Editing West Newbury, Massachusetts

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'''West Newbury''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Essex County, Massachusetts]], United States.  Situated on the [[Merrimack River]], its population was 4,500 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2500977150 |title=Census - Geography Profile: West Newbury town, Essex County, Massachusetts |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Image:Post Office Square, West Newbury, MA.jpg|thumb|left|Post Office Square, {{circa|1905}}]]
Originally inhabited by [[Agawam people|Agawam]] or [[Naumkeag people|Naumkeag]] peoples, West Newbury was settled by English colonists in 1635 as part of neighboring [[Newbury, Massachusetts|Newbury]]. After 15 years of English colonization, a 30 acre section of land around Indian Hill in current day West Newbury was purchased from an indigenous man Great Tom for three pounds.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Perley|first=Sidney|url=http://archive.org/details/indianlandtitles00perl|title=The Indian land titles of Essex County, Massachusetts|date=1912|publisher=Salem, Mass. : Essex Book and Print Club|others=The Library of Congress}}</ref>

On February 18, 1819, the [[General Court of Massachusetts]] passed an act "to incorporate the town of Parsons."<ref>{{harvnb|Currier|1902|p=301}}.</ref> The initial proposals had been made in the late 18th century, but determined resistance from the town of Newbury, which had already lost [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]], blocked the measure for decades. On June 14, 1820, the legislature passed another act to change the name to West Newbury.

West Newbury has evolved from a rural farming town into a community<ref>{{cite book |last1=Merrimack Valley Planning Commission |last2=JM Goldson community preservation + planning |title=Town of West Newbury Housing Production Plan 2018-2022 |date=2018 |pages=9 |url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/westnewburyma/files/uploads/westnewbury_hpp_2018-final.pdf |access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> facing the issues of balancing development and need for affordable housing<ref>{{cite book |last1=Merrimack Valley Planning Commission |last2=JM Goldson community preservation + planning |title=Town of West Newbury Housing Production Plan 2018-2022 |date=2018 |pages=28 |url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/westnewburyma/files/uploads/westnewbury_hpp_2018-final.pdf |access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Muldoon |first1=John P. |title=Affordable Housing by Community on the North Shore |url=http://thelocalne.ws/2018/08/23/affordable-housing-by-community-on-the-north-shore/ |access-date=August 18, 2019 |work=The Local Ne.ws |date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> against the townspeople's desire to maintain West Newbury's rural charm and character<ref>{{cite web |title=West Newbury |url=https://essexheritage.org/attractions-all-towns?field_location_locality=West%20Newbury |website=Essex Natural Heritage Area}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Town of West Newbury, West Newbury Open Space Committee |title=Open Space & Recreation Plan |date=2018 |pages=0/3, 4/8 |url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/westnewburyma/files/uploads/osrp18_final.pdf |access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> have been in play for at least fifty years. In 1969 local writer [[Margaret Coit]] called West Newbury a "hill-framed town that [[Lowell Thomas]] once described as 'the Garden of Eden of America,'" saying that as active farming faded away, West Newbury had become, "in its population and pattern of thinking ... virtually a suburb."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coit |first1=Margaret L. |title=Looking Backward and Forward at 150 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/08/17/89367011.html?pageNumber=440 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 17, 1969 |pages=13/440}}</ref>

Between 1820 and the early 1900s, an active Quaker community existed in West Newbury. The Quaker Meetinghouse stood at what is now 114 Turkey Hill Street<ref>{{cite web |last1=West Newbury Historical Commission |title=Quaker Meetinghouse |url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/westnewburyma/files/uploads/quakermeetinghousestory1.pdf |website=Historical Commission |publisher=Town of West Newbury |access-date=December 25, 2019 |date=November 2019}}</ref> and the Quaker Burial Ground, which was established in the 1850s, is located along the Artichoke Reservoir <ref>{{cite web |last1=West Newbury Historical Commission |title=Quaker Cemetery |url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/westnewburyma/files/uploads/quakercemeterystory.pdf |website=Historical Commission |publisher=Town of West Newbury |access-date=December 25, 2019 |date=December 2019}}</ref>

During the 19th century, West Newbury was home to a vibrant industrial scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnewbury.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1436/f/uploads/factorystory.pdf|title=Shoe and comb factories|access-date=March 21, 2023|website=wnewbury.org}}</ref> The town was renowned for its comb making industry. Beginning in the 1840s, small home-based comb shops gave way to large-scale factories that produced horn combs and hair adornments. S.C. Noyes, located at 320 Main Street, was the last remaining comb factory in town and shut its doors in 1904.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/combmakinginamer00walt/page/42/mode/1up | title=Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops | year=1925 | publisher=Boston }}</ref> In addition to comb making, a shoe factory operated where the West Newbury Pizza Company currently exists.

The West Newbury Historical Society, a non-profit, maintains the Hills House Museum at the historic William Hills and Hannah Chase House. The home was built in 1780 and the property contains several outbuildings, one of which is a cobbler's shop. The museum boasts a collection of horn combs and adornments manufactured in West Newbury, along with cooper's tools original to the house.

In 1952, [[Julian Steele|Julian D. Steele]] became the first African-American town Moderator in Massachusetts when he was elected to the position in West Newbury.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Newbury: Julian D. Steele Is New Town Moderator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=28997690&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMzQ3MTU4NSwiaWF0IjoxNTY1NjUwMTMzLCJleHAiOjE1NjU3MzY1MzN9.a_VNPr3p9g-mUlOgq0lk7TDnI9f7zEzksgC36mdoHOg |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=AP |date=March 4, 1952 |pages=25}}</ref>

The town's oldest continually-operating farm is Long Hill Orchard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.longhillorchard.com/about-us.html|title = About Us}}</ref> The farm has been active since 1896, and has a long and intriguing history. Today, in addition to the apple orchard, the farm is home to a popular [[community-supported agriculture]] program and farm to table dining events.

== Geography ==

West Newbury is a part of Massachusetts' [[North Shore (Massachusetts)|North Shore]], as well as the [[Merrimack Valley]] regions of the state.  It lies along the south banks of the [[Merrimack River]], {{convert|10|mi}} upstream from the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The town is located approximately {{convert|13|mi}} northeast of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] and {{convert|34|mi}} north of [[Boston]].  It is bordered by [[Merrimac, Massachusetts|Merrimac]] and [[Amesbury, Massachusetts|Amesbury]] to the north, [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]] to the east, [[Newbury, Massachusetts|Newbury]] to the southeast, [[Groveland, Massachusetts|Groveland]] to the southwest, and [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]] to the west. The Rocks Village Bridge across the Merrimack River is the only access to the northern banks of the river in town; there is no direct route into Merrimac and Amesbury.
[[File:WestNewburyRocksVillageBridge.jpg|thumb|left|Rocks Village Bridge, West Newbury, 2019]]

West Newbury is separated from Newburyport by the Artichoke River and its upper and lower reservoirs. Several other rivers and brooks, including the Indian River, flow through the town. The southern corner of town is part of the Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area, and two other protected areas, the Riverbend Recreation Area and Mill Pond Recreation Area, are located in the northern part of town. The town's highest point is on Archelaus Hill in the center of town. Significant efforts have been made by residents to maintain the rural character of the town through advocacy for the preservation of open spaces. West Newbury is well known for its many hills: Pipestave Hill, Archelaus Hill, Brake Hill, Ilsey Hill, Indian Hill, Long Hill and Meetinghouse Hill.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|38.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 8.65%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): West Newbury town, Essex County, Massachusetts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=September 6, 2012}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1820|1279<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1820/1820a-02.pdf 1820 Census]" (PDF). Secretary of State. 1821. Page 34. Retrieved September 15, 2023.</ref>
 | 1837|1448<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayward |first1=John |title=New England Gazetteer |date=1839 |publisher=John Hayward |location=Boston |page=482 |edition=7th |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5YtKAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PT173&hl=en |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref>
 | 1845|1560<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fowle |first1=William |title=An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children |date=1845 |publisher=Fowle and Capen |location=Boston |page=92 |url=https://archive.org/details/elementarygeogra00fowl/page/92/mode/2up |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref>
 | 1850|1746
 | 1860|2202
 | 1870|2006
 | 1880|1989
 | 1890|1796
 | 1900|1558
 | 1910|1473
 | 1920|1492
 | 1930|1549
 | 1940|1515
 | 1950|1598
 | 1960|1844
 | 1970|2254
 | 1980|2861
 | 1990|3421
 | 2000|4149
 | 2010|4235
 | 2020|4500
 | 2023*|4598
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=May 19, 2024 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}
In 2000 the 4149 were distributed into 1,392 households, and 1,183 families.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=06000US2500977150&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212042955/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=06000US2500977150&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> The racial makeup of the town was 98.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.7% of the population. In March 1952, [[Julian Steele]], the sole African-American voter among some 1,500 residents at the time, was elected West Newbury's [[town meeting]] moderator. He was the first African-American town moderator in Massachusetts,<ref>{{cite news |title=West Newbury: Julian D. Steele Is New Town Moderator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=28997690&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMzQ3MTU4NSwiaWF0IjoxNTY1NjUwMTMzLCJleHAiOjE1NjU3MzY1MzN9.a_VNPr3p9g-mUlOgq0lk7TDnI9f7zEzksgC36mdoHOg |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=AP |date=March 4, 1952 |pages=25}}</ref> and remained the only African-American town moderator in the state for at least a decade.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rollins |first1=Bryant |title=West Newbury Formula: 'A Touch of Humor Cools the Hotheads' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28997760/julian_steele_town_moderator/?xid=637&_ga=2.65971758.1448640434.1565302150-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=February 28, 1962 |pages=25}}</ref>

[[File:TownCenter.jpg|thumb|left|West Newbury Town Center, 2019]]
Of 1,686 households in 2010, 46.6% had their own children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]], 6.2% were a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% were individuals living alone who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.25.

By age, 30.0% were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $164,250, and the median income for a family was $193,951.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=July 25, 2018 }}</ref> Males had a median income of $100,670 versus $80,189 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $35,323. About 2.8% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.8% of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those 65 and older.

==Culture==
West Newbury and its residents were the models for Popperville, the setting of [[Virginia Lee Burton]]'s children's story ''[[Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel]].''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=James |title=As a child, his steam fueled hot 1939 children's classic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/443414391/?terms=%22Mike%2BMulligan%22 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 30, 2006 |pages=1/131, 6/136}}</ref>  The town hall where the story ends is patterned after West Newbury's Old Town Hall.<ref>Virginia Lee Burton: ''A Life in Art''. 2002. {{ISBN|0-618-00342-8}}</ref> West Newbury also provided the geographical inspiration for the ''[[Mad Scientists' Club]]'' series of stories by [[Bertrand R. Brinley]]. Portions of [[John Cena]]'s music video, "Right Now", were shot in West Newbury, with the remainder filmed at [[Hampton Beach, New Hampshire]]. In the late summer and fall of 2008, various scenes from [[Mel Gibson]]'s film ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'' were shot on Church Street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Liz |title=Local 'Mel fan' hopes he makes the cut |url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/local-mel-fan-hopes-he-made-the-final-cut/article_3bea0664-354c-5c35-98be-a253422d4211.html |access-date=August 26, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News |date=January 30, 2010}}</ref>

West Newbury is home to Emery House, monastery guesthouse and sanctuary of the [[Society of St. John the Evangelist]].

[[File:WestNewburyCraneNeckSt.jpg|thumb|left|Farm at Crane Neck Street, West Newbury, 2019]]Many farms remain in West Newbury. In 2019 the town, in conjunction with Essex County Greenbelt Association, purchased an agricultural preservation restriction for Brown Spring Farm, permanently eliminating rights to develop the farmland and making it affordable for a new farmer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alterisio |first1=Heather |title=West Newbury, Greenbelt, secure future for Brown Spring Farm |url=https://newburyportnews-cnhi.newsmemory.com/?selDate=20191224&goTo=01&artid=0 |access-date=December 24, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News |date=December 24, 2019 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=West Newbury Special Town Meeting results |url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/west-newbury-special-town-meeting-results/article_5c43f32e-c70d-511d-b7cc-b1c06587fee7.html |access-date=December 19, 2019 |work=The Newburyport Daily News |date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> Long Hill Orchard is the town's oldest continually-operating farm. A number of smaller farms exist in West Newbury, including Maple Crest Farm, several Christmas tree farms, and numerous horse stables and equestrian facilities.

The town has two primary outdoor recreational areas, Mill Pond and Pipestave Hill, which offer walking trails, horseback riding trails, as well as space for canoeing, fishing, and kayaking. Equestrian events are regularly held by the West Newbury Riding and Driving Club throughout the riding season. Additionally, the [[Myopia Hunt Club]] holds an annual fox hunt through the town during the fall.

Efforts to maintain West Newbury's rural charm have been ongoing; the Town has purchased large swaths of land designated as Open Space by the West Newbury Open Space Committee.

==Education==
Along with neighboring [[Merrimac, Massachusetts|Merrimac]] and [[Groveland, Massachusetts|Groveland]], it is part of the [[Pentucket Regional School District]].
It also contains the [[Dr. John C. Page School]].

For elementary school, students also have the option of attending River Valley Charter School in Newburyport.

For high school, students also have the options of attending [[Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School]] in nearby Haverhill, and [[Essex Agricultural and Technical High School|Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School]] in Danvers.

Nearby private schools include [[The Governor's Academy]] in Byfield, [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], [[Phillips Academy]], [[Waring School]], [[Central Catholic High School (Massachusetts)|Central Catholic High School]], [[St. John's Preparatory School (Massachusetts)|St. John's Preparatory School]], [[Pingree School]], and [[Shore Country Day School]].

==Transportation==
[[Interstate 95 in Massachusetts|Interstate 95]] crosses through the eastern corner of town, with an exit lying just over the line in Newbury providing access to the town. [[Massachusetts Route 113]] is the main road through town, roughly parallel to the contour of the Merrimack River.  The town lies between the termini of two lines of the [[MBTA Commuter Rail]], the [[Haverhill Line]] to the west and [[Newburyport/Rockport Line]] to the east.  A small airstrip, [[Plum Island Airport]] (2B2), is located in neighboring Newburyport; the nearest national air service is in Boston at [[Logan International Airport]].

== Notable people ==
[[File:John Cena July 2018.jpg|thumb|225px|Professional wrestler and actor [[John Cena]] in 2018]]
* [[John Cena]], professional wrestler, hip-hop musician, actor and television presenter, currently signed with [[WWE]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stapleton |first1=John Paul |title=John Cena talks West Newbury on 'Today' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/12/30/john-cena-talks-west-newbury-today/bdnBtkAAMCCqvsWl0KdUsN/story.html?event=event12 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 30, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Raymond Abbott]], author
* [[Pat Badger]], bassist for the rock band [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Slideshow: Yankee Homecoming Weekend |url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/nt-jva-yh-jpg/image_fec1ae14-7ae6-11e7-bc73-d3f325a862b1.html |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News |date=August 6, 2017 |quote="West Newbury's and founder Pat Badger plays with Eagles cover band Dark Desert Eagles"}}</ref>
* Eben Moody Boynton, inventor of the [[Boynton Bicycle Railroad]], politician<ref>{{cite news |title=Moody Boynton, Bicycle Railroad Inventor, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/431218893/# |access-date=January 13, 2020 |work=Boston Globe |date=March 10, 1927 |page=1,3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Greeley and Moody Boynton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=42166172&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMDg0MjM0NCwiaWF0IjoxNTc4OTQ4ODEwLCJleHAiOjE1NzkwMzUyMTB9.UPkT7N5l1_P5nyy7n9NwUAdoGArPvIg4TPKIOZIrT6E |access-date=January 13, 2020 |work=Boston Globe |date=July 18, 1897 |page=25 |quote=No more singular character has been in evidence before the Massachusetts legislature for many years than E. Moody Boynton, the sage and inventor of West Newbury.}}</ref>
* George Young Bradley, crew member and chronicler of the [[Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869]] exploring the Grand Canyon<ref>{{cite web |title=Lost in the Grand Canyon, Other Explorers: George Young Bradley (1836-1885) |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/other-explorers/ |website=PBS American Experience |publisher=Public Broadcasting System |access-date=September 26, 2022 | quote=A moody man and a loner, Bradley’s secretly-kept diary is the most compelling and detailed record of the trip.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Nineteenth Regiment |url=http://newburyport.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=george%20bradley&i=f&d=12111862-01021863&m=between&ord=k1&fn=newburyport_herald_usa_massachusetts_newburyport_18621225_english_1&df=1&dt=5&cid=2710 |access-date=September 26, 2022 |work=Newburyport Herald |date=December 25, 1862 |page=1 |quote=At the taking of Fredericksburg, [soldiers including] George Y. Bradley were slightly wounded. They were all of West Newbury.}}</ref>
* [[Bertrand R. Brinley]], writer of short stories and children's tales, best known for his Mad Scientists' Club stories<ref>{{cite news |title=West Newbury: High School Reception |url=http://newburyport.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=bertrand%20brinley&i=f&d=01011773-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=newburyport_daily_news_and_newburyport_herald_usa_massachusetts_newburyport_19350622_english_2&df=1&dt=5&cid=2710 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News and Newburyport Herald |date=June 22, 1935 |pages=2 |quote="the president of the graduating class, Bertrand Russell Brinley"}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=St. Joseph's Students Get Letters from Noted Authors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/545365866/?terms=%22Bertrand%2BBrinley%22 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The North Adams Transcript |date=April 15, 1966 |pages=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Leonard B. |title=Neophyte Missilemen: State Boys' Rocket Called Tops by Army |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/236778770/?terms=Bertrand%2BBrinley |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Hartford Courant |date=March 2, 1959 |pages=28 |quote="Capt. Bertrand Brinley, the guiding force behind amateur rocket groups throughout the county"}}</ref>
* [[Addison Brown]], United States District Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]], a botanist, and a serious amateur astronomer<ref>{{cite news |title=Addison Brown Dies: Ex-District Judge |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/04/10/100393859.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |work=New York Times |date=April 10, 1913 |page=11 |quote=He was born in West Newbury, Mass., Feb. 21, 1830, of Pilgrim stock.}}</ref>
* [[John Appleton Brown]], American landscape artist known for scenes of New England in spring<ref>{{cite news |title=John Appleton Brown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/542829455/?article=b4e466ab-410c-494e-a71a-5bbe0ccc8014&focus=0.43945047,0.18060298,0.57173765,0.24932685&xid=2378&_ga=2.44697698.756377948.1578756119-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |work=Standard Union |date=January 20, 1902 |location=Brooklyn, NY |page=2 |quote=He was born in West Newbury, Mass., [i]n 1844, and studied in Europe under the best masters....}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Downes |first1=William Howe |title=John Appleton Brown, Landscapist |journal=The American Magazine of Art |date=1923 |volume=14 |issue=8 |pages=436–39 |jstor=23927935 }}</ref>
* [[Cidny Bullens]], rock musician and performer of autobiographical "Somewhere Between: A One Wo/Man Show"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schaffer |first1=Noah |title=Singer Cidny Bullens traces a journey toward transitioning in his new memoir |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/05/arts/singer-cidny-bullens-traces-journey-toward-transitioning-his-new-memoir/ |access-date=July 10, 2023 |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 5, 2023 |quote=This week Bullens kicks off a series of local readings and performances with an event at Jabberwocky Books in Newburyport, just a few miles from his childhood home of West Newbury. 'Now it’s a bedroom community, but when I was growing up it was a farming town,' says Bullens from his Nashville home. 'It was small and rural and perfect for me.'}}</ref>
* [[Elmer Burnham]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite news |title=Grid coaching great, Burnham, dead at 82 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/516213194/?terms=elmer%2Bburnham |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=South Bend Tribune |date=March 17, 1977 |pages=44 |quote=A native of West Newbury, Mass., ... where an athletic field is named in his honor.}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Coit]], writer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Michael J. |title=Margaret Coit Elwell, 83: won Pulitzer Prize in 1981 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35258447/obituary_for_margaret_coit_elwell_aged/?xid=637&_ga=2.227478173.108441330.1566738683-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 19, 2003 |pages=D12/56 |quote="She ... returned permanently to New England, settling in West Newbury"}}</ref>
* [[Rawly Eastwick]], former professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muldoon |first1=Michael |title=Under the Lights: Dyer an American hero |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/sports/under-the-lights-dyer-an-american-hero/article_b0c074c0-94b9-5e0c-a205-8a9c97603c62.html |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Eagle Tribune |date=October 23, 2011 |location=North Andover, Massachusetts |quote="Red Sox killer Rawly Eastwick of West Newbury"}}</ref>
* [[Cornelius Conway Felton]], educator, president of [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{harvnb|Currier|1896|pp=672–76}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Morse Felton Sr.]], railroad executive<ref>{{harvnb|Currier|1896|pp=677–80}}</ref>
* [[Todd Grinnell]], actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Joel |title=Arts center raises curtain on a season of change: Firehouse takes hard look at future |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/443856694/?terms=%22Todd%2BGrinnell%22%2B%22West%2BNewbury%22 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 22, 2006 |quote="Todd Grinnell of West Newbury, one of the stars of NBC's new ... sitcom, 'Four Kings'"}}</ref>
* [[Edwin A. Grosvenor]], historian, author, chairman of the history department at [[Amherst College]], and president of the national organization of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] societies from 1907 to 1919<ref>{{cite news |title=Amherst Prof 50 Years Wed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430299456/?terms=%22edwin%2Bgrosvenor%22 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=October 21, 1923 |page=31 |quote=Born Aug 30, 1845, in West Newbury ...}}</ref>
* [[Justin Haley (baseball)|Justin Haley]], Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins baseball pitcher turned firefighter<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Sox pitcher graduates from Firefighting Academy |url=https://newburyportnews-cnhi.newsmemory.com/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |work=The Daily News of Newburyport |date=March 15, 2022 |quote="I want to congratulate Firefighter Haley on completing the academy…," Chief Michael Dwyer said in a press release. "Firefighter Haley’s commitment to his family helped lead him here, and he will be a great asset to our department and community here in West Newbury."}}</ref> 
* Mary Ault Harada, record-breaking Masters Class runner<ref>{{cite news |title=A masterful showing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38483146/mary_harada_race_resultsmasters/?xid=637&_ga=2.64975976.639646929.1572782482-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=November 5, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=August 16, 2012 |pages=4 |quote=Masters Hall of Famer Mary Harada, 77, of West Newbury, won the 800 and 5,000 meters.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vellante |first1=John |title=Notebook: A lifetime of running |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38482595/mary_harada_running_more_than_40_years/?xid=637&_ga=2.136885367.639646929.1572782482-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=November 5, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 27, 2009 |pages=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gasper |first1=Christopher L. |title=She's outrunning Father Time |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38482015/mary_harada_running_at_70_pt_1/?xid=637&_ga=2.103265479.639646929.1572782482-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=November 5, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 1, 2006 |pages=60 |format=contains photos of Mary Harada}}</ref>
* [[Roland Hayes]], African-American lyric tenor and composer<ref>{{cite news |title=Roland Hayes, Noted Singer To Be Eagerly Welcomed as Resident of West Newbury |url=http://newburyport.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=roland%20hayes&i=f&d=01011945-12311963&m=between&ord=k1&fn=newburyport_daily_news_and_newburyport_herald_usa_massachusetts_newburyport_19461114_english_11&df=1&dt=10&cid=2710 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News and Newburyport Herald |date=November 11, 1946 |pages=11}}</ref>
* [[Frances Keegan Marquis]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Head of First WAACS in Africa Was Simmons Grad in '16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32482157/frances_marquie_bio_pt_2/?xid=637&_ga=2.17067195.32997884.1570299596-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 30, 1943 |pages=3 |quote="Capt. Marquis was born in West Newbury, Mass., and graduated from that town's high school at the age of 14."}}</ref> first to command a women's expeditionary force, the 149th [[Women's Army Corps|WAAC]] Post Headquarters Company,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cowan |first1=Ruth |title=Waac Skipper In North Africa Can Make A Very Nice Lemon Pie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32389656/backgroundwac_skipper/?xid=637&_ga=2.50404395.32997884.1570299596-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=The Palm Beach Post |agency=AP |date=February 1, 1943 |pages=6}}</ref> serving in [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|General Eisenhower's]] North African headquarters in Algiers<ref>{{cite book |last1=Treadwell |first1=Mattie E. |title=The Women's Army Corps |date=1954 |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |location=Ft. Belvoir, Virginia |pages=360 |edition=1991 |series = United States Army in World War II |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Wac/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108141650/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Wac/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lenny Mirra]], State Representative who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives<ref>{{cite news |last1=Amaro |first1=Bruce |title=Lenny Mirra prepares to step into 2nd Essex seat |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20121130/News/311309592 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=WickedLocal.com |date=November 30, 2012 |quote="Mirra, a West Newbury resident, took the election"}}</ref>
* [[Steven Pearlstein]], journalist, professor, former moderator of the Town of West Newbury<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearlstein |first1=Steven |title=Robinson Professor of Public Affairs |url=https://schar.gmu.edu/about/faculty-directory/steven-pearlstein |website=Schar School of Policy and Government |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=July 14, 2020 |quote="He is a former moderator of West Newbury, Mass."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearlstein |first1=Steven |title=Subverting Wishes of Majority |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/437723354/?terms=%22Steven%2BPearlstein%22%2B%22West%2BNewbury%22 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |work=Boston Globe |date=March 16, 1986 |page=A25,125 |quote="On my reading list this time each year is a little red book called 'Town Meeting Time,' which guides me as I try to guide the discussions at the annual West Newbury town meeting."}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Perley Poore]], journalist<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben: Perley Poore: The Journalist and Soldier Lays Down his Pen and Sword |url=http://newburyport.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=ben%20poore&i=f&d=01011773-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=newburyport_daily_herald_usa_massachusetts_newburyport_18870530_english_3&df=1&dt=10&cid=2710 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily Herald |date=May 30, 1887 |pages=3 |quote="Major Ben: Perley Poore, of Indian Hill, West Newbury, died"}}</ref>
* [[Julian Steele]], civil rights and affordable housing activist and first African-American town moderator in Massachusetts<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marion |first1=Frieda |title=Julian D. Steele, Nationally Known Welfare Worker, Has Farm Estate in West Newbury |url=http://newburyport.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=julian%20steele&i=f&m=between&ord=k1&fn=newburyport_daily_news_and_newburyport_herald_usa_massachusetts_newburyport_19500302_english_23&df=1&dt=10&cid=2710 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=Newburyport Daily News and Newburyport Herald |date=March 2, 1950 |pages=A15/23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bay State Negro Elected: Town Names Only Voter of His Race to Be Moderator |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/03/05/84243704.html?pageNumber=24 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |work=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=March 5, 1952 |pages=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coit |first1=Margaret L. |title=The Small Town Under Big Pressures: Urgent new pressures threaten old frugality at a New England hamlet's annual meeting |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/02/24/93562737.html?pageNumber=196 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=February 24, 1952 |pages=20/196, 21/197, 23/199 |format=contains photos of town hall, Julian Steele and his predecessor moderator}}</ref>
* [[John Tufts (music educator)|John Tufts]], early American music educator<ref>{{harvnb|Currier|1902|pp=356–57}}</ref>

==See also==
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;National Register of Historic Places in West Newbury
*[[Newell Farm]] (1846)
*[[Rev. John Tufts House]] (1714)
*[[Samuel Chase House]] (1715)
*[[Samuel March House]] (1695)
*[[Timothy Morse House]] (1730)
*[[Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building (West Newbury, Massachusetts)]] (1900)

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | author=Currier, John James | title=History of Newbury, Mass. 1635–1902 | publisher=Damrell & Upham | year=1902 | location=Boston |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnewbury1902curr/page/n8 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |ref=CITEREFCurrier1902}}
* {{cite book | author=Currier, John James | title=Ould Newbury, Historical and Biographical Sketches | publisher=Damrell & Upham | year=1896 | location=Boston |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=vws1AAAAIAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |ref=CITEREFCurrier1896}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.wnewbury.com Town of West Newbury official website]

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