Ipswich, Massachusetts

About Ipswich

Ipswich is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Massachusetts.

Ipswich holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.64 square miles.

📰 Ipswich News Today

• Where was The Drama filmed? The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations · Aug 17
• Coastal monitoring network expands to Essex, Ipswich Gloucester Daily Times · Aug 17
• Ipswich, Massachusetts closes all beaches due to Merrimack River sewage spill CBS News · Jun 30
• Obituary information for Julie Faye Perry Campbell Funeral Home MA · Feb 4
• Ipswich boy's lacrosse team forfeits state semifinal game after controversial photo NBC Boston · Jun 10

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ipswich Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Massachusetts — one of 248 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Ipswich

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ipswich

• 1640 Hart House — american
• Boat House Grille Essex
• Heart and Soul Cafe — breakfast
• Ipswich Ale Brewer's Table
• Luna Mare
• Riverview Pizza — pizza
• The Brown Dog
• Zumi’s Espresso & Coffeehouse (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Ipswich Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ipswich

• Nichols Field · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Appleton Estates Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Appleton Farms · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Appleton Farms Grass Rides · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bagwell Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Berkson Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bewer Reservation · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bialek Park reviews ★
• Bird Pasture · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Brown · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Candlewood Farms Realty Trust · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Castle Neck River · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ipswich

• Hamilton-Wenham Regional High
• Ipswich High
• Ipswich Middle School
• Miles River Middle
• Paul F Doyon Memorial
• Winthrop

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ipswich

🏘️ Nearby Communities