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Welcome to Bay View ...

Bay View is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay View, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Bay View: Bay Vw.

Bay View is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bay View lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Bay View ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Bay View - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (4), Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington (2) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bay View.

Communities near Bay View ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bay View.

  • Peabody
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Beverly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gloucester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Danvers
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Marblehead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblehead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
    • Marblehead is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
  • Newburyport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Amesbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Swampscott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ipswich
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bay View. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bay View.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bay View. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay View.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay View. See our Newspapers Page for Bay View.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay View ...

Looking for more information about Bay View? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bay View, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bay View.

Adding Bay View to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bay View in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bay View was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Bay View in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay View.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bay View - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.