Rockport, Massachusetts

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Boston. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the southwest of Rockport and has a population of 589,141 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Manchester (NH). It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the northwest of Rockport and has a population of 107,006 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brockton	SW	44 mi [70.8 km]	93,007	1.38% decrease
	Brookline	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	54,896	3.87% decrease
	Cambridge	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	105,596	4.18% increase
	Framingham	SW	48 mi [77.2 km]	64,885	3.03% decrease
	Haverhill	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	61,275	3.91% increase
	Lawrence	W	27 mi [43.45 km]	70,014	2.82% decrease
	Lowell	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	103,615	1.48% decrease
	Lynn	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	86,957	2.35% decrease
	Malden	SW	27 mi [43.45 km]	55,597	1.32% decrease
	Medford	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	55,573	0.34% decrease
	Newton	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	82,139	2.02% decrease
	Quincy	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	92,339	4.9% increase
	Somerville	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	75,662	2.34% decrease
	Waltham	SW	36 mi [57.9 km]	60,236	1.71% increase
	Nashua (NH)	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	86,576	---

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Beverly	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	39,343	1.3% decrease
	Centerville	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Essex	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,333	2.02% increase
	Essex	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Freshwater Cove Village	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Gloucester	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	30,243	0.1% decrease
	Hamilton	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	8,155	1.92% decrease
	Hamilton	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Ipswich	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	13,219	1.79% increase
	Ipswich	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Kettle Cove Village	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Manchester By The Sea	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	5,260	0.61% increase
	Newbury Old Town	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Rockport	NW	Less than 2 mi	7,612	2% decrease
	Rowley	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	---

Essex County

Rockport is located in Essex County.

Below are counties that are near Rockport (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rockport:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rockport
	Dukes County	W	Suttons Mills	26 miles [41 km]
	Middlesex County	W	North Reading	23 miles [37 km]
	Norfolk County	S	North Cohasset	29 miles [46 km]
	Plymouth County	SW	Allerton	27 miles [43 km]
	Suffolk County	SW	Point of Pines	23 miles [37 km]
	Hillsborough County (NH)	W	Pelham (NH)	36 miles [57 km]
	Rockingham County (NH)	NW	Riverside (NH)	18 miles [28 km]
	Strafford County (NH)	N	Wentworth Terrace (NH)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<3>

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