Ipswich, Massachusetts
Population: 4,132
Located in Essex County
Ipswich, Massachusetts, one of the oldest towns in the United States, founded in 1633, is centrally located on the North Shore of Massachusetts, approximately 28 miles north of Boston. The town is 33 square miles and has a landscape that includes marshes, dunes and beaches, uplands, forests, fields, and farmland. Ipswich, Massachusetts is well known for its early 17th century homes with more than forty houses built prior to 1725 still standing and occupied. It has a very distinct in-town residential and business district and several industrial sections. The town encompasses seven hills, and through its heart runs the Ipswich River. The river has its source some 45 miles to the west and flows fresh through the center of town, where it becomes tidal and salt, as it completes its journey to the Atlantic Ocean. The town contains a variety of industries and businesses. Ipswich is also well known for its shellfish, the famous "Ipswich Clams", and nearby are several shellfish processing plants. In addition to its well rounded business community, the town has several large farms that sell their produce locally, and a family-run orchard that caters to "picking-your-own" style outings. Ipswich, Massachusetts is one of the few communities in Massachusetts with its own diesel operated lighting plant which helps to reduce our power rates. A town with a rich and diversified community life, cultural and civic organizations, fifteen churches and three seminaries. Every town thinks itself unique and special, but Ipswich, Massachusetts truly is, because of its people, its place in history, its institutions, its location and landscape. Birthplace of American Independence, First lace making Town in America, Birthplace of American Hosiery, Home of the original and famous Ipswich Clam, Historic Homes and Crane Beach. The Whipple House, owned by the Ipswich Historical Society, is an outstanding example of 17th Century architecture. Here visitors are given the opportunity to study in leisurely fashion the enormous fireplaces, original pine paneling, beautifully chamfered chestnut beams, gunstock posts, pegged construction and overhang. Furnishings are of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Historical Society has been building this collection since 1890. Here, also, one may see a charming 17th century garden with more than 60 different plants. The Whipple House is one of the oldest buildings standing in New England. Courtesy of ipswichma.com
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