Welcome to Lynnfield

Lynnfield is a friendly community that is well known for its civic, cultural and charitable spirit. Town government and community groups rely on the town’s spirit of volunteerism. It is a primarily suburban community, with two major highways traversing the town and providing easy access to the region’s employment centers, as well as cultural, recreational and educational opportunities. It is primarily a residential community, with business districts located along the highways. Housing is primarily single-family homes, with some townhouse and apartment units. The town center is a traditional New England green, with the 1714 Meeting House the visual centerpiece of the town common.

Key Details

  • Settled - 1638

  • Incorporated - 1814

  • County - Essex

  • Zip code - 01940

Area

  • Total - 10.5 sq mi (27.1 km2)

  • Land - 9.9 sq mi (25.6 km2)

  • Water - 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)

Population (2010) 

  •  Total - 11,596

  •  Density - 1,100/sq mi (430/km2)

Resources

  • 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 Two 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.

  • Lynnfield Public Schools operates area public schools. Lynnfield High School is the district's public high school. The area is also served by Lynnfield Middle School, Huckleberry Hill Elementary School and Summer Street Elementary School. Our Lady of the Assumption is a Catholic school.

    The school system consistently has one of the highest standardized test scores of the state. In 2005, Lynnfield High School was named a Blue Ribbon School by the Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. In Boston Magazine's 2012 rankings of public high schools, Lynnfield High School was ranked 28th in the state. In 2014, Lynnfield High School was ranked 22nd in the state by U.S. News & World Report

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Location

Lynnfield lies along the western border of Essex County, and is bordered by the Middlesex County towns of Wakefield to the southwest, Reading to the west, and North Reading to the north and northwest. Within Essex County, the town is bordered by Peabody to the northeast, Lynn to the southeast, and Saugus to the south. The town commons lies 9 miles (14 km) west of Salem, 14 miles (23 km) north of Boston, and 15 miles (24 km) south of Lawrence.

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