non-Hispanic Whites, 14.3%
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, 4.8% Asian, 0.4%
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, 2% from other races, and 3.8% were
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.
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or Latino of any race were 21.1% of the population (9.3% Salvadoran, 3.0% Puerto Rican, 1.1% Colombian, 1.1% Dominican, 1.0% Guatemalan, 0.8%
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). The city also has a large number of people of Brazilian and Italian descent. In 2010, 33% of the residents of Everett were born outside the United States. This percentage was around 11% in 1990. There were 15,435 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were
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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. 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 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $49,737. The median income for a family is $49,876. Males had a median income of $36,047 versus $30,764 for females. The
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for the city was $23,876. About 9.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the
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, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.


Government


Local

Everett has a mayor-council form of government, where the
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serves a four-year term. The Everett
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was the last existing bicameral legislature in any American city, consisting of a
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and a Common Council. As of November 8, 2011, it became a unicameral City Council. ;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 citywide 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 licenses, antique and precious metal dealers. ;Common Council The Common Council consisted of three members elected per ward for a total of eighteen members. The Common Council shared equal responsibility for most legislative actions with the exception of licensing and confirmation of most Mayoral appointees.


State

Everett is represented in the
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by officials elected from the following districts: *
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* Massachusetts House of Representatives' 28th Middlesex district


Voter party enrollment


Education

Everett has eight public schools, which include six elementary schools, five K–8 schools, and one high school, Everett High School. The city also has one Private K–8 school and had a private Catholic high school, Pope John XXIII High School, which was forced, due to financial difficulties, to close on May 31, 2019. Everett High School moved to its new location, at 100 Elm Street, beginning in the 2007–2008 school year.


Sites of interest

Part of the historic
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listed on the
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, lies in Everett. On September 16, 2014, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve  Wynn Resorts' proposal for a $1.6 billion casino to be located in Everett. It is now owned and operated by Encore, named
Encore Boston Harbor Encore Boston Harbor (previously referred to as Wynn Everett and Wynn Boston Harbor) is a luxury resort and casino located in Everett, Massachusetts (on the border with Boston). It is owned by Realty Income and operated by Wynn Resorts. The r ...
Resort, and opened on June 23, 2019. It is partially in Boston.


Industries

The
Mystic Generating Station The Mystic Generating Station is a power station in the state of Massachusetts (on the border between Everett and Boston) which has the highest nameplate capacity of any station in the state. It is capable of burning both natural gas and petrol ...
has been producing electricity since the early twentieth century. It was built by Boston Edison and is now operated by Exelon. It has the largest capacity of any electrical plant in the state. The Leavitt Corporation has been manufacturing its trademark Teddie Peanut Butter in the city since 1924.


Notable people

See also :People from Everett, Massachusetts *
Belden Bly Belden Gerald Bly Jr. (September 29, 1914 in Everett, Massachusetts – November 3, 2006 in Wakefield, Massachusetts) was an American teacher and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for 16 terms from 1949 to 1980, representing ...
, member of the
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* Pat Bradley, Arkansas basketball player and sports commentator *
Matthew W. Bullock Matthew Washington Bullock (September 11, 1881 – December 17, 1972) was an American football player and coach who rose to distinction in many fields, and many of them with instances of racism in opposition to his life and skill, through whic ...
, Everett High School sports star, Dartmouth and
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graduate, pioneering football coach, state government appointed service and national leader in the
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and the Bahá'í Faith *
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,
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and head of the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development *
George Russell Callender Brig. Gen. George Russell Callender (1884–1973) was an American physician and army officer. He was the commandant of the Medical Department Professional Service Schools in Washington, D. C. (now known as the Walter Reed Army Institute of Rese ...
, military official and
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* Walter Tenney Carleton, founding director of the
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*
Walter Carrington Walter C. Carrington (July 24, 1930 – August 11, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal and Nigeria. Carrington served as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal from 19 ...
, US Ambassador to Nigeria & Senegal *
Benjamin Castleman Benjamin Castleman (May 17, 1906, Everett, Massachusetts – June 29, 1982, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American physician and pathologist best known for describing Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia), which is named a ...
,
pathologist Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in th ...
and namesake of Castleman's disease * Lewis Cine, football player for the
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* Patricia Courtney,
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player * Arthur Dearborn,
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athlete * Johnny Dell Isola, former
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player *
Louis DeLuca Louis DeLuca (born August 17, 1933) is a retired businessman and a Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician in the United States. He served as the state senator for the 32nd District of Connecticut until November 30, 2007. P ...
, member of the
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* Omar Easy, NFL football player * Maddy English,
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player * Diamond Ferri, CFL & NFL player * Hub Hart, MLB catcher * Pat Hughes, NFL player * Brian Kelly, LSU head football coach * John P. Kennedy, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives * George Keverian, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives * Rob Mello Actor,writer, director, U.S. Marine *
Torbert Macdonald Torbert Hart Macdonald (June 6, 1917 – May 21, 1976) was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 u ...
, member of the
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* Hermon Atkins MacNeil, sculptor *
Mary Eliza Mahoney Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nu ...
, first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States (not from Everett but is buried there) * A. David Mazzone,
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and attorney * George J. Mead, aircraft
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* Gertrude Nason, artist *
Nerlens Noel Nerlens Noel (born April 10, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His collegiate basketball career ended in his first season with a tear of his anterior cruciate ...
, Oklahoma City Thunder center * Andrew "Swede" Oberlander, College Football Hall of Famer *
Al Pierotti Albert Felix Pierotti (October 24, 1895 – February 12, 1964) was a professional American football center and Major League Baseball pitcher. Football career Pierotti played in the American Professional Football League with the Akron Pros, Cle ...
, football, baseball, pro wrestling * Ellen Pompeo, actress * Dan Ross, NFL player * Danny Silva, MLB player,
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assistant coach, WWI and
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veteran, longtime Everett teacher and coach * Paul L. Smith, actor * Jim Tozzi, member of the
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art collective responsible for
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shows like Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, and
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*
Joseph Frank Wehner Joseph Frank Wehner (20 September 1895 – 18 September 1918), also known as Fritz Wehner, was an American fighter pilot and wingman to Frank Luke. Early life Wehner was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on 20 September 1895. Wehner's athletic a ...
, fighter pilot during
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In popular culture

* Everett was home to the set of the 2012 ABC series Boston's Finest. * The 2007 Ben Affleck film Gone Baby Gone was partially filmed and set in Everett. * The old Everett High School was used for the filming of scenes for the
Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in numerous Hollywood films, those of wh ...
movie That's My Boy, the Kevin James movie Here Comes the Boom, and most recently
Ghostbusters (2016 film) ''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call'', marketed simply as ''Ghostbusters'', is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Lesli ...
starring Melissa McCarthy,
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, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones.


References


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.

* ''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 onin Everett Mass 4 Everett deaths and Deaths in the Town of en49DelorPendre Corey, published 1903.


External links


Official website

Everett Public Libraries

Everett Independent newspaper


at City Data
Everett Leader Herald
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