in what region massachusetts located in?
<answer> The New England region of the northeastern United States of America. <context> Geography of Massachusetts. Located in the northeastern United States, Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state in the United States. Massachusetts is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by New Hampshire and Vermont on the north; by Connecticut and Rhode Island on the south; Atlantic Ocean on the east and to the west of the state lies New York.