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Beaver Brook

Ghost town · Essex County, Massachusetts

Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)
Salem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Beaver Brook is a ghost town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is one of 5 former communities in Essex County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 13 Massachusetts counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beaver Brook as a historical populated place on the Salem topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.5793° N, 70.9578° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSalem
Elevation60 ft
Nearest living townDanvers, MA
Distance to it0.5 miles
GNIS feature ID617553
Coordinates42.57926, -70.95783

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What's there now

Beaver Brook is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Danvers, MA (population 27,924), about 0.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 60 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Beaver Brook?

Beaver Brook is in Essex County, Massachusetts, at 42.5793, -70.9578.

How many ghost towns are in Essex County?

Essex County, Massachusetts has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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