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Located at the mouth of the Merrimack River

First United States Coast Guard station located on Plum Island in Newburyport

Home to the famous Clipper ships

First state mint in the US located in Newburyport

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, is home to over 800 species of birds, plants and animals

First treasury building in the US located in Newburyport

Home to the oldest active and continuously running court house

Home to one of two statues in existence of George Washington standing and not on a horse

President John Quincy Adams
US Congressman John Lowell
Matthew Thornton
Caleb Cushing
Francis Cabot Lowell
Johnny Messner