Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 89,050 at the 2000 census. An older industrial center, Lynn is home to Lynn Beach and Lynn Heritage State Park. Currently, Edward'Chip'Clancy, Jr. is serving his second term as Mayor.

History
The area known as Lynn was first settled in 1629 by Edmund Ingalls (d. 1647) and incorporated in 1631 as Saugus, Massachusetts, the Nipmuck name for the area.Herbert, George. History of Lynn... 1629-1864], 1890. The name Lynn was given to the area after King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, in honor of Samuel Whiting. About the City of Lynn, MA] at City of Lynn website

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Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 89,050 at the 2000 census. An older industrial center, Lynn is home to Lynn Beach and Lynn Heritage State Park. Currently, Edward'Chip'Clancy, Jr. is serving his second term as Mayor.

History
The area known as Lynn was first settled in 1629 by Edmund Ingalls (d. 1647) and incorporated in 1631 as Saugus, Massachusetts, the Nipmuck name for the area.Herbert, George. History of Lynn... 1629-1864], 1890. The name Lynn was given to the area after King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, in honor of Samuel Whiting. About the City of Lynn, MA] at City of Lynn website

After Lynn's re-settlement many parts of the town were set off as independent towns. Reading, Massachusetts was created in 1644, Lynnfield, Massachusetts in 1782, Saugus, Massachusetts in 1815, Swampscott, Massachusetts in 1852, and Nahant, Massachusetts in 1853. Lynn incorporated as a city in 1850.

Colonial Lynn was a major part of the regional tanning and shoe-making industries that began in 1635. The boots worn by Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolution were made in Lynn. The shoe-making industry drove urban growth in Lynn into the early nineteenth century. This historic theme is reflected in the city seal, which features a colonial boot. City of Lynn] official website

In 1816 a mail stage coach was operating through Lynn. By 1836, 23 stage coaches left the Lynn Hotel for Boston each day. The Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts) Line between Salem and East Boston opened on August 28, 1838. This was later merged with the Boston and Maine Railroad and called the Eastern Division. In 1847 telegraph wires passed through Lynn, but no telegraph service station was built till 1858. History of Lynn Ch2-1814-1864 pub1890.