Haverhill

North Shore municipality

Haverhill is a city in northeastern Massachusetts, situated on the Merrimack River near the New Hampshire border.

It developed as an industrial center, particularly for shoe manufacturing in the 19th century.

The name also belongs to smaller towns in New Hampshire and England.

Massachusetts

Merrimack

Civil War ironclad

Amesbury

history

colonial

Of occupied territories

nineteenth century · immigration · mill town · Native American · textile mills · heritage · preservation

England

Suffolk

County containing Ipswich

Clare

Opposites
geographic position (coastal vs inland)

HaverhillNantucket

Massachusetts island resort

Martha's Vineyard · Gloucester · Provincetown · Cape Cod · Marblehead

urban hierarchy (secondary city vs major metropolis)

HaverhillBoston

Massachusetts state capital

New York City · Manhattan · Cambridge · capital city

economic trajectory (post-industrial vs prosperous)

HaverhillWellesley

Private liberal arts college

Newton · Brookline · Weston · Nantucket · Dover

Family

haver, hill, hills, hilly, hillside, hilltop, hillbilly

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G