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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Region in the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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class="infobox-label">Long-axis direction</th><td class="infobox-data">Northwest–southeast</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Geology</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">River</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/35px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/46px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" 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title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>In Massachusetts</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Mountains (New Hampshire)">White Mountains</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Plum_Island_(Massachusetts)" title="Plum Island (Massachusetts)">Plum Island, Massachusetts</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Traversed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">Interstate 93</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)">Interstate 495</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haverhill_Line" title="Haverhill Line">Haverhill Line</a> (<a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_River" title="Merrimack River">Merrimack River</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Merrimack Valley</b> is a bi-state region along the <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_River" title="Merrimack River">Merrimack River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. states">U.S. states</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. The Merrimack is one of the larger waterways in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and has helped to define the livelihood and culture of those living along it for millennia. </p><p>Major cities in the Merrimack Valley include <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a> in New Hampshire, and <a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a> in Massachusetts. The Valley was a major center of the <a href="/wiki/Textile_industry" title="Textile industry">textile industry</a> in the 19th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_demographics">Geography and demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography and demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Massachusetts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG/400px-Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG" decoding="async" width="400" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG/600px-Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Merrimack_Valley_Map.PNG 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption>Towns in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts</figcaption></figure> <p>The Merrimack Valley area in Massachusetts is a community of towns and cities flanking the Merrimack River along the <a href="/wiki/Northern_boundary_of_Massachusetts" title="Northern boundary of Massachusetts">New Hampshire border</a>, a portion of which is defined by a line approximately 3 miles (5 km) north and west of the Merrimack. The cities (marked with <i>italics</i>) and towns in this area are:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billerica,_Massachusetts" title="Billerica, Massachusetts">Billerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxford,_Massachusetts" title="Boxford, Massachusetts">Boxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford,_Massachusetts" title="Chelmsford, Massachusetts">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracut,_Massachusetts" title="Dracut, Massachusetts">Dracut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunstable,_Massachusetts" title="Dunstable, Massachusetts">Dunstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Massachusetts" title="Georgetown, Massachusetts">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groveland,_Massachusetts" title="Groveland, Massachusetts">Groveland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Massachusetts" title="Littleton, Massachusetts">Littleton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimac,_Massachusetts" title="Merrimac, Massachusetts">Merrimac</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbury,_Massachusetts" title="Newbury, Massachusetts">Newbury</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="North Andover, Massachusetts">North Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowley,_Massachusetts" title="Rowley, Massachusetts">Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Massachusetts" title="Salisbury, Massachusetts">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewksbury,_Massachusetts" title="Tewksbury, Massachusetts">Tewksbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyngsborough,_Massachusetts" title="Tyngsborough, Massachusetts">Tyngsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Newbury,_Massachusetts" title="West Newbury, Massachusetts">West Newbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westford,_Massachusetts" title="Westford, Massachusetts">Westford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Massachusetts" title="Wilmington, Massachusetts">Wilmington</a></li></ul> </div> <p>The population of the region in 2010 was 631,477, slightly more than that of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, and about one tenth of the state's. </p><p>The Merrimack Valley contains a mixture of 19th-century industrial cities and mill complexes built to take advantage of the river's waterpower, modern suburbs (many built over towns dating from the 17th century), and some relatively rural areas. The western part, including <a href="/wiki/Greater_Lowell" title="Greater Lowell">Greater Lowell</a> and Haverhill–Lawrence–Methuen, is generally more urban than the eastern part. The entire Merrimack Valley region in Massachusetts is part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Greater Boston</a>. Broader definitions for the region include other areas of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex County</a>, including the Route 2 corridor from <a href="/wiki/Devens,_Massachusetts" title="Devens, Massachusetts">Devens</a> east to <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington</a>. </p><p>Automobile travel through the Massachusetts section of the Merrimack Valley is served primarily by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)">Interstate 495</a>. From Lowell and Lawrence, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_3" title="U.S. Route 3">U.S. Route 3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">Interstate 93</a>, respectively, head north along the valley, joining in Manchester, New Hampshire. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: New Hampshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merrimack_Valley_NH.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Merrimack_Valley_NH.png/220px-Merrimack_Valley_NH.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="415" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Merrimack_Valley_NH.png/330px-Merrimack_Valley_NH.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Merrimack_Valley_NH.png/440px-Merrimack_Valley_NH.png 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="1277" /></a><figcaption>Towns in the Merrimack Valley of New Hampshire</figcaption></figure> <p>In New Hampshire, the Merrimack Valley Region is an area of the south-central part of the state, about 35 miles (56 km) wide, centered on the Merrimack River, and running from <a href="/wiki/Canterbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Canterbury, New Hampshire">Canterbury</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> south to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> border. <a href="/wiki/Henniker,_New_Hampshire" title="Henniker, New Hampshire">Henniker</a> marks the western extent, and <a href="/wiki/Nottingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Nottingham, New Hampshire">Nottingham</a> the eastern. It includes parts of <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a> counties, namely the following towns and cities (in <i>italics</i>): </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allenstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Allenstown, New Hampshire">Allenstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atkinson,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson, New Hampshire">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_New_Hampshire" title="Auburn, New Hampshire">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire" title="Boscawen, New Hampshire">Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_New_Hampshire" title="Bow, New Hampshire">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_New_Hampshire" title="Brookline, New Hampshire">Brookline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candia,_New_Hampshire" title="Candia, New Hampshire">Candia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Canterbury, New Hampshire">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chester, New Hampshire">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chichester, New Hampshire">Chichester</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Deerfield, New Hampshire">Deerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbarton,_New_Hampshire" title="Dunbarton, New Hampshire">Dunbarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsom,_New_Hampshire" title="Epsom, New Hampshire">Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampstead, New Hampshire">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henniker,_New_Hampshire" title="Henniker, New Hampshire">Henniker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollis,_New_Hampshire" title="Hollis, New Hampshire">Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hopkinton, New Hampshire">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Litchfield, New Hampshire">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudon,_New_Hampshire" title="Loudon, New Hampshire">Loudon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Hampshire" title="Milford, New Hampshire">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mont_Vernon,_New_Hampshire" title="Mont Vernon, New Hampshire">Mont Vernon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Boston,_New_Hampshire" title="New Boston, New Hampshire">New Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_New_Hampshire" title="Northwood, New Hampshire">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Nottingham, New Hampshire">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_New_Hampshire" title="Pelham, New Hampshire">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_New_Hampshire" title="Pembroke, New Hampshire">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond,_New_Hampshire" title="Raymond, New Hampshire">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandown,_New_Hampshire" title="Sandown, New Hampshire">Sandown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weare,_New_Hampshire" title="Weare, New Hampshire">Weare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_New_Hampshire" title="Webster, New Hampshire">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a></li></ul> </div> <p>The state capital, <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a>, and the state's two largest cities, <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a>, are in the valley. Manchester has a <a href="/wiki/Manchester-Boston_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester-Boston Regional Airport">large regional airport</a>, with scheduled commercial services. </p><p>To the east is the <a href="/wiki/Seacoast_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)">Seacoast Region</a>, to the west is the <a href="/wiki/Monadnock_Region" title="Monadnock Region">Monadnock Region</a>, and to the north is the <a href="/wiki/Lakes_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Lakes Region (New Hampshire)">Lakes Region</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">Interstate 93</a> bisects the region, which is also served by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_293" title="Interstate 293">Interstate 293</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_3" title="U.S. Route 3">U.S. Route 3</a>, and many New Hampshire state highways. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_culture">History and culture</h2><span 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lowell_skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lowell_skyline.jpg/220px-Lowell_skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lowell_skyline.jpg/330px-Lowell_skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Lowell_skyline.jpg/440px-Lowell_skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>The second largest city on the Merrimack River, <a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a>, owes its existence to the waterpower the river provided to run its mills.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-contact">Pre-contact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pre-contact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original settlers of the Merrimack Valley were various tribes of the <a href="/wiki/Pennacook" title="Pennacook">Pennacook</a> Indians. The river provided an easy means of transportation, an exceptional source of salmon as well as other fish, and the land along the river banks was suitable for hunting and sometimes farming.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonization_and_the_early_federal_period">Colonization and the early federal period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Colonization and the early federal period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest European records of the river date to a French expedition under Pierre du Guast, Sieur de Monts, in 1605. By 1629, the British were moving into the area, and a land grant delineated by the river was made to a Jonathan Wheelwright in 1629.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of <a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a>, first settled in 1635, at the river's mouth, became an important shipbuilding center during the colonial era, using lumber floated downriver from the <a href="/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Mountains (New Hampshire)">White Mountains</a>. Its prominence was diminished when the <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Canal" title="Middlesex Canal">Middlesex Canal</a> was completed in the first quarter of the 19th century, allowing lumber to be shipped directly downriver from the White Mountains to <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown, Massachusetts">Charlestown, Massachusetts</a>, and improving connections between Boston and the Merrimack Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to this time, other small canals had been built around falls and rapids to make the Merrimack navigable, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Canal" title="Pawtucket Canal">Pawtucket Canal</a> at East Chelmsford, which became Lowell.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industrial_revolution">Industrial revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Industrial revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manch-mills-westside.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manch-mills-westside.jpg/220px-Manch-mills-westside.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manch-mills-westside.jpg/330px-Manch-mills-westside.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manch-mills-westside.jpg/440px-Manch-mills-westside.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Amoskeag_Manufacturing_Company" title="Amoskeag Manufacturing Company">Amoskeag Mills</a> in West Manchester, New Hampshire, circa 2006. The massive structure once housed the largest cotton textile manufacturing plant in the world. Since the late 20th century, it has been rehabilitated for <a href="/wiki/Mixed_use_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed use development">mixed use development</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>While the Merrimack had been used for small manufacturing concerns for decades, in the early 1820s, a group of investors from Boston founded the city of Lowell, to take advantage of the 32-foot (9.8 m) drop of the Merrimack over the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Falls_(Massachusetts)" title="Pawtucket Falls (Massachusetts)">Pawtucket Falls</a>. Lowell, the first large-scale planned textile center in America, remained the nation's largest into the 1850s. Textile production spread up and down the Merrimack Valley in both states for the next century, but eventually was eclipsed after the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. </p><p>Manchester's <a href="/wiki/Amoskeag_Manufacturing_Company" title="Amoskeag Manufacturing Company">Amoskeag Mills</a> was once the largest cotton textile plant in the world. Other major textile companies based in the Merrimack Valley included the <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Manufacturing_Company" title="Merrimack Manufacturing Company">Merrimack Manufacturing Company</a> in Lowell, the <a href="/wiki/American_Woolen_Company" title="American Woolen Company">American Woolen Company</a> in Lawrence (headquarters moved to Andover in 1919), <a href="/wiki/Pemberton_Mill" title="Pemberton Mill">Pemberton Mill</a> in Lawrence, and the <a href="/wiki/Nashua_Manufacturing_Company" title="Nashua Manufacturing Company">Nashua Manufacturing Company</a> in its namesake city. Lawrence was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_textile_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence textile strike">Bread and Roses strike</a>, a landmark event in the history of <a href="/wiki/Labor_relations" title="Labor relations">labor relations</a> in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Merrimackrivermap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Merrimackrivermap.png/220px-Merrimackrivermap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Merrimackrivermap.png/330px-Merrimackrivermap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Merrimackrivermap.png/440px-Merrimackrivermap.png 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Merrimack River watershed</figcaption></figure> <p>After World War II, the textile industry collapsed rapidly. After a few decades of stagnation, the "<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Miracle" title="Massachusetts Miracle">Massachusetts Miracle</a>" came to the valley, bringing the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Wang_Laboratories" title="Wang Laboratories">Wang Laboratories</a> to Tewksbury, then Lowell. <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Computer" title="Apollo Computer">Apollo Computer</a> located in Chelmsford and <a href="/wiki/Nashua_Corporation" title="Nashua Corporation">Nashua Corporation</a> in Nashua moved beyond printing to computer products. The defense industry, for example, <a href="/wiki/Raytheon" title="Raytheon">Raytheon</a> in various sites and <a href="/wiki/Sanders_Associates" title="Sanders Associates">Sanders Associates</a> in Nashua, became a major local employer. Increased development pressure from Greater Boston and the proliferation of the automobile pushed development outside of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128" title="Massachusetts Route 128">Massachusetts Route 128</a> to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_495_(Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)">Interstate 495</a> and up Routes <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_3" title="U.S. Route 3">3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">93</a> into southern New Hampshire, greatly increasing the populations of these communities over the postwar years. </p><p>On September 13, 2018, several gas lines suffered leakage due to high pressure in the tubes of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Gas_of_Massachusetts" title="Columbia Gas of Massachusetts">Columbia Gas of Massachusetts</a>, causing <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosions" title="Merrimack Valley gas explosions">several fires and explosions</a>, and homes were evacuated.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Culture">Culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Merrimack River Valley is considered the "Valley of the Poets"<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by some local artists and poets. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bradstreet" title="Anne Bradstreet">Anne Bradstreet</a> was a founding mother of three towns in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>: <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a> (then Newtowne), and the original Andover Parish, known now as <a href="/wiki/North_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="North Andover, Massachusetts">North Andover</a>, where she lived and wrote for the last half of her life. The first published poet of the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a>, she died in North Andover in 1672.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a>, the family of <a href="/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier" title="John Greenleaf Whittier">John Greenleaf Whittier</a> settled. Mr. Whittier was so well thought of during his lifetime, his birthday was celebrated as a national holiday.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Lawrence is the birthplace of actress <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Todd" title="Thelma Todd">Thelma Todd</a>, composer/conductor <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> and actor/singer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Goulet" title="Robert Goulet">Robert Goulet</a>. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost" title="Robert Frost">Robert Frost</a> spent his teenage years there, as did his future wife, Elinor Miriam White. They were co-valedictorians (1892) at Lawrence High School.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actress <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> and the writer <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> were born in Lowell. </p><p><a href="/wiki/West_Newbury,_Massachusetts" title="West Newbury, Massachusetts">West Newbury</a> is the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, a WWE professional wrestler, actor, former rapper, and television personality. </p><p>The Merrimack Valley is one of the few places in the United States where the card game <a href="/wiki/Forty-fives" title="Forty-fives">Forty-fives</a> is popular. </p><p>The Merrimack Valley was once home to numerous apple and fruit orchards, of which several still remain. Some of the larger remaining orchards include Apple Hill, Cider Hill, Long Hill Orchard, Mann Orchards, and Smolak Farms. Apple picking is a popular pastime in the Merrimack Valley during the late summer and fall months. </p><p>The Merrimack Valley's leading boarding schools, such as <a href="/wiki/Brooks_School" title="Brooks School">Brooks School</a> in North Andover, Massachusetts; <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Academy" title="Phillips Academy">Phillips Academy</a> in Andover, Massachusetts; <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_School_(Concord,_New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)">St. Paul's School</a> in Concord, New Hampshire; and <a href="/wiki/The_Governor%27s_Academy" title="The Governor's Academy">The Governor's Academy</a> in Newbury, Massachusetts, provide cultural institutions to the public, including the <a href="/wiki/Addison_Gallery_of_American_Art" title="Addison Gallery of American Art">Addison Gallery of American Art</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Peabody_Museum_of_Archaeology" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology">Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology</a> in Andover. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts_2">Massachusetts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Massachusetts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts is divided into three <a href="/wiki/New_England_city_and_town_area" title="New England city and town area">New England city and town areas</a> (NECTAs) by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">U.S. Office of Management and Budget</a>: Lowell–Billerica–Chelmsford, MA–NH; Lawrence–Methuen Town–North Andover, MA–NH; and Haverhill–Newburyport–Amesbury Town, MA–NH.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://middlesex3.com/">M3 Coalition</a> serves several towns that expand the definition. Most large employers are in the sectors of <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a> and <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Institutes of higher learning include <a href="/wiki/Hockey_East" title="Hockey East">Hockey East</a> rivals <a href="/wiki/UMass_Lowell" class="mw-redirect" title="UMass Lowell">UMass Lowell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_College" title="Merrimack College">Merrimack College</a>. The region was once a <a href="/wiki/List_of_technology_centers" title="List of technology centers">technology hub</a>, reaching its peak during the 1970s and 1980s with corporations such as <a href="/wiki/Wang_Laboratories" title="Wang Laboratories">Wang Laboratories</a> in Lowell among the largest technology employers, though it has since gone defunct. Software company <a href="/wiki/Kronos_Incorporated" title="Kronos Incorporated">Kronos Incorporated</a> is one of the largest private employers in the region, as is <a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a>, whose medical division is based in Andover. The <a href="/wiki/Defense_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense industry">defense industry</a> also has had a major presence in the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts-based <a href="/wiki/Raytheon" title="Raytheon">Raytheon</a> has several large plants and offices in the Merrimack Valley, and <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Inc." title="BAE Systems Inc.">BAE Systems Inc.</a> also employs many people. Due to its proximity to Boston, the region also serves as a <a href="/wiki/Bedroom_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedroom community">bedroom community</a> for employers in Boston. Many major highways (including <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">I-93</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Massachusetts" title="Interstate 95 in Massachusetts">I-95</a>, and <a href="/wiki/US_3" class="mw-redirect" title="US 3">US 3</a>) and several heavily used lines of the <a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA Commuter Rail</a> system provide easy access to the city from the Merrimack Valley. </p><p>Attractions include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chain_Bridge_(Massachusetts)" title="Chain Bridge (Massachusetts)">Chain Bridge (Massachusetts)</a>, an historic bridge spanning Amesbury and Newburyport</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Island_(Amesbury,_Massachusetts)" title="Deer Island (Amesbury, Massachusetts)">Deer Island (Amesbury, Massachusetts)</a>, an island in the Merrimack in Amesbury</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill_Historical_Society_Historic_District" title="Haverhill Historical Society Historic District">Haverhill Historical Society Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier_Homestead" title="John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead">John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead</a>, birthplace of the famous poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Heritage_State_Park" title="Lawrence Heritage State Park">Lawrence Heritage State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell%27s_Boat_Shop" title="Lowell's Boat Shop">Lowell's Boat Shop</a>, the birthplace of the fishing dory</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_National_Historic_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowell National Historic Park">Lowell National Historic Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machine_Shop_Village_District" title="Machine Shop Village District">Machine Shop Village District</a>, North Andover</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maudslay_State_Park" title="Maudslay State Park">Maudslay State Park</a>, a sprawling park in Newburyport along the banks of the Merrimack</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Printing" title="Museum of Printing">Museum of Printing</a>, Haverhill</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport_Historic_District" title="Newburyport Historic District">Newburyport Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport_Harbor_Rear_Range_Light" title="Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light">Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Falls_(Massachusetts)" title="Pawtucket Falls (Massachusetts)">Pawtucket Falls (Massachusetts)</a>, famous waterfall in Lowell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plum_Island_(Massachusetts)" title="Plum Island (Massachusetts)">Plum Island (Massachusetts)</a>, a barrier island at the mouth of the River</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocks_Village_Historic_District" title="Rocks Village Historic District">Rocks Village Historic District</a>, an early ferry crossing point between East Haverhill and West Newbury</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Customhouse_(Newburyport,_Massachusetts)" title="United States Customhouse (Newburyport, Massachusetts)">United States Customhouse (Newburyport, Massachusetts)</a>, a former custom house-turned-museum</li></ul> <p><br /> Institutions of higher education include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_School_of_Law" title="Massachusetts School of Law">Massachusetts School of Law</a>, Andover</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_College" title="Merrimack College">Merrimack College</a>, North Andover</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Essex_Community_College" title="Northern Essex Community College">Northern Essex Community College</a>, Haverhill</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Lowell" title="University of Massachusetts Lowell">University of Massachusetts Lowell</a>, Lowell</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Hampshire_2">New Hampshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrimack_Valley&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: New Hampshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the textile industry that served as the underpinning of the Merrimack Valley has disappeared, the region has since transferred to other economic activities. <a href="/wiki/Sanders_Associates" title="Sanders Associates">Sanders Associates</a>, a major defense contractor based in Nashua has, through several mergers and acquisitions, become a division of <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Inc." title="BAE Systems Inc.">BAE Systems Inc.</a> and is one of the regions largest employers. Technology companies also have a large presence in the region, including mobile phone company <a href="/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon">Verizon</a>, which is the largest private employer in Manchester. The financial industry is also a major employer, with <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Financial">Lincoln Financial</a> in Concord and <a href="/wiki/Fidelity_Investments" title="Fidelity Investments">Fidelity Investments</a> in Merrimack among the largest private employers. </p><p>The area between Manchester, Nashua, and Salem was once described as the "Golden Triangle" of New Hampshire. The name was due to job growth that fueled a housing boom and led to the creation of several major new retail centers, including the <a href="/wiki/Mall_of_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mall of New Hampshire">Mall of New Hampshire</a> in Manchester, the <a href="/wiki/Mall_at_Rockingham_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Mall at Rockingham Park">Mall at Rockingham Park</a> in Salem, and the <a href="/wiki/Pheasant_Lane_Mall" title="Pheasant Lane Mall">Pheasant Lane Mall</a> in Nashua.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This area contains roughly 30% of the population of New Hampshire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Attractions include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Brook_State_Park" title="Bear Brook State Park">Bear Brook State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canobie_Lake_Park" title="Canobie Lake Park">Canobie Lake Park</a>, an amusement park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAuliffe-Shepard_Discovery_Center" title="McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center">McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center</a>, a planetarium/air and space museum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Historical_Society_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire Historical Society Museum">New Hampshire Historical Society Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_State_House" title="New Hampshire State House">New Hampshire State House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtuckaway_State_Park" title="Pawtuckaway State Park">Pawtuckaway State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost_Farm_(Derry,_New_Hampshire)" title="Robert Frost Farm (Derry, New Hampshire)">Robert Frost Farm</a>, a state historic park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Lake_State_Park_(New_Hampshire)" title="Silver Lake State Park (New Hampshire)">Silver Lake State Park</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Abortion_in_New_Hampshire" title="Abortion in New Hampshire">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Hampshire" title="Constitution of New Hampshire">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_Hampshire" title="Government of New Hampshire">Government</a></li> <li>Officials (<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_New_Hampshire" title="Executive Council of New Hampshire">Executive Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Secretary_of_State" title="New Hampshire Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Hampshire" title="Attorney General of New Hampshire">Attorney General</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">General Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Supreme_Court" title="New Hampshire Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_New_Hampshire" title="United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="Elections in New Hampshire">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Hampshire_state_symbols" title="List of New Hampshire state symbols">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain" title="Old Man of the Mountain">Old Man of the Mountain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in New Hampshire">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_New_Hampshire" title="Category:Tourist attractions in New Hampshire">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth%E2%80%93Lake_Sunapee_Region" title="Dartmouth–Lake Sunapee Region">Dartmouth–Lake Sunapee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_Woods_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire)">Great North Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakes_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Lakes Region (New Hampshire)">Lakes Region</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merrimack Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monadnock_Region" title="Monadnock Region">Monadnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seacoast_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)">Seacoast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Mountains_Region" title="White Mountains Region">White Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Hampshire" title="List of counties in New Hampshire">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belknap_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Belknap County, New Hampshire">Belknap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll County, New Hampshire">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Cheshire County, New Hampshire">Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co%C3%B6s_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Coös County, New Hampshire">Coös</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Grafton County, New Hampshire">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Sullivan County, New Hampshire">Sullivan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in New Hampshire">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berlin,_New_Hampshire" title="Berlin, New Hampshire">Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claremont,_New_Hampshire" title="Claremont, New Hampshire">Claremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_New_Hampshire" title="Franklin, New Hampshire">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keene,_New_Hampshire" title="Keene, New Hampshire">Keene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_New_Hampshire" title="Lebanon, New Hampshire">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_Hampshire" title="Rochester, New Hampshire">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Somersworth, New Hampshire">Somersworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in New Hampshire">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Acworth, New Hampshire">Acworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_Hampshire" title="Albany, New Hampshire">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_New_Hampshire" title="Alexandria, New Hampshire">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allenstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Allenstown, New Hampshire">Allenstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Alstead, New Hampshire">Alstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_New_Hampshire" title="Alton, New Hampshire">Alton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_New_Hampshire" title="Andover, New Hampshire">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim,_New_Hampshire" title="Antrim, New Hampshire">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_New_Hampshire" title="Ashland, New Hampshire">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atkinson,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson, New Hampshire">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_New_Hampshire" title="Auburn, New Hampshire">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Barnstead, New Hampshire">Barnstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_New_Hampshire" title="Barrington, New Hampshire">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_New_Hampshire" title="Bartlett, New Hampshire">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath,_New_Hampshire" title="Bath, New Hampshire">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_Hampshire" title="Belmont, New Hampshire">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennington,_New_Hampshire" title="Bennington, New Hampshire">Bennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_New_Hampshire" title="Benton, New Hampshire">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_New_Hampshire" title="Bethlehem, New Hampshire">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire" title="Boscawen, New Hampshire">Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_New_Hampshire" title="Bow, New Hampshire">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bradford, New Hampshire">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_New_Hampshire" title="Brentwood, New Hampshire">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_New_Hampshire" title="Bridgewater, New Hampshire">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_New_Hampshire" title="Bristol, New Hampshire">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Brookfield, New Hampshire">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_New_Hampshire" title="Brookline, New Hampshire">Brookline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campton,_New_Hampshire" title="Campton, New Hampshire">Campton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canaan,_New_Hampshire" title="Canaan, New Hampshire">Canaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candia,_New_Hampshire" title="Candia, New Hampshire">Candia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Canterbury, New Hampshire">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll, New Hampshire">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_Harbor,_New_Hampshire" title="Center Harbor, New Hampshire">Center Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_Hampshire" title="Charlestown, New Hampshire">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_New_Hampshire" title="Chatham, New Hampshire">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chester, New Hampshire">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Chesterfield, New Hampshire">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chichester, New Hampshire">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_New_Hampshire" title="Clarksville, New Hampshire">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colebrook,_New_Hampshire" title="Colebrook, New Hampshire">Colebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_New_Hampshire" title="Columbia, New Hampshire">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway,_New_Hampshire" title="Conway, New Hampshire">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish,_New_Hampshire" title="Cornish, New Hampshire">Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon,_New_Hampshire" title="Croydon, New Hampshire">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton,_New_Hampshire" title="Dalton, New Hampshire">Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Danbury, New Hampshire">Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_New_Hampshire" title="Danville, New Hampshire">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Deerfield, New Hampshire">Deerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering,_New_Hampshire" title="Deering, New Hampshire">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Dorchester, New Hampshire">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin,_New_Hampshire" title="Dublin, New Hampshire">Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dummer,_New_Hampshire" title="Dummer, New Hampshire">Dummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbarton,_New_Hampshire" title="Dunbarton, New Hampshire">Dunbarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_New_Hampshire" title="Durham, New Hampshire">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Kingston,_New_Hampshire" title="East Kingston, New Hampshire">East Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_New_Hampshire" title="Easton, New Hampshire">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton,_New_Hampshire" title="Eaton, New Hampshire">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Effingham, New Hampshire">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Ellsworth, New Hampshire">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Enfield, New Hampshire">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epping,_New_Hampshire" title="Epping, New Hampshire">Epping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsom,_New_Hampshire" title="Epsom, New Hampshire">Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errol,_New_Hampshire" title="Errol, New Hampshire">Errol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_New_Hampshire" title="Farmington, New Hampshire">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzwilliam,_New_Hampshire" title="Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire">Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francestown,_New_Hampshire" title="Francestown, New Hampshire">Francestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Franconia, New Hampshire">Franconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom,_New_Hampshire" title="Freedom, New Hampshire">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_New_Hampshire" title="Fremont, New Hampshire">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilford,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilford, New Hampshire">Gilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmanton,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilmanton, New Hampshire">Gilmanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilsum,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilsum, New Hampshire">Gilsum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorham,_New_Hampshire" title="Gorham, New Hampshire">Gorham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshen,_New_Hampshire" title="Goshen, New Hampshire">Goshen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_Hampshire" title="Grafton, New Hampshire">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham,_New_Hampshire" title="Grantham, New Hampshire">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenfield, New Hampshire">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenland, New Hampshire">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenville, New Hampshire">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_New_Hampshire" title="Groton, New Hampshire">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampstead, New Hampshire">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton, New Hampshire">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Falls,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton Falls, New Hampshire">Hampton Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock,_New_Hampshire" title="Hancock, New Hampshire">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire" title="Hanover, New Hampshire">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisville,_New_Hampshire" title="Harrisville, New Hampshire">Harrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart%27s_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Hart's Location, New Hampshire">Hart's Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_New_Hampshire" title="Haverhill, New Hampshire">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebron,_New_Hampshire" title="Hebron, New Hampshire">Hebron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henniker,_New_Hampshire" title="Henniker, New Hampshire">Henniker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill,_New_Hampshire" title="Hill, New Hampshire">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale,_New_Hampshire" title="Hinsdale, New Hampshire">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holderness,_New_Hampshire" title="Holderness, New Hampshire">Holderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollis,_New_Hampshire" title="Hollis, New Hampshire">Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hopkinton, New Hampshire">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_New_Hampshire" title="Jackson, New Hampshire">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffrey,_New_Hampshire" title="Jaffrey, New Hampshire">Jaffrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_New_Hampshire" title="Jefferson, New Hampshire">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_New_Hampshire" title="Kensington, New Hampshire">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Hampshire" title="Kingston, New Hampshire">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_New_Hampshire" title="Lancaster, New Hampshire">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landaff,_New_Hampshire" title="Landaff, New Hampshire">Landaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdon,_New_Hampshire" title="Langdon, New Hampshire">Langdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee,_New_Hampshire" title="Lee, New Hampshire">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lempster,_New_Hampshire" title="Lempster, New Hampshire">Lempster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_New_Hampshire" title="Lincoln, New Hampshire">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon,_New_Hampshire" title="Lisbon, New Hampshire">Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Litchfield, New Hampshire">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_New_Hampshire" title="Littleton, New Hampshire">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudon,_New_Hampshire" title="Loudon, New Hampshire">Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyman, New Hampshire">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyme, New Hampshire">Lyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndeborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyndeborough, New Hampshire">Lyndeborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Madbury, New Hampshire">Madbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_New_Hampshire" title="Madison, New Hampshire">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Marlborough, New Hampshire">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlow,_New_Hampshire" title="Marlow, New Hampshire">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_New_Hampshire" title="Mason, New Hampshire">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith,_New_Hampshire" title="Meredith, New Hampshire">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton,_New_Hampshire" title="Middleton, New Hampshire">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan,_New_Hampshire" title="Milan, New Hampshire">Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Hampshire" title="Milford, New Hampshire">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_New_Hampshire" title="Milton, New Hampshire">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_New_Hampshire" title="Monroe, New Hampshire">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mont_Vernon,_New_Hampshire" title="Mont Vernon, New Hampshire">Mont Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultonborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Moultonborough, New Hampshire">Moultonborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Hampshire" title="Nelson, New Hampshire">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Boston,_New_Hampshire" title="New Boston, New Hampshire">New Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Newbury, New Hampshire">Newbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_New_Hampshire" title="New Castle, New Hampshire">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Durham,_New_Hampshire" title="New Durham, New Hampshire">New Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfields,_New_Hampshire" title="Newfields, New Hampshire">Newfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="New Hampton, New Hampshire">New Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newington,_New_Hampshire" title="Newington, New Hampshire">Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Ipswich,_New_Hampshire" title="New Ipswich, New Hampshire">New Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_London,_New_Hampshire" title="New London, New Hampshire">New London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_New_Hampshire" title="Newmarket, New Hampshire">Newmarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_New_Hampshire" title="Newport, New Hampshire">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_New_Hampshire" title="Newton, New Hampshire">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Northfield, New Hampshire">Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="North Hampton, New Hampshire">North Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland,_New_Hampshire" title="Northumberland, New Hampshire">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_New_Hampshire" title="Northwood, New Hampshire">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Nottingham, New Hampshire">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_New_Hampshire" title="Orange, New Hampshire">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orford,_New_Hampshire" title="Orford, New Hampshire">Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossipee,_New_Hampshire" title="Ossipee, New Hampshire">Ossipee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_New_Hampshire" title="Pelham, New Hampshire">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_New_Hampshire" title="Pembroke, New Hampshire">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Peterborough, New Hampshire">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piermont,_New_Hampshire" title="Piermont, New Hampshire">Piermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_New_Hampshire" title="Pittsburg, New Hampshire">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Pittsfield, New Hampshire">Pittsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Plainfield, New Hampshire">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_New_Hampshire" title="Plaistow, New Hampshire">Plaistow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Plymouth, New Hampshire">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_New_Hampshire" title="Randolph, New Hampshire">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond,_New_Hampshire" title="Raymond, New Hampshire">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_New_Hampshire" title="Richmond, New Hampshire">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rindge,_New_Hampshire" title="Rindge, New Hampshire">Rindge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollinsford,_New_Hampshire" title="Rollinsford, New Hampshire">Rollinsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Roxbury, New Hampshire">Roxbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumney,_New_Hampshire" title="Rumney, New Hampshire">Rumney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye,_New_Hampshire" title="Rye, New Hampshire">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Salisbury, New Hampshire">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanbornton,_New_Hampshire" title="Sanbornton, New Hampshire">Sanbornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandown,_New_Hampshire" title="Sandown, New Hampshire">Sandown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_New_Hampshire" title="Sandwich, New Hampshire">Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seabrook,_New_Hampshire" title="Seabrook, New Hampshire">Seabrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_New_Hampshire" title="Sharon, New Hampshire">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelburne,_New_Hampshire" title="Shelburne, New Hampshire">Shelburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="South Hampton, New Hampshire">South Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Springfield, New Hampshire">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stark,_New_Hampshire" title="Stark, New Hampshire">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewartstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Stewartstown, New Hampshire">Stewartstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoddard,_New_Hampshire" title="Stoddard, New Hampshire">Stoddard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford, New Hampshire">Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_New_Hampshire" title="Stratford, New Hampshire">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratham,_New_Hampshire" title="Stratham, New Hampshire">Stratham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Hill,_New_Hampshire" title="Sugar Hill, New Hampshire">Sugar Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan,_New_Hampshire" title="Sullivan, New Hampshire">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunapee,_New_Hampshire" title="Sunapee, New Hampshire">Sunapee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry,_New_Hampshire" title="Surry, New Hampshire">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_New_Hampshire" title="Sutton, New Hampshire">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanzey,_New_Hampshire" title="Swanzey, New Hampshire">Swanzey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Tamworth, New Hampshire">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple,_New_Hampshire" title="Temple, New Hampshire">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_New_Hampshire" title="Thornton, New Hampshire">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilton,_New_Hampshire" title="Tilton, New Hampshire">Tilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_Hampshire" title="Troy, New Hampshire">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuftonboro,_New_Hampshire" title="Tuftonboro, New Hampshire">Tuftonboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity,_New_Hampshire" title="Unity, New Hampshire">Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_New_Hampshire" title="Wakefield, New Hampshire">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole,_New_Hampshire" title="Walpole, New Hampshire">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner,_New_Hampshire" title="Warner, New Hampshire">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_New_Hampshire" title="Warren, New Hampshire">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_New_Hampshire" title="Washington, New Hampshire">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterville_Valley,_New_Hampshire" title="Waterville Valley, New Hampshire">Waterville Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weare,_New_Hampshire" title="Weare, New Hampshire">Weare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_New_Hampshire" title="Webster, New Hampshire">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Wentworth, New Hampshire">Wentworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland,_New_Hampshire" title="Westmoreland, New Hampshire">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitefield,_New_Hampshire" title="Whitefield, New Hampshire">Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmot,_New_Hampshire" title="Wilmot, New Hampshire">Wilmot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilton,_New_Hampshire" title="Wilton, New Hampshire">Wilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Winchester, New Hampshire">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_New_Hampshire" title="Windsor, New Hampshire">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfeboro,_New_Hampshire" title="Wolfeboro, New Hampshire">Wolfeboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_New_Hampshire" title="Woodstock, New Hampshire">Woodstock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Townships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atkinson_and_Gilmanton_Academy_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, New Hampshire">Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bean%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Bean's Grant, New Hampshire">Bean's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bean%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire">Bean's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_New_Hampshire" title="Cambridge, New Hampshire">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Chandler's Purchase, New Hampshire">Chandler's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Crawford's Purchase, New Hampshire">Crawford's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutt%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Cutt's Grant, New Hampshire">Cutt's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dix%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Dix's Grant, New Hampshire">Dix's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixville,_New_Hampshire" title="Dixville, New Hampshire">Dixville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erving%27s_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Erving's Location, New Hampshire">Erving's Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Green's Grant, New Hampshire">Green's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadley%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Hadley's Purchase, New Hampshire">Hadley's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale%27s_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Hale's Location, New Hampshire"> Hale's Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkenny,_New_Hampshire" title="Kilkenny, New Hampshire">Kilkenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livermore,_New_Hampshire" title="Livermore, New Hampshire">Livermore </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_and_Burbank%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire">Low and Burbank's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin%27s_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Martin's Location, New Hampshire">Martin's Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millsfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Millsfield, New Hampshire">Millsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odell,_New_Hampshire" title="Odell, New Hampshire">Odell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinkham%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Pinkham's Grant, New Hampshire">Pinkham's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargent%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire">Sargent's Purchase </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_College_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Second College Grant, New Hampshire">Second College Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Success,_New_Hampshire" title="Success, New Hampshire">Success</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_and_Meserve%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire">Thompson and Meserve's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentworth_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Wentworth Location, New Hampshire">Wentworth Location</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/32px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/48px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/64px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" 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municipalities in Massachusetts">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agawam,_Massachusetts" title="Agawam, Massachusetts">Agawam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts" title="Braintree, Massachusetts">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="Bridgewater, Massachusetts">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicopee,_Massachusetts" title="Chicopee, Massachusetts">Chicopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Longmeadow,_Massachusetts" title="East Longmeadow, Massachusetts">East Longmeadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easthampton,_Massachusetts" title="Easthampton, Massachusetts">Easthampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts" title="Gardner, Massachusetts">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Massachusetts" title="Greenfield, Massachusetts">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Massachusetts" title="Holyoke, Massachusetts">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leominster,_Massachusetts" title="Leominster, Massachusetts">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Adams,_Massachusetts" title="North Adams, Massachusetts">North Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts" title="Northampton, Massachusetts">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer,_Massachusetts" title="Palmer, Massachusetts">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Massachusetts" title="Pittsfield, Massachusetts">Pittsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_Massachusetts" title="Randolph, Massachusetts">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Southbridge, Massachusetts">Southbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield,_Massachusetts" title="Westfield, Massachusetts">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="West Springfield, Massachusetts">West Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li> <li>Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts" title="List of municipalities in Massachusetts">all municipalities</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/32px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/48px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/64px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Massachusetts" title="Portal:Massachusetts">Massachusetts portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Region_of_Greater_Boston" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Greater_Boston" title="Template:Greater Boston"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Greater_Boston" title="Template talk:Greater Boston"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Greater_Boston" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Greater Boston"><abbr title="Edit 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href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough, NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Kent County, Rhode Island">Kent, RI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack, NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport County, Rhode Island">Newport, RI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence County, Rhode Island">Providence, RI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham, NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford, NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington, RI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester, MA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Major cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />100k-250k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />25k-100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Massachusetts" title="Arlington, Massachusetts">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billerica,_Massachusetts" title="Billerica, Massachusetts">Billerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts" title="Braintree, Massachusetts">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="Bridgewater, Massachusetts">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford,_Massachusetts" title="Chelmsford, Massachusetts">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry,_Rhode_Island" title="Coventry, Rhode Island">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Rhode_Island" title="Cumberland, Rhode Island">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danvers,_Massachusetts" title="Danvers, Massachusetts">Danvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Massachusetts" title="Dartmouth, Massachusetts">Dartmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracut,_Massachusetts" title="Dracut, Massachusetts">Dracut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston,_Rhode_Island" title="Johnston, Rhode Island">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leominster,_Massachusetts" title="Leominster, Massachusetts">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshfield,_Massachusetts" title="Marshfield, Massachusetts">Marshfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Massachusetts" title="Milford, Massachusetts">Milford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needham,_Massachusetts" title="Needham, Massachusetts">Needham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="North Andover, Massachusetts">North Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Attleboro,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="North Attleboro, Massachusetts">North Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="North Kingstown, Rhode Island">North Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="North Providence, Rhode Island">North Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Massachusetts" title="Norwood, Massachusetts">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode Island">Pawtucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_Hampshire" title="Rochester, New Hampshire">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saugus,_Massachusetts" title="Saugus, Massachusetts">Saugus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury,_Massachusetts" title="Shrewsbury, Massachusetts">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="South Kingstown, Rhode Island">South Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoughton,_Massachusetts" title="Stoughton, Massachusetts">Stoughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewksbury,_Massachusetts" title="Tewksbury, Massachusetts">Tewksbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Massachusetts" title="Wakefield, Massachusetts">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellesley,_Massachusetts" title="Wellesley, Massachusetts">Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="West Warwick, Rhode Island">West Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woonsocket,_Rhode_Island" title="Woonsocket, Rhode Island">Woonsocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />10k-25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts" title="Abington, Massachusetts">Abington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_Massachusetts" title="Acton, Massachusetts">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acushnet,_Massachusetts" title="Acushnet, Massachusetts">Acushnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Massachusetts" title="Ashland, Massachusetts">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athol,_Massachusetts" title="Athol, Massachusetts">Athol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Massachusetts" title="Auburn, Massachusetts">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Rhode_Island" title="Barrington, Rhode Island">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="Bedford, Massachusetts">Bedford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_Massachusetts" title="Bellingham, Massachusetts">Bellingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_Massachusetts" title="Belmont, Massachusetts">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Massachusetts" title="Burlington, Massachusetts">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrillville,_Rhode_Island" title="Burrillville, Rhode Island">Burrillville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver,_Massachusetts" title="Carver, Massachusetts">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_Massachusetts" title="Charlton, Massachusetts">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Massachusetts" title="Clinton, Massachusetts">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_Massachusetts" title="Concord, Massachusetts">Concord (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_Massachusetts" title="Dudley, Massachusetts">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts" title="Duxbury, Massachusetts">Duxbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="East Bridgewater, Massachusetts">East Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island" title="East Greenwich, Rhode Island">East Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhaven,_Massachusetts" title="Fairhaven, Massachusetts">Fairhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts" title="Gardner, Massachusetts">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_Massachusetts" title="Grafton, Massachusetts">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_Massachusetts" title="Groton, Massachusetts">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton, New Hampshire">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Massachusetts" title="Hanover, Massachusetts">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson,_Massachusetts" title="Hanson, Massachusetts">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Massachusetts" title="Holbrook, Massachusetts">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden,_Massachusetts" title="Holden, Massachusetts">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holliston,_Massachusetts" title="Holliston, Massachusetts">Holliston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Massachusetts" title="Hopkinton, Massachusetts">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Massachusetts" title="Hudson, Massachusetts">Hudson (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull,_Massachusetts" title="Hull, Massachusetts">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Massachusetts" title="Ipswich, Massachusetts">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Massachusetts" title="Kingston, Massachusetts">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester,_Massachusetts" title="Leicester, Massachusetts">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Rhode_Island" title="Lincoln, Rhode Island">Lincoln (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg,_Massachusetts" title="Lunenburg, 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