Everett, Massachusetts

Everett was originally part of Charlestown, and later Malden. It separated from Malden in 1870.[5] The community was named after Edward Everett,[6] who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State. He also served as President of Harvard University.[7]

In 1892, Everett was upgraded from a town to a city. On December 13, 1892, Alonzo H. Evans defeated George E. Smith to become Everett's first mayor.[8] Landfill has expanded the Everett shoreline over the centuries.[9] At some point between 1905[10] and 1912,[11] it connected the mainland to what was formerly White Island in the Mystic River. The bridge of the Grand Junction Railroad was originally built using this island for part of the crossing.

In 1971, Distrigas of Massachusetts began importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its Everett Marine Terminal in the Island End section of Everett.[12] This terminal was the first of its kind in the country.[13]

On September 16, 2014, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve Wynn Resorts' proposal for a $1.6 billion casino to be located on a 33-acre site on the Mystic River in Everett.[14] The casino, named Encore Boston Harbor, opened on June 23, 2019.[15] After a remediation process to clean the site, Wynn Resorts constructed[16] Encore Boston as an integrated resort with a hotel, a harborwalk, restaurants, a casino, spa, retail outlets, and meeting and convention space.[17] Public amenities along the year-round harborwalk include a picnic park, paths for bikers and pedestrians, viewing decks, waterfront dining and retail,[18] a performance lawn, floral displays,[19] and boat docks.[20] Wynn Resorts described the $2.6 billion development as "the largest private single-phase construction project in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."[21]

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 Boston, Cambridge, or Somerville.

Everett is bordered by Malden on the north, Revere on the east, Chelsea on the southeast, Somerville and Medford on the west, and Boston and the Mystic River on the south at Charlestown. Island End River flows through the city, though it was contained in a culvert and invisible to residents until being partly unearthed in 2021.[22] 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 United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²), of which 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²) (7.63%) is water.

In a typical year, Everett, Massachusetts temperatures fall below 50 °F (10 °C) 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.[23]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 41,667 people, 15,435 households, and 9,554 families residing in the city. The population density was 11,241.1 inhabitants per square mile (4,340.2/km²). There were 15,908 housing units at an average density of 4,701.3 per square mile (1,815.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 53.6% Non-Hispanic Whites, 14.3% African American, 4.8% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 2% from other races, and 3.8% were multiracial. Hispanic 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% Mexican).[34] The city also has a large number of people of Brazilian and Italian descent.[35] In 2010, 33% of the residents of Everett were born outside the United States. This percentage was around 11% in 1990.[36]

There were 15,435 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples 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 per capita income for the city was $23,876. About 9.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

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.

Part of the historic Revere Beach Parkway listed on the National Register of Historic Places, lies in Everett.

The Mystic Generating Station 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.

Besides Everett Square, Gateway Center just off Route 16 in Everett is a major retail shopping district with big box stores.

Everett's business district is focused on Broadway (part of Route 99), with many businesses and restaurants along the route. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates public buses through the city, which includes several routes that converge at a hub at Everett Square. A bus lane exists on Broadway, from Glendale Square (Ferry Street), to Sweetser Circle. MBTA also operates a subway system that includes Wellington, which lies just west of the Everett city limits in nearby Medford, and a commuter rail system with a stop in Chelsea to the southeast. Route 16 traverses the southern area of the city, providing access to U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 93. Both highways run just outside of the city limits and provide connections to Boston.

See also Category:People from Everett, Massachusetts

View of Everett Square in 1902

1852 Map of the Boston area showing South Malden, which later became Everett

• Belden Bly, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Pat Bradley, Arkansas basketball player and sports commentator
• Matthew W. Bullock, Everett High School sports star, Dartmouth and Harvard Law School graduate, pioneering football coach, state government appointed service and national leader in the Urban League and the Bahá'í Faith
• Vannevar Bush, engineer and head of the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development
• George Russell Callender, military official and author
• Walter Tenney Carleton, founding director of the NEC Corporation
• Walter Carrington, US Ambassador to Nigeria & Senegal
• Benjamin Castleman, pathologist and namesake of Castleman's disease
• Lewis Cine, football player for the Minnesota Vikings
• Patricia Courtney, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Arthur Dearborn, Olympic track and field athlete
• Johnny Dell Isola, former National Football League player
• Louis DeLuca, member of the Connecticut Senate
• Omar Easy, NFL football player
• Maddy English, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 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
• Torbert Macdonald, member of the United States House of Representatives
• Hermon Atkins MacNeil, sculptor
• Mary Eliza Mahoney, 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, judge and attorney
• George J. Mead, aircraft engineer
• Gertrude Nason, artist
• Nerlens Noel, Oklahoma City Thunder center
• Andrew "Swede" Oberlander, College Football Hall of Famer
• Al Pierotti, football, baseball, pro wrestling
• Ellen Pompeo, actress
• Dan Ross, NFL player
• Danny Silva, MLB player, Boston Celtics assistant coach, WWI and WWII veteran, longtime Everett teacher and coach
• Paul L. Smith, actor
• Jim Tozzi, member of the PFFR art collective responsible for Adult Swim shows like Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, and The Shivering Truth
• Joseph Frank Wehner, fighter pilot during World War I

• 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 movie That's My Boy, the Kevin James movie Here Comes the Boom, and most recently Ghostbusters (2016 film) starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones.

• 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.
• Old USGS maps of Everett.
• 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.

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• Official website
• Everett Public Libraries
• Everett Independent newspaper
• Profile at City Data
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