Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,569. It is located 20 miles (32 km) north of Boston and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Lawrence. Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Andover. It is twinned with its namesake: Andover, Hampshire, England.
Northeast
Andover
Essex County, MA
Population
36,389
Walk Score
91 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$2,037
Median home value
$756,600
Settled
1634
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Academy Hill Historic District · listed 1982
- Andover Village Industrial District · listed 1982
- Ballardvale District · listed 1982
- Central Street District · listed 1982
- Main Street-Locke · listed 1982
- Shawsheen Village Historic District · listed 1979
- Tyer Rubber Company
- West Parish Center District · listed 1982
Notable landmarks
- Abbot Tavern · listed 1982
- Abbot, Asa and Sylvester, House · listed 1982
- Abbot, Benjamin, House · listed 1975
- Abbot, J. T., House · listed 1982
- Abbot-Baker House · listed 1982
- Abbot-Battles House · listed 1982
- Abbot-Stinson House · listed 1990
- Andover National Bank · listed 1982
- Andover Town Hall · listed 1982
- Arden · listed 1982
- Bailey, Timothy P., House · listed 1982
- Barnard Block · listed 1982
- Blanchard-Upton House · listed 1990
- Bradlee School · listed 1982
- Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House · listed 1982
- Chandler-Hidden House · listed 1982
- Chickering House · listed 1982
- Cochran,Jehiel, House · listed 1982
- Dascomb House · listed 1982
- Flint Farm · listed 1982
- Follansbee House · listed 1982
- Foster, William, House · listed 1990
- Frye, Nathan, House · listed 1982
- Gray, David, House · listed 1982
- Harding, Sarah H., House · listed 1982
- …and 19 more
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