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=== Timeline === {{hidden begin |title = Timeline of Haverhill, Massachusetts |titlestyle = background:#F8F8FF;width:90% }} * 1640 - European settlers arrive.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1645 ** Town of Haverhill incorporated.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} ** First Parish Church founded.<ref>{{Citation |publisher = C.C. Morse & Son, printers |location = Haverhill, Mass |title = Historical Sketch of First Parish, Haverhill, Mass |author = Frank A. Gilmore |date = 1895 |oclc = 15062015 |ol = 6909262M }}</ref> * 1679 - Town becomes part of [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ |title=Massachusetts: Individual County Chronologies |work=Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |author=Scholl Center for American History and Culture |publisher=[[Newberry Library]] |location=Chicago |access-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305011359/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1697 - [[Hannah Duston]] captured during [[King William's War]]. * 1708 - Town raided during [[Queen Anne's War]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1735 - [[Diphtheria]] epidemic.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * 1789 - [[George Washington]] visits town. * 1790 - Population: 2,408. * 1796 - Haverhill Social Library organized.<ref name=davies>{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author= Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref> * 1803 - [[Bradford College (United States)|Bradford Academy]] founded. * 1812 - Haverhill Musical Society organized.{{sfn|Bridgman|1879}} * 1814 - Merrimack Bank incorporated.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1818 - Haverhill and Boston Stage Coach in operation. * 1821 - ''[[Haverhill Gazette]]'' begins publication. * 1826 - [[Influenza]] outbreak.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} * 1835 - Farrington & Chace shoe manufactory in business.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1837 - [[Andover and Haverhill Railroad]] begins operating. * 1840 - Population: 4,336.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau }}</ref> * 1850 - Population: 5,877. * 1851 - [[Rowland Hussey Macy|Macy's]] dry good shop in business.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} * 1852 - Haverhill Athenaeum established.<ref name=davies /> * 1853 - Smiley & Sons machinery dealer in business.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1859 - Haverhill Library Association established.<ref name=davies /> * 1868 ** [[Primrose Street Schoolhouse]] built. ** Herman F. Morse & Co. picture store in business.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1869 - Morse & Son's Circulating Library in business.<ref name=davies /> * 1870 - City of Haverhill incorporated. * 1871 - Haverhill Hat Company incorporated.{{sfn|Board of Trade|1889}} * 1873 - Fire.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1875 - [[Winnekenni Castle]] (residence) built. * 1877 - Jennings & Spaulding and E.H. Emerson & Co. shoe manufactories in business.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1878 - Haverhill Furniture Exchange in business.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} * 1880 - Population: 18,472.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1882 - February - Fire.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1883 - Merrimac Bridge constructed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma1421/ |title=Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, Essex County, MA |work=Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) |access-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref> * 1885 ** Bon Ton Bazar opens.{{sfn|Industries|1886}} ** Pentucket Wheel Club organized.<ref>{{cite web |title=Outing (magazine) |date=August 1885 }}</ref> * 1889 ** City Hall rebuilt.{{sfn|Board of Trade|1889}} ** [[Intervale Factory]] built. * 1890 - John C. Tilton Elementary School was built. * 1895 - [[Peabody School (Haverhill, Massachusetts)|Peabody School]] built. * 1897 - Town of [[Bradford, Massachusetts|Bradford]] becomes part of Haverhill. * 1898 ** [[John C. Chase]] (socialist) becomes mayor. ** Haverhill Historical Society incorporated.<ref>{{cite journal |title=List of Historical Societies in Massachusetts |journal=Old-Time New England |date=July 1921 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |edition=Preliminary |title=Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Massachusetts |publisher=[[Historical Records Survey]] |location=Boston |author=Works Progress Administration |year= 1939 |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015034759541|author-link = Works Progress Administration}}</ref> * 1900 - Population: 37,175.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=81}} * 1901 - [[St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Haverhill|St. Michael the Archangel Parish]] founded. * 1906 - [[Haverhill Board of Trade Building|Board of Trade Building]] constructed. * 1916 - Rotary Club established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haverhillrotary.com/cms2/history/ |title=History |publisher=Rotary Club of Haverhill |access-date=October 26, 2013 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195315/http://www.haverhillrotary.com/cms2/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1947 - [[WHAV]] radio begins broadcasting. * 1961 - [[Northern Essex Community College]] opens. * 1972 - [[Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School]] established. * 1988 - Haverhill Community Television incorporated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haverhillcommunitytv.org/|title=HC Media - Investing in our community.|website=HC Media|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> * 1989 - [[Mason and Hamlin|Mason & Hamlin]] piano manufactory relocates to Haverhill. * 1997 - [[John F. Tierney]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Massachusetts's 6th congressional district]]. * 1998 - Pentucket Lake School Opens * 2003 ** City website online.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030322050409/http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/ |url= http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/ |archive-date= 2003-03-22 |title= City of Haverhill Official Website |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> ** James J. Fiorentini elected mayor. Mayor Fiorentini is the longest-serving mayor in Haverhill's history, which has had Mayors since 1870.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the Mayors |publisher=[[United States Conference of Mayors]] |location=Washington, DC |url=http://usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627104834/http://www.usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2013 }}</ref> * 2007 - [[Niki Tsongas]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Massachusetts's 5th congressional district]]. * 2008 ** Spotlight Playhouse founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spotlightplayhouse.org/history.html |title=History |publisher=Spotlight Playhouse |location=Haverhill |access-date=October 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022074141/http://spotlightplayhouse.org/history.html |archive-date=October 22, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emact.org/membership/member_directory.asp |title=Member Directory |publisher=Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres |access-date=October 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030022408/http://www.emact.org/membership/member_directory.asp |archive-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> ** [[Zion Bible College]] relocates to Haverhill. * 2010 - Population: 60,879. {{hidden end}} <gallery mode="packed" heights="120px"> Image:1850 lithograph of Haverhill, Massachusetts from Silver Hill.jpg|View of Haverhill, 1850 Image:1876 bird's eye view map of Haverhill, Massachusetts.jpg|Map of Haverhill, 1876 Image:City hall Haverhill Massachusetts postcard.jpg|City Hall, built 1889 Image:1902 TeddyRoosevelt in Haverhill Massachusetts LC 1s01959u.jpg|Teddy Roosevelt addressing crowd in Haverhill, 1902 Image:2008 aerial Haverhill Massachusetts 2538890730.jpg|Aerial view of Haverhill, 2008 </gallery>
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