Saugus

History

Native Americans inhabited the area around Saugus for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers in the 1620s. At the time of European arrival, the Naumkeag, also known as Pawtucket, under the leadership of Montowampate were based near present-day Saugus and controlled land extending from what is now Boston to the Merrimack River. English settlers took the name Sagus or Saugus from the Pawtucket word for "outlet", and used the term to refer to the Saugus River and the region that includes the present day cities and towns of Swampscott, Nahant, Lynn, Lynnfield, Reading, North Reading and Wakefield) which were later renamed Lin or Lynn in 1637, after King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. In 1646, the Saugus Iron Works, then called Hammersmith, began operations. It was the first integrated iron works in North America as well as one of the most technologically advanced in the world. The Iron Works produced over one ton of iron a day but was not financially successful. It closed around 1670. In September 1687, Major Samuel Appleton was said to have given a speech from a rocky cliff near the Iron Works denouncing the tyranny of Colonial Governor Sir Edmund Andros. The place where he is said to have delivered the speech became known as Appleton's Pulpit. Nearly 100 men from Saugus fought in the American Revolutionary War. Saugus' preacher, Parson Joseph Roby, worked to strengthen the spirit of independence in Saugus and was instrumental in seeing that Saugus sent a large contingent to fight in the war. The nineteenth century ice industry began in Saugus when in 1804 Frederic Tudor cut ice from a pond on the family farm and shipped it to Martinique. In 1805 the Newburyport Turnpike (now U.S. 1) was built. About four miles of this road were built in Saugus. At…

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  124,407
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  115,092
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  106,231
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  104,739
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  99,015
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  96,362
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  88,803
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  88,244

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 2.9 — 2010-06-07
  29 km SE of York Beach, Maine
• M 2.8 — 2008-03-09
  25 km SE of York Beach, Maine
• M 2.5 — 2007-10-19
  2 km WSW of Littleton Common, Massachusetts