List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts

George Hood, the first mayor of Lynn

This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.

The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England.[1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.[2]

  1. ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF LYNN". About Lynn. City of Lynn. Retrieved 2021-12-01. When the first official minister, Samuel Whiting, arrived from King's Lynn, England, the new settlers were so excited that they changed the name of their community to Lynn in 1637 in honor of him.
  2. ^ "Brief History of Lynn". City of Lynn. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2009-10-16.