Nashua

New Hampshire city

Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, the state's second-largest after Manchester.

It sits along the Nashua River near the Massachusetts border and functions as part of the greater Boston metropolitan area.

The name comes from the Nashua people, an Algonquian group who lived in the region.

geography

New Hampshire

Northeastern state, smallest land

Hollis · Hudson · Milford · Amherst · Lowell

industry

textile mills

Facilities manufacturing woven goods

cotton · wool · industrial revolution · workforce · Main Street · factory · production · innovation

history

Abenaki

Algonquian-speaking northeastern nation

textile mills · railroad · immigration · industrialization · redevelopment · heritage · historical society · Daniel Webster · canal system · border dispute

city

downtown

Central business district

municipal · wards · infrastructure · public transit · residents · commute · civic · zoning · library · schools

Categories
Opposites
urban vs. rural settlement

Nashuarural

Of the countryside

countryside · wilderness · backwoods · farmland · country

new hampshire city hierarchy

NashuaConcord

Unity or famous places

state capital · White Mountains · Pittsburg · Berlin

regional identity within new england

NashuaVermont

Northeastern state, small population

Maine

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