Local police are investigating “abhorrent racist” text messages that were sent to students as part of a nationwide trend after the election.

Stoughton Public Schools administrators were alerted Thursday that six students, including students of color, received racist text messages.

Anonymous messages have also been reported in several states, including Alabama, California, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Stoughton Public Schools contacted Stoughton Police and the department began an investigation. Police are investigating whether the text messages were directed to certain students.

“The Stoughton Police Department takes this abhorrent racist behavior extremely seriously and we are committed to conducting a thorough investigation to try to determine the source of these messages,” Police Chief Donna McNamara said in a statement.

“Racism in any form has no place in our schools, our community or our society, and we will remain steadfast in our efforts to eradicate it,” the police chief added.

Stoughton Police are working with Massachusetts State Police and the Commonwealth Fusion Center to share information and investigate the matter. Stoughton Police also continue to partner with Stoughton Public Schools.

Police urge any Stoughton students who received a similar text message to contact Stoughton Police at 781-344-2424.

The FBI released a statement Thursday regarding the national trend of racist text messages.

“The FBI is aware of offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals across the country and is in contact with the Department of Justice and other federal authorities regarding the matter,” the FBI said in a statement.

“As always, we encourage the public to report threats of physical violence to local law enforcement authorities,” the feds added.

The Associated Press reported that some of the text messages instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a certain time “with their belongings,” while others did not include a location. Some of them mentioned the incoming Trump administration.

Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, told the AP that her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday night.

The text not only used her daughter’s name, but also instructed her to show up at a “plantation” in North Carolina, where Dunham said they had never lived. When they looked up the address, it was the location of a museum.

Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said black students who are members of the organization’s Missouri State University chapter received text messages citing Trump’s victory and calling them by name as “selected to pick cotton ” next Tuesday.

“This is terrorism plain and simple,” Chapel said in a statement. “It points to a well-organized and resourceful group that has decided to attack Americans in our territory based on the color of our skin. “Schools that were attacked and authorities must take these reports seriously and act quickly to prevent escalation to physical violence.”

The Herald news services were used in this report.