Lowell, Massachusetts

City
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	Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
	Coordinates: 42°38′22″N 71°18′53″W / 42.63944°N 71.31472°WCoordinates: 42°38′22″N 71°18′53″W / 42.63944°N 71.31472°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1652
Incorporated	1826
A city	1836
Named for	Francis Cabot Lowell
Government
• Type	Manager-City council
Area
• Total	14.53 sq mi (37.63 km2)
• Land	13.61 sq mi (35.25 km2)
• Water	0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
Elevation	102 ft (31 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	115,554
• Density	8,489.75/sq mi (3,278.02/km2)
• Demonym	Lowellian
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	01850, 01851, 01852, 01853, 01854
FIPS code	25-37000
GNIS feature ID	0611832
Website	City of Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Massachusetts. It has a population of 115,554, which makes it one of the largest cities in the state. It has historically been known for having factories that made textiles (clothes and fabric). It has been a city of immigrants, first of Irish and later of Cambodians.

Lowell, Massachusetts Media

The Massachusetts Mill at the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord Rivers; across the Cox Bridge are the Boott Mills; in the upper left is the historic Lowell Sun building with its iconic sign on top.
Saint Anne's Episcopal Church, built 1824
Mills sat abandoned after industry left the city in the early twentieth century.
Lowell National Historic Park Headquarters, Lowell, Massachusetts
Pawtucket Canal at Central Street looking west, Lowell Massachusetts
Aerial view of LeLacheur Park and the UMass-Lowell campus
1876 bird's eye view map of Lowell, Massachusetts
Central Lowell's canal system (1975). The city limits extend in all directions from this central core.
North Common Village apartments, with Saint Jean-Baptiste Church in the background. Taken from Clark Street in Lowell, Massachusetts.