Merrimack Valley

The Merrimack Valley is a bi-state region along the Merrimack River in the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, United States. The Merrimack is one of the larger waterways in the New England region and has helped define the livelihood of those along it since native times.

Major cities in the Merrimack Valley include Concord, Manchester, and Nashua in New Hampshire. The Merrimack Valley area in Massachusetts is a community of towns and cities surronding the Merrimack River along the New Hampshire border. The cities and towns in this area are:

Amesbury, Massachusetts
Andover, Massachusetts
Billerica, Massachusetts
Boxford, Massachusetts
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Dracut, Massachusetts
Dunstable, Massachusetts
Georgetown, Massachusetts
Groveland, Massachusetts
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts
Merrimac, Massachusetts
Methuen, Massachusetts
Newbury, Massachusetts
Newburyport, Massachusetts
North Andover, Massachusetts
Rowley, Massachusetts
Salisbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
West Newbury, Massachusetts
Westford, Massachusetts
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Of these communities, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen and Newburyport are cities. Amesbury is legally a city, but officially calls itself a town. The population of the region, in 2000, was 605,853 residents, or slightly more than the city of Boston, and over one tenth of the state.