Definition of "Essex"

A surname.  examples

A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.  examples

A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. A locality in Humboldt County, California.  examples

2. A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.  examples

3. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.  examples

4. A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.  examples

5. A township in Stark County, Illinois.  examples

6. A city in Page County, Iowa.  examples

7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.  examples

8. A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.  examples

9. A township in Clinton County, Michigan.  examples

10. A city in Stoddard County, Missouri.  examples

11. An unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.  examples

12. A town in Essex County, New York.  examples

13. An unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina.  examples

14. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.  examples

15. A large town in Chittenden County, Vermont.  examples