Editing Peabody, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|43.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|42.0|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 3.46%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2552490| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Peabody city, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 10, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052554/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2552490| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The northwestern border of Peabody lies along the [[Ipswich River]], with brooks feeding it, and the Waters River, a tributary of the Danvers River, drains the northeastern part of town. Several other ponds and a portion of Suntaug Lake lie within town. The largest protected portion of the city is the Brooksby Farm, whose land includes the [[Nathaniel Felton Houses]].

The city is wedge-shaped, with the city center located in the wider northeastern end. The neighborhood of South Peabody lies south of it, and the more suburban neighborhood of West Peabody, where the high school is located, lies to the west of the city center, separated by the highways and the Proctor neighborhood. Peabody's center is {{convert|2|mi|0}} from the center of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], {{convert|15|mi}} northeast of [[Boston]], {{convert|18|mi}} west-southwest of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]], and {{convert|18|mi}} southeast of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]]. Peabody is also bordered by [[Middleton, Massachusetts|Middleton]] to the northwest, [[Danvers, Massachusetts|Danvers]] to the north, Salem to the east, [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]] to the south and [[Lynnfield, Massachusetts|Lynnfield]] to the southwest.