Guide Note

Gloucester is located in Essex County, Massachusetts, on Boston's North Shore.

Fast Facts

1. Settled in 1623¹
2. Incorporated: 1642¹
3. Mayor: Carolyn Kirk (2008)
4. Population: 30,273²
5. Predominately white population (29,361)³
6. First settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony¹
7. Le Beau Port dates to 1606, making it the United States' oldest seaport¹
8. Currency: U.S. Dollar
9. Area codes: 351 and 978
10. Current time and weather
11. The book and film The Perfect Storm based on a Nor'easter that hit Gloucester in 1991

According to Time magazine, a spike in pregnancies during the 2007-2008 school year at Gloucester High School in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is the product of a pregnancy pact. At least 17 female students entered into the pact and became pregnant.

Gloucester, Massachusetts, couple Kendra D'Andrea and Willie Jordan pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after allegedly posting pictures on the Internet of Jordan having sex with D'Andrea's eight-year-old daughter.⁴