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New England

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New England is the northeasternmost region of the United States, comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Settled by English Puritans and Pilgrims in the seventeenth century, it takes its name from that original colonization and retains a distinct cultural identity built on town-meeting government, a rocky Atlantic coastline, and an early role in American industrialization and higher education. The region's borders are cultural and historical rather than physiographic, following the six states' own boundaries.

Facts
Area (sq km)
186,447 1
Population
15,431,980 1
The infobox labels this population figure with the year 2026, a live current-year estimate rather than a fixed decennial census year; no more specific sourcing for that estimate is stated on the page.
Classification
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
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It likely predated the English settlements in Southern New England
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The Handmaid's Tale

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It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government.
King Philip's War

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New England

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Narragansett Turkey

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Sea mink

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The sea mink (Neogale macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard.
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Sources
1. New England (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Area row
    Total 71,987.59 sq mi (186,447.0 km2)
  • Infobox, Population row, labeled 2026
    Population (2026) Total 15,431,980
  • Introduction
    New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.New EnglandView the Source
Wikidata: New England
Wikidata Q18389, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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