Back River
The Back River is a 6.5-mile-long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary to the Powwow River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bartlett Museum and Amesbury Middle School.
Bartlett Museum
Museum
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The Bartlett Museum is a nonprofit museum located at 270 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts. It is named after Josiah Bartlett, a Founding Father of the United States who was born in Amesbury and later signed the United States Declaration of Independence.
Amesbury Middle School
School
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Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the left bank of the Merrimack River near its mouth, upstream from Salisbury and across the river from Newburyport and West Newbury.
Salisbury Plains Burying Ground
Cemetery
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Salisbury Plains Burying Ground is a cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amesbury and Jewell Town District.
Amesbury
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Amesbury is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 17,000. Merrimac is a town with a population of 7,000.
Jewell Town District
Neighborhood
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The Jewell Town District of South Hampton, New Hampshire, encompasses a colonial-era industrial village with a history dating to 1687. It is centered at the junction of West Whitehall and Jewell Streets, which is just south of a bend in the Powwow River, the source of the power for the mills that were built here.
South Hampton
Village
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South Hampton is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 894 at the 2020 census. South Hampton is home to Cowden State Forest and Powwow River State Forest.
Back River
- Type: River
- Description: tributary of the Powwow River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.85714° or 42° 51′ 26″ northLongitude
-70.92728° or 70° 55′ 38″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JFV34F+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 300595874OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
4929542Wikidata ID
Q4839147
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Back River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Back”
- Cebuano: “Back River”
- Chinese: “后河”
- Irish: “Abhainn Back”
- Venetian: “Back”
- Welsh: “Afon Back”
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Localities in the Area
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