Foxborough This category has the following 68 subcategories, out of 68 total. Bourne Transit Score. Taunton Northampton Bridgewater Lawrence Lee Mattapoisett Center The Secretary of the Commonwealth maintains these dashboards using data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Seabrook Municipality County Malden Middlesex Manchester -by -the -Sea Essex Mansfield Bristol Marblehead Essex Marion Plymouth Marlborough Middlesex Marshfield . September 2020: Modified small sections of the Canton-Stoughton and Dartmouth-Westport boundaries based on further review from the affected towns of figures and descriptions found in the Harbor and Land Commission Atlas. Wakefield Sandwich Peabody Edits made to the boundaries of Boxford-Topsfield and Berlin-Hudson as part of correcting miscoded coordinates of points in the TOWNSSURVEY_PT layer. Boston, Worcester, and Springfield) have an Dedham A lock icon ( One of 13 municipalities with a city form of government that refers to itself as "The Town of". Braintree Dennis The Secretary of State's office has prepared a web page listing theUnincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities. This is a list of the cities that are state capitals in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. Two other feature classes are available that use the inland survey-based linework but have a generalized coastline for faster display. North Amherst This data will not be distributed until the termination points of the offshore boundaries are approved by the Federal Baseline Committee and the Massachusetts Legislature. Part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). May 2011: the Boston/Brookline boundary was modified (topological edit based on ARC feature class line moved from point ID1 1071 to 798), affecting the two polygon and one arc layers. A witness mark point is an "on-land" representation of the next point along the boundary when that next point is in a river, wetland, or pond. Massachusetts ZIP Codes. West Yarmouth View data on the number of births per year in each Massachusetts municipality. December 4, 2007: boundaries were modified in November and December, 2007, in five locations in Norfolk County, adjusted to match surveyed right-of-way (ROW) plans provided by the Norfolk County Engineering department. Falmouth #3. Dukes County in particular has a strong regional planning agency known as the Martha's Vineyard Commission.[5]. Woods Hole Alphabetically; By area; By demographic density; Statistics - 368 municipalities - 2 092 460 inhabitants - Area 4 781 sq mi The Massachusetts Data Office is part of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS). Adams Cheshire Great Barrington Housatonic Lee Lenox Lenox Dale North Adams * Pittsfield * Williamstown Other Populated Places in Berkshire County Adams Junction Alander Alford Algerie Four Corners Arnoldville Ashley Falls Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Quincy Lists of cities in the United States by state or territory. Municipalities in the state are classified as either towns or cities, distinguished by their form of government under state law. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Lunenburg Southbridge Marion Center The following formerly independent municipalities have been annexed to Boston: The town of Bradford was annexed to Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1897. The Atlases also include detailed descriptions of each community's boundary and location maps for each of the original boundary marker locations. June 2020: Modified the Chelsea-Everett boundary by up to about 125 feet near Beacham Street, based on Standardized Parcels and plans submitted by the cities. South Duxbury The differences between the municipal boundary arcs digitized from those on the USGS quads and those created by snapping to the survey-derived coordinates are typically plus or minus 12 feet, although these differences are sometimes less and sometimes more. Below please see all Massachusetts counties which are listed in alphabetical order. Massachusetts has an average population of 6,457,189 spread between the coordinates of 42.230171 Latitude and -71.530106 Longitude. Malden This map[clarification needed] shows towns colored by the date they were incorporated in Massachusetts since the founding of Plimoth Plantation in 1620. Watertown is now the 'city of Watertown', "Memorial Sketch of Hyde Park, Mass., for the first twenty years of its corporate existence (1868 1888)", Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts, "DIOTD, Mar. Government abolished in 2000. The governments of Bristol, Plymouth, and Norfolk Counties remain substantially unchanged. BOSTON. Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Spencer Aberdeen Abington Acapesket Accord Acoaxet Acorn Terrace Acton Acushnet Acushnet Center Adams Adams Junction Adams Shore Adamsdale Adamsville Admirals Hill Agawam Agawam Town city * Alander Thank you for your website feedback! Click on the name of the community you are interested in to be taken to its website. Winchester Ocean Grove They are namedTOWNSSURVEY_ARC_GENCOASTandTOWNSSURVEY_POLYM_GENCOAST. Eastern section of town was part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. C = City; T = Town; TC = Town with City form of government, or (for AMESBURY and EASTHAMPTON) a City without wards or precincts. West Wareham Each survey was tied into higher order monumented survey control points. Turners Falls Arlington The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". Eleven other historical counties have existed in Massachusetts, most becoming defunct when their lands were absorbed into the colony of New Hampshire or the state of Maine, both of which were created out of territory originally claimed by Massachusetts colonists. This data is presented as part of the Massachusetts Legislature's redistricting page and is based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. The information available in this data layer CANNOT be used to determine the definitive locations of either individual boundary markers or of a specific municipal boundary. The next two digits is according to a city. ( See also city and urban planning .) Missouri. Truro Towns on Cape Cod Map Cape Cod Towns FAQ Is Cape Cod a town? White Island Shores Middlesex : Medfield Norfolk . The list of Massachusetts cities below is sorted by Walk Score, but can also be sorted by population or alphabetically (click table's heading to sort). Mass.gov is a registered service mark of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Government abolished in 1997. This list does not include territory changes affecting only part of a municipality; see History of Massachusetts. Zip Code. West Springfield View 2020 US Census data for Massachusetts about population, housing, income, education, healthcare, and more. Pepperell All boundaries that follow a water body or a ROW are coded in the attribute table in the BND_QUAL field. Pittsfield February 2014: Tinker's Island reassigned to Salem from Marblehead and Bumkin Island reassigned from Hingham to Hull, based on data from Level 3 Assessors Parcels. There is no unincorporated land in Massachusetts; the land area of the state is completely divided up among the 351 municipalities. Monson Center Mashpee Neck The ArcGIS-addedSHAPE_AREAfield stores the polygon area in square meters;SHAPE_LENis the polygon perimeter in meters. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For example, Dorchester was incorporated in 1630 and originally included all of the current Dorchester, now the largest neighborhood of Boston, plus the Boston neighborhood of Mattapan, and all of present-day Quincy, Milton, Braintree, Randolph, Holbrook, Canton, Sharon, Stoughton, Avon and the northeast portion of Foxboro. Recoded TYPE = 'TC' for BRIDGEWATER, based on latest data from the Secretary of State's office. [1] State law allows other counties either to abolish themselves, or to reorganize as a "regional council of governments",[1] as Hampshire and Franklin Counties have done. Please let us know how we can improve this page. The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight[1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. Duxbury May 8, 2006: added the TOWNSSURVEY_POLYM layer. State Plane meters, Easting coordinate in NAD83 Mass. Review reports on Massachusetts births from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. (See also city and urban planning.). Many of the towns and future cities shown covering the area of their original incorporation have since been divided into two, three or in some cases several smaller municipalities. This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. Medfield Review reports on Massachusetts deaths from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Numerous towns were ceded to New Hampshire after the Northern boundary of Massachusetts was defined by royal decree in 1741. average Walk Score of 50. From parts of Hampshire County, Middlesex County and Suffolk County. Under this designation, there are 56 total cities in Massachusetts and 295 towns. According to staff from the Survey Section, based on their knowledge of historical surveying methods, of changes to the North American Datum at its various versions, and of the algorithms used to convert coordinates from one datum to another, the individual boundary marker coordinates are on averageapproximatelyplus/minus three feet. Salisbury July 7, 2005: moved boundaries to point ID1 = 307. Westfield Changed TYPE to 'C' for Greenfield and 'TC' for North Attleborough. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. Shirley Brewster #10. Hudson Staff from the Survey Section then converted the latitude/longitude coordinates to the NAD83 datum and also created a version of the coordinates in state plane coordinates with units of meters. MassGIS first published these survey-based boundaries in June 2004. Top 10 biggest cities by population are Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Lynn, and Fall River and ten oldest cities are Plymouth, Gloucester, Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Boston, Medford, Watertown, Ipswich, and Weymouth. Belmont However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing only in their form of government. This layer is the most accurate representation of Massachusetts' municipal (city and town) boundaries; this representation is based on the legislatively approved record of municipal boundaries. (This list does not include the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.) Copy and Paste or Download a list of Massachusetts cities in many popular formats. New Bedford [12] County seat is the standard term used in general communications by the Massachusetts government. Ipswich South Yarmouth ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. The smallest town in the state is Gosnold in Dukes County, with a population of just 75 people. Separated from Medfield. Please remove any contact information or personal data from your feedback. Topsfield Joins to the table on town number should be based on TOWN_ID. November 2015: the Boxford-Topsfield point B-T-2 was adjusted again, using coordinates supplied by MassDOT Survey section; part of the Cambridge-Somerville boundary near Route 28 was modified based on data from Cambridge. This list appears in the following group(s): This list has the following Keywords or Tags: Alphabetical list of National Football League Teams, Alphabetical list of current US House of Representatives, Alphabetical list of High Blood Pressure Medications. Compare 2020 Massachusetts census data with 2010 using these dashboards Explore municipal population change, demographics on race and ethnicity, and housing availability. List of Massachusetts Cities | XLS PDF. Wellfleet #14. Boundary arcs from the existing USGS-derived municipal boundary data layer were then snapped to the survey-derived points. Amesbury An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, This page, MassGIS Data: Municipalities, is. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Brockton Housatonic This page is located more than 3 levels deep within a topic. Boundaries for each community were created by adjusting the older USGS topo map town boundariesto connect the survey points (TOWNSSURVEY_PT) of a community. MassGIS regularly makes corrections or refinements to this data layer as information becomes available; the list of those changes is at the bottom of this web page. Cities and Towns in the United States > Massachusetts. . MassGIS Data: Municipalities. Holland Incorporated Places have an asterisk ( * ). Created a precinct with Clapboard Trees (Westwood) in 1729. Haverhill Fiskdale Ware Mass.gov is a registered service mark of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Springfield Provincetown Population. Please limit your input to 500 characters. Montana - New Jersey. This list may not reflect recent changes. Travel in Massachusetts is a big deal, but the state has a lot more than that going on. When these counties were created, they were a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which would remain separate from the Plymouth Colony and that colony's counties until 1691. Granby March 2015: Duxbury-Pembroke border along Pine Brook updated based on scanned survey plan approved by the Duxbury planning board in 1953. North Plymouth Leominster Separated from Stoughton. Needham Populations of Massachusetts Cities Alphabetical Listing (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010) specific to each region. Hopkinton Randolph We will use this information to improve this page. In many areas, the boundary creation was simply a matter of "connecting the dots" from one boundary point to the next. csv. Hatfield Winchendon Part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. Note that as part of its assistance to surveyors, MassDOT makes available the coordinate information for the individual town boundary survey points that were the basis for this data layer on itsTown Corners Map. Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock Holyoke Northwest Harwich North Falmouth Dover Founded by Thomas Weston in 1622, 2nd oldest European settlement in Massachusetts. Review statistics from the 2020 US Census about population, housing, businesses, and geography for Massachusetts, its counties, and cities and towns with populations greater than 5,000. Winthrop Fall River North Seekonk Abolition of County Government", "Historical Data Relating to the Incorporation of and Abolishment of Counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts", "Martha's Vineyard Commission - mvcommission.org", "Elections: Massachusetts District Attorney Districts", "Essex District Attorney's Office | Mass.gov", "Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr", "County FIPS Code Listing for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts", "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Massachusetts", Historical Data Relating to the Incorporation of and Abolishment of Counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&oldid=1149628016, One of three original counties created in the. Cities and Towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Dukes County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Essex County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Bristol County, Massachusetts. East Pepperell ZIP Code List Printable Map Elementary Schools High Schools. Pinehurst Longmeadow The term shire town is the statutory term for the Massachusetts town having a county court and administration offices; a county can have multiple shire towns. Orleans Modified the Lynnfield-Wakefield boundary to match a stream channel as seen on a scanned plan submitted by Wakefield. Williamstown Making alphabetical lists so easy. View all zip codes in MA or use the free zip code lookup. Everett, while specific to each region. Most of these boundaries followed streams or rights-of-way that were either traced atop older imagery or not modified from the 1:25,000 mapping of community boundaries. If you would like to continue helping us improve Mass.gov, join our user panel to test new features for the site. This data is collected and presented by the U.S. Census Bureau. Mismanagement of Middlesex County's public hospital in the mid-1990s left that county on the brink of insolvency, and in 1997 the Massachusetts legislature stepped in by assuming all assets and obligations of the county. Milford Please limit your input to 500 characters. Green Harbor-Cedar Crest This list also provides the most recent U.S. census figures for each city as well as estimated populations. Cities and Towns in the United States > Massachusetts. Milton Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, contact the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. Monomoscoy Island Land was granted to Dedham in return for giving up Natick. Review statistics from the 2020 US Census about population, housing, businesses, and geography for Massachusetts, its counties, and cities and towns with populations greater than 5,000. 10, 2009 Dorchester Territory", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts&oldid=1152239157, Lists of cities in the United States by state, Articles with dead external links from April 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from April 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Chatham #11. Onset Whitinsville Northborough Cambridge, List of Towns and Cities in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States with Maps and Steets Views Adams Ashley Falls Becket Berkshire Cheshire Dalton Drury East Otis Glendale Great Barrington Hinsdale Housatonic Lanesboro Lee Lenox Lenox Dale Mill River Monterey North Adams North Egremont Otis Pittsfield Richmond Sandisfield Savoy Sheffield City. View data on how the populations of Massachusetts municipalities and counties changed between the 2020 and 2010 censuses. These cities have been around for centuries and have a lot to offer. Below please see all Massachusetts cities and towns which are listed in alphabetical order. Abington This layer is the most accurate representation of Massachusetts' municipal (city and town) boundaries; this representation is based on the legislatively approved record of municipal boundaries. Municipalities are classified as either a city or a town, and the form of government that is used determines this designation. How each boundary arc was developed is identified in the arc attributes, as described below. Monument Beach Part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. A lock icon ( April 2022. Saugus Northfield October 2011: edits were made along the boundaries of: Palmer-Monson (based on parcels); West Springfield-Agawam (Acts and Resolves redefinition); Charlemont-Hawley, Douglas-Uxbridge and Grafton-Westborough (legislative changes). A lock icon () or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. Smith Mills Great Barrington Acushnet Center Also includes the 2019 census estimate. South Ashburnham Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. A complex boundary situation occurs when a survey point is a "witness mark", denoted by the letters WM in the coordinate name. Last edited on 21 February 2022, at 11:56, Category:Cities in Massachusetts by county, county-level articles not in this parent category, articles in this parent but not in a county-level category, Census-designated places in Massachusetts, Unincorporated communities in Massachusetts, Tourist attractions in Massachusetts by city, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Cities_in_Massachusetts&oldid=1073184723, This page was last edited on 21 February 2022, at 11:56. Shelburne Falls Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state. East Dennis Revere Some pointsmaybe more accurate than this and some points are definitely less. The oldest counties still in Massachusetts are Essex County, Middlesex County, and Suffolk County, created in 1643 with the original Norfolk County which was absorbed by New Hampshire and bears no relation to the modern Norfolk County. Find all the towns in the region Norfolk and discover all the administrative, cultural, tourist information . Download a large format PDF for printing (100MB). Government abolished in 1998. The coastline boundary was then appended to the town boundary (TOWNSSURVEY_ARC). Holbrook Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. Waltham Gloucester Orleans #12. Baldwinville Lenox Hopedale North Scituate Massachusetts Cities & Counties List . Chatham Alphabetical list of Massachusetts Cities. See the second image above for an example. Norton Center Burlington Hampden County, created in 1812, is the most recently created county still in Massachusetts, although Penobscot County, Maine bore that distinction until Maine broke off from Massachusetts in 1820. To display just the "land area" of each town, use the definition query of COASTAL_POLY = 'NO' for the TOWNSSURVEY_POLY layer (this query is used in the themes in the MassGIS Data Viewer). Bristol County Dukes County Essex County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Middlesex County Nantucket County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Massachusetts Public Housing Statistics Find Massachusetts HUD Housing Programs, Public Housing Programs, and Section 8 Housing Programs. Harwich Center Cities in Massachusetts by Population (2023) The largest city in Massachusetts is Boston, with a population of 617,459. Pocasset Brookline West Dennis There are a total of 512 towns and cities in the state of Massachusetts. 2020 to 2010 MA census comparison dashboards, 2020 US Census dashboard for Massachusetts, 2020 US Census quick facts on Massachusetts, Annual Resident Births in MA Municipalities, Division of Local Services, Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Archive of Chapter 93 COVID-19 Data (2020-2021), Changes in city, town, and county population (2020, 2019, and 2010). Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state. March 2017: MassGIS edited boundaries along the borders of: Berlin-Hudson (snap lines to the Berlin-Hudson 1 and Berlin-Hudson 2 corner points); Boxford-Topsfield (snap line to the Boxford-Topsfield 3 corner point); Duxbury-Pembroke (snap to Duxbury's Level 3 parcel data); Lynn-Lynnfield (based on new delivery of Level 3 parcels from Lynn, near the Lynn-Lynnfield 2 town corner point); Walpole-Westwood-Norwood (snap lines along water boundary to Level 3 parcel data from Dover-Walpole-Westwood corner point to Norwood-Walpole 1 corner point). ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. Westborough Note that the 351 communities are the official municipal names, not including "villages" or other sections of towns. Barnstable Town Maynard North Adams Raynham Center Some page levels are currently hidden. There are a total of 48 cities in the state which have populations that fall between 10,000 and 100,000 people. Virginia - Wyoming. These changes were based on Level 3 parcels data, newer imagery, scanned Harbor and Lands Atlas plans, and input from the affected towns. Future updates are described in the"Overview"section above. Wellesley Popponesset This article was most recently revised and updated by, list of cities and towns in the United States, https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-cities-and-towns-in-the-United-States-2023068. Everett Agawam An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, This page, Massachusetts city and town websites, is. Formerly a city that formally referred to itself as "the city known as the town of Watertown", in 2021, Watertown voters approved officially changing the name of the community to "City of Watertown" by a 54.5%-39% margin. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Mansfield Center You skipped the table of contents section. Mashpee #7. The districts for the counties of Berkshire, Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk are the same in geography and nomenclature as the respective counties, [6] and the District Attorneys for the Eastern, Middle, and Northern Districts are commonly known as the Essex County, [7] Worcester County, [8] and Middlesex County District
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