Editing Chelmsford, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Typical houses in Chelmsford, Mass.jpg|thumb|Typical houses in Chelmsford]]
Chelmsford is in northern Middlesex County, bordered by the city of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] to the northeast. It is {{convert|25|mi}} northwest of downtown [[Boston]] and {{convert|15|mi}} southeast of [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]. The town is bordered by two sizable rivers: the [[Merrimack River]] to the northeast, and the [[Concord River]] at the town's easternmost boundary.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|23.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|22.4|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.7|sqmi|km2}}, or 3.04%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Chelmsford consists of several neighborhoods.  In addition to the town center, smaller areas include South Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, East Chelmsford, [[North Chelmsford, Massachusetts|North Chelmsford]] and the Westlands. North Chelmsford, an industrial village, is distinct from the rest of the town to the extent that it has many of its own town services.