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Lowell, MA

City of Lowell
City
Lowell on the Merrimack River with Cox Bridge
Lowell on the Merrimack River with Cox Bridge
Official seal of City of Lowell
Seal
Nickname(s): Mill City, Spindle City
Motto: "Art is the Handmaid of Human Good."
Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
City of Lowell is located in the US
City of Lowell
City of Lowell
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°38′22″N 71°18′53″W / 42.63944°N 71.31472°W / 42.63944; -71.31472Coordinates: 42°38′22″N 71°18′53″W / 42.63944°N 71.31472°W / 42.63944; -71.31472
Country United States
State Massachusetts
County Middlesex
Settled 1653
Incorporated 1826
A city 1836
Government
 • Type Manager-City council
 • Mayor Edward J. Kennedy
 • City Manager Kevin J. Murphy
Area
 • Total 14.5 sq mi (37.7 km2)
 • Land 13.8 sq mi (35.7 km2)
 • Water 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
Elevation 102 ft (31 m)
Population (2014)
 • Total 109,945
 • Density 7,667/sq mi (3,079.7/km2)
 • Demonym Lowellian
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 01850, 01851, 01852, 01853, 01854
Area code(s) 978 / 351
FIPS code 25-37000
GNIS feature ID 0611832
Website City of Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in the US Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in Middlesex County, Lowell (along with Cambridge) served as a county seat until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1999. With an estimated population of 109,945 in 2014, it is the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts, and the second-largest in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area called Greater Lowell, as well as New England's Merrimack Valley region.

Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories. Many of the Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park. During the Cambodian genocide, the city took in an influx of refugees, leading to a Cambodia Town and America's second-largest Cambodian-American population.


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