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Walton Ranger Station Historic DistrictWalton Ranger Station Historic District · Photo: National Park Service inventory · Public domain
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History · Essex

15% of Essex’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Izaak Walton Inn.

1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Essex

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Izaak Walton Inn
Izaak Walton Inn
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Craftsman1
Izaak Walton InnCraftsman

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Essex’s history

What is on the National Register in Essex?

One place: the Izaak Walton Inn (listed 1985).

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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.