Lowell

Also known as Lowell, Massachusetts, East Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Lowell is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is historically significant as a major center of the American Industrial Revolution, particularly known for its textile mills and planned development in the 19th century.

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Official name: Lowell
Demonym: Lowellois
Population: 113994
Area: 37.629989
Elevation: 31
Official website: www.lowellma.gov
Image: Lowell skyline.jpg
Households: 40260
Dialing code: 978

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Commons category: Lowell, Massachusetts
social media followers: 10747
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inception: 1653-00-00
water as percent of area: 6.4909
per capita income: 29172
postal code: 01854

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Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/ ) is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, it is one of the two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census, and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area, called Greater Lowell, and of 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 because of its textile mills and factories. Many of Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park. During the Cambodian genocide (1975–1979), the city took in an influx of refugees, leading to a Cambodia Town and America's second-largest Cambodian-American population.