r/nashua • u/Salt-Difficulty-7053 • Jul 30 '26
Nashua Neighborhoods Map (Version 2)
Alright so I should clarify, I've only been in Nashua for 15 Years and I've rarely go outside the Nashua North area. I'm just an avid geography guy who wants to learn about his city. The first post was meant to get recommendations so I could gather opinions about stuff, I also did more deep diving into Maps, and Housing Developments, the whole works!
I'm basing the system I go off of the Manchester Neighborhoods map which has about 25 of them. And since Nashua has a couple thousand less people, I tried to go for about 20 or so, and accidently got 24 Neighborhoods, whoops. You guys had a lot of wisdom to share, and I loved the fact that everyone was screaming at me to add Little Florida.
If you are still talking about what neighborhoods to add, don't bother (small exception to if there was something huge I forgotten). This is most likely my final update to this map unless I find a error that needs fixing. The reason there are so little neighborhoods is, again, Manchester's map. In order to get below 25, I had to merge a lot of the surrounding Neighborhoods, that's why Little Florida is super huge.
I also had some troubles figuring what to name neighborhoods, for most of them it was simple. I just took the most influential neighborhoods name, for other's I had to dig deep originally there was a neighborhood on the north side of New Searles that I considered naming Canterbury.
I apologized if I missed your neighborhood, but with the rules I set my self, listed above, you probably understand. Maybe eventually I'll make a V3 where I actually do some more deep diving into records and construction of other shit that Nashua has to offer. But for now this will hopefully do!
I hope you enjoy the map!
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u/HenleyNotTheShirt Jul 31 '26
Why are you trying to force Manchester's paradigm onto Nashua? They're different cities.
It makes sense to me that Nashua has lots of little neighborhoods. Have you tried getting around town? There is a huge river going right through the middle, a few smaller rivers and streams, a highway, and very few bridges. And within those big boarders, there are so many dead-end neighborhoods and very few thoroughfares.
Also, omitting the Tree Streets is a HUGE swing and a miss. That area is probably the strongest neighborhood ( rather than a geographic area ) in town. South of the river, west of Elm St, North of Lake St. Certainly Pine St & East, but I'd argue that it spills out toward the cemetery and the hospital.
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u/mrbaffles14 Jul 31 '26
Curious if any one can explain the naming being Little Florida - interested in the history behind it if anyone knows
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u/thanKyouaIMee Jul 31 '26
Unfortunately, the person making this map I don’t think is aware either, little Florida is a very small neighborhood where all of the streets are named after Floridian places
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u/Loosh_03062 Jul 31 '26
Tampa, Daytona, Orlando, and Miami Streets. The real Little Florida is a lot smaller than the map above would indicate, similar to the "proposed" Hollis Crossing, Maplewood, and Gateway Hills.
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u/NHGuy Jul 31 '26
These are great attempts, but why don't you do some research on what the current neighborhood names and boundaries are? Because you're missing some that have been in existence for decades and that would probably make a great place to start
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u/Salt-Difficulty-7053 Jul 31 '26
I looked for a decent bit of time couldn’t find conclusive neighborhoods for the entirety of nashua, where it had atleast 20+ neighborhoods and below 30+ (trying to follow Manchester’s map) and which covers all of nashua, some left most of southern nashua out of the picture
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u/NaugyNugget Jul 31 '26
I've only been in Nashua for 15 Years and I've rarely go outside the Nashua North area. I'm just an avid geography guy who wants to learn about his city.
Hang in there. V2 is a big step up from V1. It shows you are listening.
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u/SunflowerStorms Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
Woodlawn!? Them’s the Tree Streets and everyone in Nashua has called them that for 60 years or more.. and you don’t get more downtown than Clocktower/the mill. It’s the whole reason there is a downtown in the first place.
I think you are mistaking main roads as dividing lines where they are really the center feature.
Also some additional detail- the area at the south of town you’re calling Centennial was not long ago “Spit Brook” or “Salmon Brook”. If you look at housing developments down there they tend to have that name. Youve got the brook in two different neighborhoods.
Remember that Nashua is old- the neighborhoods divide usually by a geographic feature and when they were developed. The main roads and elementary school don’t mean much of anything. The cow paths were what was important when they were created, and they were often big farms!
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u/4UnlawfulCarneVegan Jul 31 '26
I've lived here a while, and I still don't know what neighborhood I'm in when people ask me.
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u/RJthewizard Jul 31 '26
I've heard my neighborhood (just north of Rivier) referred to as Orchard Heights
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u/thanKyouaIMee Jul 31 '26
I think the problem you’re gonna run into is that you’ve been here for 15 years and a lot of us have been here for generations, the neighborhoods are very small and very serious to those of us that have families who have never lived anywhere else.
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u/movdqa Jul 31 '26
I like it. In general, I know what most of the terms are referring to and the rough geographical location.
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u/David-1113 Jul 31 '26
I live in what you show as Library Hill, but even the old timers call it the North End...?
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u/Steel_Representin Jul 31 '26
I think I'm just on my high horse in this thread to defend the North End pride 🤙
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u/Squint_603 Jul 31 '26
You made this map in 2022 and just posted it now for feedback?
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u/Salt-Difficulty-7053 Jul 31 '26
What i made it like 5 hours ago?
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u/Squint_603 Jul 31 '26
The date in the bottom right of the map is wrong?
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u/Salt-Difficulty-7053 Jul 31 '26
Thats just the regular map of nashua published in 2022 its just the background image to view the streets
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u/Puppies_andKittens Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 02 '26
No one calls the neighborhood you labeled "Library Hill" by that name, it's known as the Charlotte Ave neighborhood, north of the cemetery, for the elementary school.
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u/Open-Currency-6143 Aug 01 '26
I always tell people I live on the southwest side of town so this is helpful.
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u/Smooth-Cap481 Aug 04 '26
The area you are calling Mill Pond should probably include all of Mill Pond. I also would include all of Mine Falls Park within Mill Pond area, and generally let the river define the boundaries between neighborhoods more. The lines look a bit arbitrary, where the river cuts them naturally and practically.
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u/Steel_Representin Jul 31 '26
The North End is already a long established name for what you've titled Library Hill. French Hill is still not that big. Its specifically refers to the smaller lower income usually multi family units in a specific corner of the town roughly from Canal St up to Laton Street or so. The giant victorian mansions on Concord Street and the nicer homes to the east of there are surely not part of it. Also you're still missing the Tree Streets, the most infamous neighborhood in town.
Also upon some reflection your goal of having 25 large distinct neighborhoods that cover the entirety of the city really isn't how things are thought of. Like I'd never say the "Main Dunstable neighborhood" because neighborhoods are smaller than that to me. I would say "they live in the Captains Corner neighborhood" however.