Newbury MA

Newbury MA

Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 6,666 at the 2010 census. Newbury includes the villages of Old Town, Plum Island and Byfield. Each village is a precinct with its own voting district, various town offices, and business center.

Newbury is presently divided into three villages, Old Town, Byfield and Plum Island. Each village functions individually under the umbrella of the local government. Yet, each village extends to one another a unique dependency such as that of the government center and schools located in the Old Town, the library in Byfield and ocean recreation on Plum Island.