Lynnfield

History

The town of Lynnfield was first settled in 1638 and was made a district separate from Lynn in 1782. It was later officially incorporated in 1814. Historically, Lynnfield functioned as two separate villages connected by one governing body: in Lynnfield Center resided a mostly agricultural population, while South Lynnfield was a crossroad situated amongst neighboring larger towns. During this time, the town had two inns, a granite rock quarry, a small, carbonated beverage bottler, and various eating institutions. The stagecoach line north from Boston to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, known locally as the "Newburyport Turnpike", ran through South Lynnfield. Later this roadway became U.S. Route 1, the route which brought many people north to the small town during the post-World War II population surge. Lynnfield had attractions such as horse shows and ballroom dancing. Lynnfield has since become a modern, chiefly residential suburb of Boston. Along with the communities of Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Marblehead, Danvers, Middleton, Andover, Methuen, Haverhill, Amesbury and Salisbury, Lynnfield was a part of "The Gerry-mander" so described by the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812. Lynnfield Center retained limited commuter rail service, via the Boston & Maine Railroad, into the late 1950s/early 1960s with a small railroad boarding platform located not far from the current Town Hall offices. When, in the 1960s, the United States Post Office implemented the Zone Improvement Program with five-digit numerical codes, Lynnfield was assigned two ZIP codes, 01940 and 01944, for the Lynnfield Center and the South Lynnfield post offices, respectively. Later, 01944 was reassigned to Manchester (now Manchester-by-the-Sea); South Lynnfield currently shares Zip Code 01940 with Lynnfield Center.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  84,207
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  80,824
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  80,417
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  79,528
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  70,041
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  68,789
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  65,246
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  64,881

Largest nearby schools

• Lynn English High
  High · Lynn · 2,176 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Classical High
  High · Lynn · 1,818 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School
  High · Hathorne · 1,694 students · 11.2:1 ratio
• KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School
  Other · Lynn · 1,612 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
  Other · Lynn · 1,523 students · 12.5:1 ratio
• Peabody Veterans Memorial High
  High · Peabody · 1,476 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Beverly Middle School
  Middle · Beverly · 1,367 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• J Henry Higgins Middle
  Middle · Peabody · 1,346 students · 13.2:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2025-01-27
  9 km SE of York Harbor, Maine
• M 2.7 — 2023-12-23
  5 km SW of Chichester, New Hampshire
• M 2.7 — 2018-02-15
  0 km SE of East Kingston, New Hampshire
• M 2.61 — 2013-10-11
  New Hampshire
• M 3.15 — 2010-09-26
  2 km SW of Canterbury, New Hampshire
• M 2.9 — 2010-06-07
  29 km SE of York Beach, Maine