Pawtucketville
Neighborhood of Lowell
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
City	Lowell
ZIP Code	01854
Area code	978

Panoramic view of Merrimack River in Pawtucketville

Pawtucketville is a neighborhood and village within the city of Lowell, Massachusetts.^[1]

The area was settled in the 1668 as Drawcott and was previously inhabited by the Pennacook tribe, and eventually "[t]he settlement that developed on the north side of the river was first called Pawtucket Village. The name Pawtucketville can be traced to the construction of the Merrimack-Middlesex Bridge at Pawtucket Falls in 1792, the first bridge that spanned the Merrimack River. On the north side of the bridge, a small village began to develop. This community was originally known as the Village at Pawtucket Falls or Pawtucket Village, and by the time of annexation in 1874, as Pawtucketville."^[2] Many notables institutions are located in the village, including Sampas Pavilion, Lowell General Hospital, Pawtucket Congregational Church (Lowell, Massachusetts), and Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School.

Notable residents

• John Fawcett (entrepreneur)
• Daniel Gage, the "Ice King"
• Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet; founding member of the "Beat Generation"
• Barzillai Lew, African American Revolutionary War veteran
• Harry Lew, early African American basketball player
• Armand Mercier, politician

References

42°39′30″N 71°19′48″W / 42.65833°N 71.33000°W / 42.65833; -71.33000