Gloucester Neighborhoods

Looking for a house to buy in Gloucester we were naturally curious about the apparent variety of neighborhoods in the city. There are urban, suburban and rural areas and neighborhoods and village clusters within those.  

The big divisions are: 

1) Central Gloucester (downtown and adjacent densely populated areas), 

2) East Gloucester, a peninsula forming the northeast coast of the city with Gloucester Harbor to the west (including Rocky Neck)

3) The Dogtown Woods Edges (my made-up term)

4) North Gloucester (including Annisquam Village, Lanesville)

5) West Gloucester (west across the 128 or 127 [The Cut Bridge] bridges; the part of Gloucester east of the bridges is an island!)

6) Magnolia

Here are a few maps to help you orient:

Major Roads and City Boundaries

Neighborhoods and Local Areas