11 Facts About Merrimack Valley

Merrimack Valley is a bi-state region along the Merrimack River in the U S states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

The Merrimack Valley is one of the larger waterways in New England and has helped to define the livelihood and culture of those living along it for millennia.

Major cities in the Merrimack Valley include Concord, Manchester, and Nashua in New Hampshire, and Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill in Massachusetts.

The Merrimack Valley was a major center of the textile industry in the 19th century.

Merrimack Valley area in Massachusetts is a community of towns and cities flanking the Merrimack River along the New Hampshire border, a portion of which is defined by a line approximately 3 miles north and west of the Merrimack.

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Merrimack Valley contains a mixture of 19th-century industrial cities and mill complexes built to take advantage of the river's waterpower, modern suburbs, and some relatively rural areas.

In New Hampshire, the Merrimack Valley Region is an area of the south-central part of the state, about 35 miles wide, centered on the Merrimack River, and running from Canterbury south to the Massachusetts border.

Merrimack River Valley is considered the "Valley of the Poets" by some local artists and poets.

Merrimack Valley is one of the few places in the United States where the card game Forty-fives is popular.

Merrimack Valley was once home to numerous apple and fruit orchards, of which several still remain.

Merrimack Valley's leading boarding schools, such as Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts; Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts; St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire; and The Governor's Academy in Newbury, Massachusetts, provide cultural institutions to the public, including the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Robert S Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover.