Communities of the Nashua River Watershed
The 32 towns and cities of our watershed range from urban areas that were once booming milltowns that are today seeing revitalization around their riverfronts to small villages that have the look and feel of early New England with their Commons and historic districts. Many of these communities are facing rapid growth with the expansion of the Boston metropolitan area. Each one is unique and special, but one fact they all share—they are 32 communities connected by water.
Ashburnham, MA Population: 6,081
Ashby, MA Population: 3,074
Ayer, MA Population: 7,427
Bolton, MA Population: 4,897
Boylston, MA Population: 4,355
Brookline, NH Population: 4,991
Clinton, MA Population: 4,355
Devens, MA Population: included in Ayer and Harvard
Dunstable, MA Population: 3,169
Fitchburg, MA Population: 40,318
Gardner, MA Population: 20,228
Groton, MA Population: 10,646
Greenville, NH Population: 2,105
Harvard, MA Population: 6,520
Holden, MA Population: 17,346
Hollis, NH Population: 7,684
Lancaster, MA Population: 8,055
Leominster, MA Population: 40,759
Lunenburg, MA Population: 10,086
Mason, NH Population: 1,382
Milford, NH Population: 15,115
Nashua, NH Population: 86,494
New Ipswich, NH Population: 5,099
Paxton, MA Population: 4,086
Pepperell, MA Population: 11,497
Princeton, MA Population: 3,413
Rutland, MA Population: 7,973
Shirley, MA Population: 7,211
Sterling, MA Population: 7,808
Townsend, MA Population: 8,926
West Boylston, MA Population: 7,669
Westminster, MA Population: 7,227
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Population data from 2010 U.S. Census.