Everett (Massachusetts)
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Everett is a city in Middlesex County in the state of the United States, Massachusetts in the United States near Boston. The population is 41,667 people according to the 2010 census. Everett is the only remaining city in the U.S. with a two-chamber system, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and a 18-member Common Council.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Board of Aldermen
- 3.2 Common Council
- 3.3 Mayor
- 4.1 parks
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Expansion of the urban area
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 9.5 square kilometers (3.7 square miles), of which 8.8 square kilometers ( 3.4 square miles) land and 0.7 square miles ( 0.3 square miles) of water surface (equivalent to 7.63% of the total area ).
Neighboring communities
In the north of Everett Malden, Revere on the east, Chelsea is located in the southeast, Boston (4.1 miles away) and the Mystic River in the south and Somerville and Medford in the West.
History
Everett was originally a part of Charlestown and Malden later. The city was named after the politician and teacher Edward Everett. With the visit of George Washington in the town of the former Hospital Hill was renamed George Washington Hill.
Population Development
Based on the census of 2000, Everett had 38 037 inhabitants spread over 15 435 households and 9,554 families. The population density was 11,241 people per square mile, or 4,345 persons per square kilometer. There were 15,908 housing units at a density of 4,701 units per square mile ( 1,817 units per square kilometer).
The city's population was composed as follows: 79.9 % White, 6.3% African American, 0.3% Indigenous American, 3.2 % Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.0% other races, and 5, 4% two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos accounted for 9.5% of the population. There live many Italians in the city.
27.5 % of households had children under the age of 18, 41.8 % were married couples, 15.2 % of households led by single women and 38.1 % of households were not classified as a family. In 31.3 % of households were living Singles, 11.8% were single elderly over 65 years. The average household size was 2.45 persons and the average family size was 3.11 persons.
The age distribution can be taken from the diagram. The median household income was 40 661 U.S. dollars, the median family income $ 49,876. Males have a median income of $ 36,047 compared with $ 30,764 for women. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,845. 9.2% of families and 11.8 % of the urban population living below the poverty line, including 16.9% under the age of 18 years and 10.0 % over 65 years.
Policy
The city council consists of a bicameral: the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council.
Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen consists of seven members: each one comes from one of the six wards of the city, an additional Alderman is elected for the city as a whole. All aldermen are elected for two years.
In addition to their duties which they perform together with the Common Council, the aldermen act as the licensing authority of the city and give the necessary licenses out for all commercial facilities in Everett.
Common Council
The Common Council consists of 18 members, of whom three are elected from a ward. The body is responsible for most of the aspects of the legislature.
Mayor
The mayor is elected for two years.
Culture and sights
Parks
- Glendale Park, Elm St, Everett, MA, 02149
Economy and infrastructure
The Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC currently operates a LNG terminal in Everett. This covers an area of 145 688 square meters (35 acres) and has been in operation since 1971.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Bill Berglund - Hockey Goalkeeper
- Belden Bly - teachers and politicians
- Pat Bradley - Basketball player and coach
- George Brickley - Baseball Outfielder
- Vannevar Bush - Engineering
- Walter Tenney Carleton - businessman
- Benjamin Castleman - pathologist
- Arthur Dearborn - Discus Thrower
- Jim Del Gaizo - Football Quarterback
- Louis DeLuca - businessman and politician
- Omar Easy - Football Running Back
- Maddy English - Baseball player
- Mike Esposito - Football Running Back
- Diamond Ferri - Football Defensive Back
- Mike Fidler - Ice Hockey Player
- H.R. Gray - businessman
- Hub Hart - Baseball Catcher
- Varty Hart - jazz saxophonist and club owner
- Pat Hughes - Football Linebacker
- Brian Kelly - Football Coach ( from Chelsea, but was born in a hospital in Everett )
- William H. Kennedy - author and radio personality
- George Keverian - politicians
- Arminio Lozzi - cartoonist, artist
- Torbert Macdonald - congressman
- A. David Mazzone - Judge
- Paul McCauley - Mountaineers
- Martin P. Paone - Secretary at U.S. Senate
- Mark Pesce - author, researcher and teacher
- Ellen Pompeo - star of Grey's Anatomy
- Dan Ross - NFL star and Super Bowl XVI record breaker
- Dwight Shepler - U.S. naval officer and painter
- Joseph Saccardo - U.S. Marine Corporal, employed by the Department of Homeland Security of the United States
- Danny Silva - Baseball third baseman
- Steve Strachan - Football Running Back
- Ramiro Torres - Local radio and television personality for WJMN -FM and NESN
- Sumner Whittier - Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ( 1953 to 1957 )
- George Russell Callender, Brigadier General, founding commander of the Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course
Others
- The city is location of the new ABC pilot to Boston 's Finest.
- Everett was also a filming location for the movie Gone Baby Gone ( 2007) with Ben Affleck as a director.
- The high school of the city was for the shooting of I Hate You, Dad (2012, inter alia, with Adam Sandler ) and Here Comes the Boom (2012, including Kevin James ) are used.