Essex County

Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Essex County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prior to the dissolution of the county government in 1999, it had two county seats: Salem, with jurisdiction over the Southern Essex District, and Lawrence, with jurisdiction over the Northern Essex District.

Points of Interest

 * Arkham: Arkham Arkham is a city of somewhat Ivy League standing. It is located in the state of Massachusetts and may be situated a short distance from the towns of Dunwich or Innsmouth. Notable points of interest include the Arkham Sanitarium, the Arkham Historical Society and infamous Miskatonic University.


 * Miskatonic University: Miskatonic University is a prestigious Ivy League school located in the city of Arkham in Essex County, Massachusetts. One of its most notable campuses is its medical school, which has a history of some controversy and notoriety, owing largely to events stemming from one of its more accomplished students, Doctor Herbert West. The medical school included classrooms, emergency rooms, operating rooms and an autopsy room, which was guarded by a man named A. Mace.

Films that take place in

 * Re-Animator (1985)