
Gloucester
A city in Essex County, Massachusetts — population 30,539 as of 2020.
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In Memoriam: Barbara M. Schanz
Barbara M. Schanz, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Cooperstown, New York on August 30, 2026. Barbara was born on July 11, 1932 in Salem, Massachusetts to James and Olive Cox (nee Lain). As a young child her family moved to Ramsey, New Jersey.
ObituariesIn and around Gloucester
See & do
- 7 Seas Whale Watch
- ACM Sports Center
- Bass Rocks Golf Club
- Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House
- Beeman Memorial
Eat, drink & stay
- 1606 Restaurant and Oyster Bar
- Atlantis Oceanfront Inn Hotel & Breakfast Café In Gloucester, Ma
- Bass Rocks Beach Club
- Cape Ann Brewing Co
- 197 East Main
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Gloucester by the numbers
- Area
- 26.19 sq mi (67.84 km²), 15.32 sq mi water
- Median age
- 50.2
- Households
- 13,444
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $83,883
- Median house value
- $600,600
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 9 DALE AVE, GLOUCESTER, MA 01930