ABOUT

Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,502 at the 2010 census.

History
Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, the area was first settled in 1626 by Roger Conant. Because of religious differences with Governor John Endecott, Beverly would be set off and officially incorporated in 1668, when it was named "Beverley" after Beverley, the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Beverly has also been called the "birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution,"[citation needed] as the site of the first cotton mill in America (1787), and largest cotton mill of its time. The town is the home of one of the country's first Sunday schools (which was built in 1810). Beverly was incorporated as a city in 1894.