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ne Ipswich is a lovely mile-long walk up Turkey Hill. "I think what Ipswich has been able to do with town support has been unique," she adds. "[Ipswich's] ongoing history of con- cerned citizen participation is unique, especially preserving and protecting its environment with the Open Space Preser- vation Act and the Great Estates By-Law," says Ingrid Miles, former Chairman of the Board of Selectman. Long-time resident Alicia Moore says: "Ipswich is one of the largest towns in the county, from the shores of the Atlantic to the shores of Hood's Pond, with miles of hiking and biking trails in between. There's wilderness in woods, and in the vast expanse of salt marsh…So much is undeveloped but dependent on a watchful citizenry pretty much aware of what could easily be lost." Crane Beach and Castle Hill are the jewels in the crown, thanks to preservation efforts by The Trustees of Reservations, but Appleton Farms, Greenwood Farm, Ma- The Details Date of Settlement: 1633. Date of Incorpora- tion: 1634. Zip Code: 01938. Population: 13,175. Total Area: 33 square miles. Median house- hold income: $57,284. Schools: Paul F. Doyon and Winthrop Elementary Schools, Ipswich Middle and High School. Notable residents: John Updike (author), Anne Bradstreet (poet), Simon Bradstreet (governor), Arthur Wesley Dow (painter), Ed Emberly (children's drawing book author), Dennis Eckersley (Hall-of-Fame pitcher), David Briggs (organist), Melissa Ferrick (musician), Arthur Shurcliff (landscape architect) Real Estate median Price: $565,000, 50 N. Main St., 3 beds, 2 baths, 2,612 square feet. Agent: Binni Hackett, J. Barrett & Company. high end Price: $899,000, 63 Maplecroft Ln., 4 beds, 4.5 baths, 4,597 square feet. Agent: Josephine Mehm Baker, J. Barrett & Company. 46 nshoremag.com May/June 2012 plecroft Farm, Willowdale State Forest, and the 500-acres Essex County Greenbelt all provide good places for a pensive walk. You can also horseback ride, mountain bike, jog, kayak, sail, or canoe. The smaller gems, like the 60-acre Julia Bird Reservation, the Sid- ney Shurcliff Walk, or the EBSCO Bridge, offer strolling access to the Ipswich River. The Ipswich Yacht Club has overnight guest moorings in Plum Island Sound and a great youth summer sailing camp. The town of 13,000 people has the mills powered by the Ipswich River to thank for diversity. Ipswich Hosiery Mill opened in 1868 and drew Irish, French-Canadians, Polish, and Greeks to work there. The mill closed in 1928 and the buildings were used first by General Electric and now EBSCO Publishing. Today, buildings continue to recycle themselves. LaSalette Shrine became Turner Hill, which is complete with an 18-hole championship golf course. The Proctor turned into New England Biolabs. Appleton Farms, one of the oldest continuously operating farms in the U.S., is able to survive in part by community-