1606Infrastructure
In 1606, Samuel de Champlain explored the harbor, and produced the first known map of Gloucester harbor titling it le Beau port.
1614History
In 1614 John Smith again explored the area, identifying the indigenous inhabitants as Aggawom.
1623Government
In 1623 men from the Dorchester Company established a permanent fishing outpost in the area.
1626Economy
The area was abandoned around 1626, and the people removed themselves to Naumkeag (in what is now called Salem, Massachusetts), where more fertile soil for planting was to be fo...
1642Government
The town was formally incorporated in 1642.
1677Government
It was built at the edge of a marsh for Gloucester's first settled minister, the Reverend John White (1677–1760).
1690Economy
Historian Christine Heyrman, examining the town's society between 1690 and 1750, finds that at the beginning community sensibility was weak in a town that was a loose agglomerat...
1698Education
This requirement was met in 1698, with Thomas Riggs standing as the town's first schoolmaster.
1700Government
In 1700, the selectmen of Gloucester recognized the claim of Samuel English, grandson of Agawam sachem Masconomet, to the land of the town, and paid him seven pounds (equal to £...
1710History
The White-Ellery House was erected in 1710 upon the Town Green.
1713Architecture
== Gloucester and the sea ==
The town was an important shipbuilding center, and the first schooner was reputedly built there in 1713.
1718History
In 1718 the settlers on the opposite shore of the river split off from the First Parish community at the Green and formed "Second Parish".
1728Government
Third Parish, in northern Gloucester, was founded in 1728.
1742History
Fourth Parish split off from First Parish in 1742.
1754Infrastructure
Finally, in 1754, the people of Sandy Bay (what would later be called Rockport) split off from First Parish to found Fifth Parish.
1840History
The village separated formally from Gloucester on February 27, 1840.
1849Government
Gloucester's most famous (and nationally recognized) seafood business was founded in 1849 as John Pew & Sons.
1870History
=== Architecture ===
The city has much significant architecture, from pre-Revolutionary houses to the hilltop 1870 City Hall, which dominates the town and harbor.
1872History
1872 Map of Gloucester plate 80–81 Atlas of Essex County published 1872.
1873Government
In 1873, Gloucester was reincorporated as a city.
1888History
Eliot (1888–1965) summered at the family house near Eastern Point in his early years.
1897History
=== Literature ===
Captains Courageous (1897) by Rudyard Kipling was set in Gloucester, and adapted as a 1937 movie starring Spencer Tracy.
1906History
It became Gorton-Pew Fisheries in 1906, and in 1957 changed its name to Gorton's of Gloucester.
1907Architecture
It also has exotic waterfront homes now converted to museums, including Beauport, built 1907–1934 by designer Henry Davis Sleeper in collaboration with local architect Halfdan H...
1910Education
Charles Olson (1910–1970), a poet and teacher at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, composed a 635-page poem known as The Maximus Poems, which centered on Gloucester.
1926Architecture
In addition, it has Hammond Castle, built 1926–1929 by inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr., as a setting for his collection of Roman, medieval and Renaissance artifacts.
1940Infrastructure
The Port of Gloucester (1940)
Heyrman, Christine.
1952History
Fast and Able: Life Stories of Great Gloucester Fishing Vessels (1952)
== External links ==
City of Gloucester official website
"Vital Records of Gloucester, MA to the end of...
1961History
Route 66 season 2, episode 6, "Once To Every Man" (October 27, 1961) was set and filmed in Gloucester.
1970Culture
Bewitched season 7, episode 5, "Darrin On A Pedestal" (October 22, 1970) was set and partially filmed on Gloucester.
1973Military
When Gloucester Was Gloucester: Toward An Oral History Of The City (1973), Harvard University Press.
1979Government
It was founded in 1979 by local arts and business leaders to encourage playwrights and their new works.
1980Economy
The world of the small commercial fishermen: their lives and their boats (1980)
Miller, Marc L., and John Van Maanen.
1984History
Hersenschimmen (Out of Mind), a 1984 novel by J.
1986History
Spenser: For Hire, season 2, episode 1, "Widow's Walk" (October 4, 1986) was set and filmed in Gloucester.
1988History
To Work and to Weep: Women in Fishing Economies (1988) pp: 261–278.
1991Disaster
The book The Perfect Storm, which recounted a massive storm of 1991, had figures based in the town.
2000History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2000 census, there were 30,273 people, 12,592 households, and 7,895 families residing in the city.
2004History
"Gloucester fishery: insights from a group modeling intervention." System Dynamics Review 20.4 (2004): 287–312.
2005Government
On November 7, 2005, incumbent Mayor John Bell was re-elected to a third term in office.
2007History
The median income for a household in the city was $58,568, and the median income for a family was $80,970 from a 2007 estimate.
2008Government
He stated his intention not to run for reelection and stepped down in January 2008.
2010Civil Rights
Archived from the original on March 11, 2010.
2012Civil Rights
Archived from the original on March 23, 2012.
2013Infrastructure
Gloucester remains an active fishing port, and in 2013 ranked 21st in the United States with respect to fish landings.
2014Government
Kirk resigned in December 2014 to take a position in the administration of Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker.
2015Government
Theken was elected to serve a full two-year term on November 2, 2015, and re-elected again in 2017 and 2019.
2021Government
She was defeated for re-election in 2021 by Gregory P.
2022History
Verga as of January 2022.