EVERETT

everett, a city of middlesex county, massachusetts, u.s.a., adjoining chelsea and 3 m. n. of boston, of which it is a residential suburb. pop. (1880) 4159; (1890) 11,068; (1900) 24,336, of whom 6882 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 33,484. it covers an area of about 3 sq. m. and is served by the boston & maine railway and by interurban electric lines. everett has the frederick e. parlin memorial library (1878), the shute memorial library (1898), the whidden memorial hospital and woodlawn cemetery (176 acres). the principal manufactures are coke, chemicals and boots and shoes; among others are iron and structural steel. according to the u.s. census of manufactures (1905), "the coke industry in everett is unique, inasmuch as illuminating gas is the primary product and coke really a by-product, while the coal used is brought from mines located in nova scotia." the value of the city's total factory product increased from $4,437,180 in 1900 to $6,135,650 in 1905 or 38.3%. everett was first settled about 1630, remaining a part of malden (and being known as south malden) until 1870, when it was incorporated as a township. it was chartered as a city in 1892.