Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a geopolitical subdivision of the United States of America. Mestral of the planet Vulcan was in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, during the outbreak of World War III. Shortly thereafter, he encountered Zephram Cochrane at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the neighboring city of Cambridge. (ENT short story: "Mestral")

Real World
A number of Star Trek authors reside in Massachusetts:
 * JaQ Andrews
 * M. C. DeMarco
 * Christian Grainger
 * Ben Guilfoy
 * Craig D. B. Patton