Saugus is a town in Essex County,Massachusetts,United States,in the Greater Boston area. The population was 28,619 at the 2020 census. Saugus is known as the site of the first integrated iron works in North America.
River Works station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Newburyport/Rockport Line in West Lynn,Massachusetts. The only private station on the system,it is only open to GE Aviation employees who work at the adjacent River Works plant. The station has minimal facilities –two small sections of platform and several shelters –and is not accessible.
Saugus Town Hall is a historic town hall in Saugus,Massachusetts. It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Charles Forest Nelson Pratt was a Republican politician from Saugus,Massachusetts.
John Carpenter Hull was a descendant of Edward Doty,Samuel Thaxter and the third town clerk Daniel Cushing of Hingham,Massachusetts. He served the state of Massachusetts for twenty years between 1916 and 1936 at the Statehouse in Boston chairing the committees of Education,Judiciary,Elections and Public Institutions. He was also the Speaker of the House of Massachusetts from 1925-1928,educator,lawyer,and the first Securities Director of Massachusetts. Duties now held the by Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin.
Charles Lawrence Burrill was an American banker and politician who served as the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1915 to 1920.
Eastern Bank is a bank based in Boston,Massachusetts. Before de-mutualizing in 2020,it was the oldest and largest mutual bank in the United States and the largest community bank in Massachusetts. With 95 branches,Eastern had a 3.2% market share in Massachusetts in 2016. It was founded in 1818 in Salem,and then moved to Lynn,Massachusetts. The company began an aggressive expansion campaign near the end of the 1990s and moved its headquarters to Boston's Financial District. In 2020,Eastern Bank announced plans to de-mutualize and become a publicly traded corporation.
The Town Manager of Saugus,Massachusetts,is the chief administrative manager of Saugus,Massachusetts. Saugus has a Town Manager/Representative town meeting system of government. The Town Manager’s Office is located in Saugus Town Hall. Scott Crabtree has been town manager since March 30,2015 and previously held the position from 2012 to 2014.
Frank P. Bennett Jr. was an American politician,banker,and editor who served in the Massachusetts General Court. He was the son of Massachusetts State Representative Frank P. Bennett.
John J. Mullen was an American politician who served as Mayor of Everett,Massachusetts from 1917 to 1918.
Vernon Wynne Evans was an American politician and educator from Saugus,Massachusetts who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,Superintendent of the Saugus Public Schools,and as a member of the Saugus Board of Selectmen.
Maynard E. S. Clemons was an American attorney and politician who served as Town Counsel of Wakefield,Massachusetts and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The Saugus Branch Railroad was an American rail line that operated passenger service from 1853 to 1958. It serviced the Massachusetts communities of Saugus,Malden,Everett,Revere,and Lynn.
Benjamin Newhall Johnson was an American attorney and historian who owned what would become Breakheart Reservation. He was also President of the Lynn Historical Society for 25 years and the President-General of the Sons of the American Revolution from 1931 to 1932.
Frank P. Bennett was an American journalist,magazine publisher and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,and as a member of the Everett,Massachusetts Board of Selectmen.
Harriet Russell Hart was an American politician who served on the Lynn,Massachusetts School Committee and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She was the third woman elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Samuel H. Wragg was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1937 to 1939 and sheriff of Norfolk County,Massachusetts from 1939 to 1959.
Eben Sumner Draper was an American businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court,was president of the Milford National Bank &Trust,and was the last member of his family to serve on the board of directors of the Draper Corporation. He was the son of Massachusetts Governor Eben Sumner Draper.
John Russell Macomber was an American financer and sportsman.
Laurence Gerald Hanscom was an American journalist and aviator and the namesake of Hanscom Air Force Base and Hanscom Field.
