Editing Lowell, Massachusetts (section)

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:North Common Village, with Saint Jean-Baptiste Church in background; Lowell, MA; 2011-09-03.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Acre neighborhood]]
Lowell has eight distinct neighborhoods: the Acre, Back Central, Belvidere, Centralville, Downtown, Highlands, Pawtucketville, and South Lowell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/dpd/services/planning/neighborhoods|title=City of Lowell|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513014638/http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/dpd/services/planning/neighborhoods|archive-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref> The city also has five [[ZIP code]]s: four are geographically distinct general ZIP codes, and one (01853) is for post-office boxes only.

The '''Centralville''' neighborhood, ZIP Code 01850, is the northeastern section of the city, north of the Merrimack River and east of [[Beaver Brook (Merrimack River)|Beaver Brook]]. Christian Hill is the section of Centralville east of Bridge Street.

The '''Highlands''', ZIP Code 01851, is the most populated neighborhood, with almost a quarter of the city residing here. It is located in the southwestern section of the city, bordered to the east by the Lowell Connector and to the north by the railroad. Lowellians further distinguish the sections of the Highlands as the Upper Highlands and the Lower Highlands, the latter being the area closer to downtown. Middlesex Village, Tyler Park, and Drum Hill are in this ZIP Code. The Upper Highlands also includes the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell|University of Massachusetts Lowell, South Campus]] (Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Health Sciences & Education).

'''Downtown''', '''Belvidere''', '''Back Central''', and '''South Lowell''' make up the 01852 ZIP Code, and are the southeastern sections of the city (south of the [[Merrimack River]] and southeast of the Lowell Connector). Belvidere is the mostly residential area south of the Merrimack River, east of the Concord River, and north of the Lowell and Lawrence railroad. [[Belvidere Hill Historic District]] runs along Fairmount Street. Lower Belvidere is the section west of Nesmith Street. [[Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District]], [[Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Massachusetts)|Lowell Cemetery]], and [[Shedd Park (Lowell, Massachusetts)|Shedd Park]] are this side of town. Back Central is an urban area south of downtown, toward the mouth of River Meadow Brook. South Lowell is the area south of the railroad and east of the Concord River. Other minor neighborhoods within this ZIP Code are Ayers City, Bleachery, Chapel Hill, the Grove, Oaklands, Riverside Park, Swede Village, and Wigginville.  Although the use of the names of these smaller neighborhoods has been in decline in the past decades, there has been recently a reemergence of their use.  Downtown Lowell includes the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell|UMass Lowell]] East Campus which consists of university housing, recreation facilities, research and the [[Tsongas Center|university's sports arena]], as well as the [[Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts)|Middlesex Community College]].

'''Pawtucketville''', the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]], North Campus; and '''the Acre''' make up the 01854 ZIP Code.  The northwestern portion of the city includes the neighborhood where [[Jack Kerouac]] resided around the area of University Avenue (previously known as Moody Street). The North Campus of [[University of Massachusetts Lowell|UMass Lowell]] (Colleges of Engineering, Sciences and Business) is in Pawtucketville near the Lowell General Hospital. The older parts of the neighborhood are around University Avenue and [[Mammoth Road]], whereas the newer parts are around Varnum Avenue. Pawtucketville is the official entrance to the [[Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest|Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest]], the site of an historic Native American tribe, and in the age of the Industrial Revolution was a prominent source of granite used in canals and factory foundations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/ldtf.htm |title=Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest |access-date=March 3, 2010 |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205041651/http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/ldtf.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>