List of municipalities in Massachusetts

Municipalities in Massachusetts
	Also known as:; City; Town
Category	Municipality
Location	Massachusetts
Found in	County
Created	1620

Massachusetts is a state located in the Northeastern United States. Municipalities in the state are classified as either towns or cities, distinguished by their form of government under state law. Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, there are 294 towns and 57 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government.

The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". 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.

There is no unincorporated land in Massachusetts; the land area of the state is completely divided up among the 351 municipalities.

List of municipalities

Largest municipalities in Massachusetts by population
Skyline of Boston, largest municipality by population in Massachusetts
Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts's second largest municipality by population
Skyline of Springfield, third largest municipality by population in Massachusetts
Skyline of Lowell, fourth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts
Skyline of Cambridge, Massachusetts's fifth largest municipality by population
Downtown New Bedford, the sixth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts
City Hall in Brockton, Massachusetts seventh largest municipality by population
Downtown Quincy, eighth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts
Skyline of Lynn, ninth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

Municipality	Type[1]	County[2]	Form of government[1]	Population (2010)[2]	Total area (sq mi)	Year established[3]
Abington	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	15,985	9.9	1712
Acton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,924	20.3	1735
Acushnet	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	10,303	19.0	1860
Adams	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	8,485	23.0	1778
Agawam	City[4]	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,438	24.3	1855
Alford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	494	11.5	1773
Amesbury	City	Essex	Mayor-council	16,283	17.3	1668
Amherst	City[4] [5]	Hampshire	Council-manager	37,819	27.7	1775
Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	33,201	32.1	1646
Aquinnah	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	311	40.8	1870
Arlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	42,844	5.5	1807
Ashburnham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,081	41.0	1765
Ashby	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,074	24.2	1767
Ashfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,737	40.3	1765
Ashland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	16,593	12.9	1846
Athol	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,584	33.4	1762
Attleboro	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	43,593	27.8	1694
Auburn	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	16,188	16.4	1778
Avon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	4,356	4.6	1888
Ayer	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,427	9.6	1871
Barnstable	City[4]	Barnstable	Council-manager	45,193	76.5	1639
Barre	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,398	44.6	1774
Becket	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,779	47.8	1765
Bedford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,320	13.9	1729
Belchertown	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	14,649	55.4	1761
Bellingham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,332	19.0	1719
Belmont	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,729	4.7	1859
Berkley	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	6,411	17.4	1735
Berlin	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,866	13.1	1812
Bernardston	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	2,129	23.4	1762
Beverly	City	Essex	Mayor-council	39,502	22.6	1668
Billerica	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	40,243	26.4	1655
Blackstone	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,026	11.2	1845
Blandford	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,233	53.4	1741
Bolton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,897	20.0	1738
Boston	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	617,660	89.6	1630
Bourne	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	19,754	52.9	1884
Boxborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,996	10.4	1835
Boxford	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,965	24.4	1685
Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,355	19.7	1785
Braintree	City[4]	Norfolk	Mayor-council	35,744	14.6	1640
Brewster	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	9,820	25.4	1803
Bridgewater	City[4]	Plymouth	Council-manager	26,563	28.2	1656
Brimfield	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	3,609	35.2	1731
Brockton	City	Plymouth	Mayor-council	93,810	21.5	1821
Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,390	16.6	1718
Brookline	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	58,732	6.8	1705
Buckland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,902	19.9	1779
Burlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,498	11.9	1799
Cambridge	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	105,162	7.1	1636
Canton	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	21,561	50.7	1797
Carlisle	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,852	15.6	1780
Carver	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	11,509	39.7	1790
Charlemont	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,266	26.4	1765
Charlton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	12,981	43.8	1755[6]
Chatham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	6,125	24.4	1712
Chelmsford	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	33,802	23.2	1655
Chelsea	City	Suffolk	Council-manager	35,177	2.5	1739
Cheshire	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,235	27.5	1793
Chester	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,337	37.2	1765
Chesterfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,222	31.2	1762
Chicopee	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	55,298	23.9	1848
Chilmark	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	866	100.4	1714
Clarksburg	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,702	12.8	1798
Clinton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,606	7.3	1850
Cohasset	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,542	31.4	1775
Colrain	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,671	43.4	1761
Concord	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,668	25.9	1635
Conway	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,897	37.9	1775
Cummington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	872	23.1	1779
Dalton	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	6,756	21.9	1784
Danvers	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,493	14.1	1775
Dartmouth	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	34,032	97.5	1664
Dedham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,729	10.6	1636
Deerfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	5,125	33.4	1677
Dennis	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,207	22.3	1793
Dighton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	7,086	22.6	1712
Douglas	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,471	37.7	1775
Dover	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	5,589	15.4	1836
Dracut	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	29,457	21.4	1701
Dudley	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,390	22.1	1732
Dunstable	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,179	16.7	1673
Duxbury	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	15,059	37.6	1637
East Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,794	17.5	1823
East Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,183	10.4	1920
East Longmeadow	City	Hampden	Manager-Council	15,720	13.0	1894
Eastham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	4,956	25.7	1646
Easthampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	16,053	13.6	1809
Easton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,112	29.2	1725
Edgartown	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	4,067	122.7	1671
Egremont	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,225	18.9	1775
Erving	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,800	14.4	1838
Essex	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,504	15.9	1819
Everett	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	41,667	3.7	1870
Fairhaven	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	15,873	14.1	1812
Fall River	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	88,857	40.2	1803
Falmouth	Town	Barnstable	Representative town meeting	31,531	54.4	1686
Fitchburg	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	40,318	28.1	1764
Florida	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	752	24.6	1805
Foxborough	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,865	20.9	1778
Framingham	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	68,318	26.5	1700
Franklin	City[4]	Norfolk	Council-administrator	31,635	27.0	1778
Freetown	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	8,870	38.3	1683
Gardner	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	20,228	23.0	1785
Georgetown	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,183	13.2	1838
Gill	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,500	14.8	1793
Gloucester	City	Essex	Mayor-council	28,789	41.5	1623
Goshen	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,054	17.7	1781
Gosnold	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	75	140.2	1864
Grafton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	17,765	23.3	1735
Granby	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	6,240	28.1	1768
Granville	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,566	43.0	1775
Great Barrington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,104	45.8	1761
Greenfield	City[4]	Franklin	Mayor-council	17,456	21.4	1775
Groton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,646	33.7	1655
Groveland	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,459	9.4	1850
Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	5,250	24.6	1661
Halifax	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	7,518	17.3	1734
Hamilton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,764	14.9	1793
Hampden	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	5,139	19.7	1878
Hancock	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	717	35.8	1776
Hanover	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,879	15.7	1727
Hanson	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,209	15.7	1820
Hardwick	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,990	40.8	1739
Harvard	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,520	27.0	1732
Harwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	12,243	33.1	1694
Hatfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	3,279	16.8	1670
Haverhill	City	Essex	Mayor-council	60,879	35.7	1641
Hawley	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	337	30.9	1792
Heath	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	706	24.9	1785
Hingham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	22,157	26.3	1635
Hinsdale	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	2,032	21.7	1804
Holbrook	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	10,791	7.4	1872
Holden	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	17,346	36.2	1741
Holland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	2,481	13.1	1835
Holliston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,547	19.0	1724
Holyoke	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	39,880	22.8	1850
Hopedale	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,911	5.3	1886
Hopkinton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	14,925	28.2	1715
Hubbardston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,382	42.0	1775
Hudson	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	19,063	11.8	1866
Hull	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,293	26.9	1644
Huntington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,180	26.8	1775
Ipswich	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	13,175	42.5	1634
Kingston	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	12,629	20.5	1726
Lakeville	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,602	36.1	1853
Lancaster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,055	28.2	1653
Lanesborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,091	29.6	1765
Lawrence	City	Essex	Mayor-council	76,377	7.4	1847
Lee	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	5,943	27.0	1777
Leicester	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,970	24.7	1714
Lenox	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	5,025	21.7	1775
Leominster	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	40,759	29.7	1740
Leverett	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,851	23.0	1774
Lexington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	31,394	16.5	1713
Leyden	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	711	18.0	1809
Lincoln	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	6,362	15.0	1754
Littleton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,924	17.6	1715
Longmeadow	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	15,784	9.7	1783
Lowell	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	106,519	14.5	1826
Ludlow	Town	Hampden	Representative town meeting	21,103	28.2	1775
Lunenburg	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,086	27.7	1728
Lynn	City	Essex	Mayor-council	90,329	13.5	1629
Lynnfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	11,596	10.5	1814
Malden	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	59,450	5.1	1649
Manchester-by-the-Sea	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,136	18.3	1645
Mansfield	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,184	20.7	1775
Marblehead	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	19,808	19.6	1629
Marion	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	4,907	26.1	1852
Marlborough	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	38,499	22.1	1660
Marshfield	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	25,132	31.7	1640
Mashpee	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,006	27.2	1870
Mattapoisett	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,045	24.2	1857
Maynard	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,106	5.4	1871
Medfield	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,024	14.6	1651
Medford	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	56,173	8.7	1630
Medway	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,752	11.5	1713
Melrose	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	26,983	4.8	1850
Mendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,839	18.3	1667
Merrimac	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,338	8.8	1876
Methuen	City[4]	Essex	Mayor-council	47,255	23.0	1725
Middleborough	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	23,116	72.2	1669
Middlefield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	521	24.2	1783
Middleton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,987	14.5	1728
Milford	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	27,999	14.9	1780
Millbury	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,261	16.3	1813
Millis	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,891	12.3	1885
Millville	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,190	5.0	1916
Milton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	27,003	13.3	1662
Monroe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	121	10.8	1822
Monson	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	8,560	44.8	1775
Montague	Town	Franklin	Representative town meeting	8,437	31.5	1775
Monterey	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	961	27.4	1847
Montgomery	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	838	15.2	1780
Mount Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	167	22.4	1779
Nahant	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,410	15.5	1853
Nantucket	Town	Nantucket	Open town meeting	10,172	105.3	1671
Natick	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	33,006	16.1	1781
Needham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,886	12.7	1711
New Ashford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	228	13.5	1835
New Bedford	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	95,072	24.1	1787
New Braintree	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	999	20.9	1775
New Marlborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,509	47.9	1775
New Salem	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	990	58.6	1775
Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,666	26.3	1635
Newburyport	City	Essex	Mayor-council	17,416	10.7	1764
Newton	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council[7]	85,146	18.2	1688
Norfolk	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	11,227	15.2	1870
North Adams	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	13,708	20.6	1878
North Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	28,352	27.8	1855
North Attleborough	City	Bristol	Manager-council	28,712	19.1	1887
North Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,680	21.7	1812
North Reading	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	14,892	13.5	1853
Northampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	28,549	35.8	1656
Northborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	14,155	18.8	1775
Northbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	15,707	18.1	1775
Northfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,032	35.4	1723
Norton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	19,031	29.8	1711
Norwell	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,506	21.2	1849
Norwood	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,602	10.6	1872
Oak Bluffs	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	4,527	26.0	1880
Oakham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,902	21.5	1775
Orange	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	7,839	36.0	1810
Orleans	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	5,890	22.7	1797
Otis	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,612	38.0	1773
Oxford	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,709	27.5	1713
Palmer	City[4]	Hampden	Council-manager	12,140	32.0	1775
Paxton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,806	15.5	1775
Peabody	City	Essex	Mayor-council	51,251	16.8	1868
Pelham	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,321	26.5	1743
Pembroke	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,837	23.5	1712
Pepperell	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,497	23.2	1775
Peru	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	847	26.0	1771
Petersham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,234	68.3	1754
Phillipston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,682	24.6	1786
Pittsfield	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	44,737	42.5	1761
Plainfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	648	21.3	1807
Plainville	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	8,264	11.5	1905
Plymouth	Town	Plymouth	Representative town meeting	56,468	134.0	1620
Plympton	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	2,820	15.1	1707
Princeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,413	35.8	1771
Provincetown	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,942	17.5	1727
Quincy	City	Norfolk	Mayor-council	92,271	26.9	1792
Randolph	City[4]	Norfolk	Council-manager	32,112	10.5	1793
Raynham	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,383	20.9	1731
Reading	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,747	9.9	1644
Rehoboth	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	11,608	46.8	1645
Revere	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	51,755	10.1	1846
Richmond	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,475	19.0	1765
Rochester	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	5,232	36.4	1686
Rockland	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,489	10.1	1874
Rockport	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,952	17.5	1840
Rowe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	393	24.0	1785
Rowley	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,856	20.3	1639
Royalston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,258	42.5	1765
Russell	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,775	17.8	1792
Rutland	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,973	36.4	1713
Salem	City	Essex	Mayor-council	41,340	18.3	1626
Salisbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,283	17.9	1639
Sandisfield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	915	53.0	1762
Sandwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	20,675	44.2	1638
Saugus	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,628	11.8	1815
Savoy	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	692	36.0	1797
Scituate	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	18,133	31.8	1636
Seekonk	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,722	18.3	1812
Sharon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	17,612	24.2	1775
Sheffield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,257	48.6	1733
Shelburne	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,893	23.4	1775
Sherborn	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,119	16.2	1674
Shirley	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,211	15.9	1775
Shrewsbury	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	35,608	21.7	1727
Shutesbury	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,771	27.2	1761
Somerset	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	18,165	12.0	1790
Somerville	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	75,754	4.2	1842
South Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Representative town meeting	17,514	18.4	1775
Southampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	5,792	29.1	1775
Southborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,767	15.7	1727
Southbridge	City[4]	Worcester	Council-manager	16,719	15.7	1816
Southwick	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	9,502	31.7	1775
Spencer	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,688	34.1	1775
Springfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	153,060	33.1	1636
Sterling	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,808	31.6	1781
Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,947	23.7	1739
Stoneham	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,437	6.7	1725
Stoughton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	26,962	16.3	1726
Stow	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	6,590	18.1	1683
Sturbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,268	39.0	1738
Sudbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,659	24.6	1639
Sunderland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,684	14.7	1714
Sutton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,963	33.9	1714
Swampscott	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	13,787	6.7	1852
Swansea	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	15,865	25.5	1667
Taunton	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	55,874	48.4	1639
Templeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,013	32.4	1762
Tewksbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	28,961	21.1	1734
Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	3,949	19.1	1671
Tolland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	485	32.8	1810
Topsfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,085	12.8	1650
Townsend	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,926	33.1	1732
Truro	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,003	26.3	1709
Tyngsborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,292	18.1	1809
Tyringham	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	327	18.9	1762
Upton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,542	21.7	1735
Uxbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,457	30.4	1727
Wakefield	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	24,932	7.9	1812
Wales	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,838	15.9	1762
Walpole	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,070	21.0	1724
Waltham	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	60,632	13.8	1738
Ware	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	9,872	40.0	1775
Wareham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	21,822	46.3	1739
Warren	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,135	27.6	1742
Warwick	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	780	37.6	1763
Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	538	38.8	1777
Watertown	City[4]	Middlesex	Council-manager	31,915	4.1	1630
Wayland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	12,994	15.9	1780
Webster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	16,767	14.5	1832
Wellesley	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	27,982	10.5	1881
Wellfleet	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,750	35.4	1775
Wendell	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	848	32.2	1781
Wenham	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,875	8.1	1643
West Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,669	13.8	1808
West Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,916	15.7	1822
West Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,701	21.1	1848
West Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,235	14.7	1819
West Springfield	City[4]	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,391	17.5	1774
West Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,306	18.7	1775
West Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	2,740	41.8	1892
Westborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	18,272	21.6	1717
Westfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	41,094	47.3	1669
Westford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,951	31.3	1729
Westhampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,607	27.4	1778
Westminster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,277	37.3	1770
Weston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,261	17.3	1713
Westport	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	15,532	64.4	1787
Westwood	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	14,618	11.1	1897
Weymouth	City[4]	Norfolk	Mayor-council	53,743	21.6	1635
Whately	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,496	20.7	1771
Whitman	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	14,489	7.1	1875
Wilbraham	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	14,219	22.4	1763
Williamsburg	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,482	25.7	1775
Williamstown	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,754	46.9	1765
Wilmington	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	22,325	17.2	1730
Winchendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,300	44.1	1764
Winchester	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	21,374	6.3	1850
Windsor	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	899	35.2	1771
Winthrop	City[4]	Suffolk	Council-manager	17,497	8.3	1852
Woburn	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	38,120	12.9	1642
Worcester	City	Worcester	Mayor-manager-council	181,045	38.5	1684
Worthington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,156	32.1	1768
Wrentham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	10,955	22.9	1673
Yarmouth	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	23,793	28.2	1639

List of cities by official name

The following tabular list shows the 57 government divisions of the Commonwealth which have been officially granted the right to use the city form of government along with the official name in use by each municipality.[Note 1]

Municipality	Official name	Web reference
Agawam	Town of Agawam	http://www.agawam.ma.us/
Amesbury	City of Amesbury	http://www.amesburyma.gov/
Amherst	Town of Amherst	http://www.amherstma.gov/
Attleboro	City of Attleboro	http://www.cityofattleboro.us/
Barnstable	Town of Barnstable	http://www.town.barnstable.ma.us/
Beverly	City of Beverly	http://www.beverlyma.gov
Boston	City of Boston	http://www.cityofboston.gov/
Braintree	Town of Braintree	https://web.archive.org/web/20061017082136/http://www.townofbraintreegov.org/
Bridgewater	Town of Bridgewater	http://www.bridgewaterma.org/
Brockton	City of Brockton	http://www.brockton.ma.us/
Cambridge	City of Cambridge	http://www.cambridgema.gov/
Chelsea	City of Chelsea	http://www.ci.chelsea.ma.us/
Chicopee	City of Chicopee	http://www.chicopeema.gov/
Easthampton	City of Easthampton	http://www.easthampton.org/
Everett	City of Everett	http://www.ci.everett.ma.us/
Fall River	City of Fall River	http://www.fallriverma.org/
Fitchburg	City of Fitchburg	http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/
Framingham	City of Framingham	http://www.framinghamma.gov/
Franklin	Town of Franklin	http://www.franklinma.gov/
Gardner	City of Gardner	http://www.gardner-ma.gov/
Gloucester	City of Gloucester	http://gloucester-ma.gov/
Greenfield	City of Greenfield	https://greenfield-ma.gov/
Haverhill	City of Haverhill	http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/
Holyoke	City of Holyoke	http://www.holyoke.org/
Lawrence	City of Lawrence	http://www.cityoflawrence.com
Leominster	City of Leominster	http://www.leominster-ma.gov/
Lowell	City of Lowell	http://www.lowellma.gov/
Lynn	City of Lynn	http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/
Malden	City of Malden	http://www.cityofmalden.org/
Marlborough	City of Marlborough	http://www.marlborough-ma.gov/
Medford	City of Medford	http://www.medford.org/
Melrose	City of Melrose	http://www.cityofmelrose.org/
Methuen	City of Methuen	http://www.ci.methuen.ma.us/
New Bedford	City of New Bedford	http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/
Newburyport	City of Newburyport	http://www.cityofnewburyport.com/
Newton	City of Newton	http://www.newtonma.gov/
North Adams	City of North Adams	http://www.northadams-ma.gov/
Northampton	City of Northampton	http://www.northamptonma.gov/
Palmer	Town of Palmer	http://www.townofpalmer.com
Peabody	City of Peabody	http://www.peabody-ma.gov/
Pittsfield	City of Pittsfield	http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/
Quincy	City of Quincy	http://www.quincyma.gov/
Randolph[8]	Town of Randolph	https://www.randolph-ma.gov/
Revere	City of Revere	http://www.revere.org/
Salem	City of Salem	http://www.salem.com
Somerville	City of Somerville	http://www.somervillema.gov
Southbridge	Town of Southbridge	http://www.ci.southbridge.ma.us
Springfield	City of Springfield	http://www.springfieldcityhall.com
Taunton	City of Taunton	http://www.taunton-ma.gov
Waltham	City of Waltham	http://www.city.waltham.ma.us/
Watertown	Town of Watertown	http://www.watertown-ma.gov
Westfield	City of Westfield	http://www.cityofwestfield.org
West Springfield	Town of West Springfield	http://www.townofwestspringfield.org/
Weymouth	Town of Weymouth	http://www.weymouth.ma.us/
Winthrop	Town of Winthrop	http://www.town.winthrop.ma.us/
Woburn	City of Woburn	http://www.cityofwoburn.com/
Worcester	City of Worcester	http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/

Geography of towns at formation

Formation of Massachusetts cities and towns, 1620–1870

This map shows towns colored by the date they were incorporated in Massachusetts since the founding of Plimoth Plantation in 1620. 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. 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. Nearly all of Massachusetts territory had been incorporated by 1815, with the final three areas of Erving (1838), Gay Head (now Aquinnah) and Mashpee (both 1870) being incorporated from previously Native American land.

Former municipalities

Some towns and cities were annexed to others; disincorporated; or ceded to another state in their entirety. This list does not include territory changes affecting only part of a municipality; see History of Massachusetts.

Annexations

The following formerly independent municipalities have been annexed to Boston:

Brighton (1873)
Charlestown (1873)
Dorchester (1869)
Hyde Park (1912)
Roxbury (1867)
West Roxbury (1873)

The town of Bradford was annexed to Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1897.

Disincorporations

The following towns were disincorporated in 1938 due to the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir; all their territory was absorbed into surrounding towns:

Cessions

The following towns were ceded to the Rhode Island colony in 1747 as part of a border dispute:

Barrington
Bristol
Little Compton
Tiverton
Warren (Sowams) [possibly part of Swansea, Massachusetts in 1747?]

The following towns joined the Connecticut Colony in late 1749 after separating from Springfield or just joining Connecticut.

Due to general lack of colonial government there, all four towns in colonial New Hampshire chose to become part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1641. They were ceded to the re-formed Province of New Hampshire in 1680, under a newly-issued royal charter.

Numerous towns were ceded to New Hampshire after the Northern boundary of Massachusetts was defined by royal decree in 1741.

Those towns were later disincorporated and reincorporated under New Hampshire laws on the same day in 1746.

All settlements in the District of Maine were ceded when the state of Maine gained its independence from Massachusetts in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise.

Archaic names

Many municipalities have changed names.[9]

Old name	Modern name	County	Notes
Acushena	Dartmouth	Bristol
Agawam	Dartmouth	Bristol	Different from Agawam in Hampden County
Agawam Plantation	Springfield	Hampden	An Agawam separated from Springfield via West Springfield
Andrewstown	Chesterfield	Hampshire
Apponegansett	Dartmouth	Bristol
Ashuelot Equivalent	Dalton	Berkshire
Attleborough	Attleboro	Bristol	The -ugh was dropped when the city was re-incorporated in 1914
Barnardstone's Grant	Florida	Berkshire
Basse River	Beverly	Essex
Belcher's Town	Belchertown	Hampshire
Berkshire Equivalent	Florida	Berkshire
Billirikey	Billerica	Middlesex
Blue Hill Lands	Braintree	Norfolk
Boggestow	Sherborn	Middlesex
Boston Township Number One	Charlemont	Franklin
Boston Township Number Two	Colrain	Franklin
Bullock's Grant	Florida	Berkshire
Bullocks Grant	Clarksburg	Berkshire
Cabotville	Chicopee	Hampden
Cambridge Farms	Lexington	Middlesex
Cambridge South Parish	Brighton	Suffolk
Cape Ann	Gloucester	Essex	Different from the modern definition of Cape Ann, which includes Gloucester, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport
Chabakongomum	Dudley	Worcester
Chabanagungamug	Dudley	Worcester
Chappequiddick	Edgartown	Dukes
Charley Mount	Charlemont	Franklin
Charlton	Charlestown	Suffolk
Chebacco	Essex	Essex
Chequocket	Barnstable	Barnstable
Chuckomug	Barnstable	Barnstable
Coa	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cochickawick	Andover	Essex
Cochituit	Andover	Essex
Cokachoise	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cold Spring	Belchertown	Hampshire
Colechester	Salisbury	Essex
Conahasset	Cohasset	Norfolk
Concord Village	Acton	Middlesex
Contentment	Dedham	Norfolk
Cotachesett	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cottage City	Oak Bluffs	Dukes
Danforth's Farms	Framingham	Middlesex
District of Carlisle	Carlisle	Middlesex
Dorchester Village	Canton	Norfolk
Dorchester-Canada Plantation	Ashburnham	Worcester
Ducksburrow	Duxbury	Plymouth
Duxburrow Plantation	Bridgewater	Plymouth
East Chelmsford	Lowell	Middlesex
East Hoosuck Plantation	Adams	Berkshire
East Sudbury	Wayland	Middlesex
Edgar Towne	Edgartown	Dukes
Emesbury	Amesbury	Essex
Erving's Grant	Enfield	Hampshire
Fair Haven Village	Fairhaven	Bristol
Falls Fight	Bernardston	Franklin
Falltown Plantation	Bernardston	Franklin
Five Pound Island	Gloucester	Essex
Foords Farm	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Fort Massachusetts	Adams	Berkshire
Freeman's Purchase	Fall River	Bristol
Freemens Land	Freetown	Bristol
Gageborough	Windsor	Berkshire
Gay Head	Aquinnah	Dukes
Gay Head Indian District	Aquinnah	Dukes
Gerry	Phillipston	Worcester
Glasgow	Blandford	Hampden
Gloscester	Gloucester	Essex
Great Harbour	Edgartown	Dukes
Green Harbor	Duxbury	Plymouth
Greenwich	Enfield	Hampshire
Hack's Grant	Enfield	Hampshire
Hawthorn	Danvers	Essex
Hadley Third Precinct	Amherst	Hampshire
Hockamock	Easton	Bristol
Hockomock	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Housatonic Township Number Four	Becket	Berkshire
Huntstown Plantation	Ashfield	Franklin
Hutchinson	Barre	Worcester
Ipswich Eighth Parish	Essex	Essex
Ireland	Holyoke	Hampden
Iron Work Farm	Acton	Middlesex
Ketiticut	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Kokachoise	Barnstable	Barnstable
Litchfield	Dunstable	Middlesex
Little Cambridge	Brighton	Suffolk
Little Salisbury	Amesbury	Essex
Lyttleton	Littleton	Middlesex
Manamoiet	Chatham	Barnstable
Manamoit Village	Chatham	Barnstable
Manamooskeagin	Abington	Plymouth
Manchaug	Sutton	Worcester
Manor of Tisbury	Chilmark	Dukes
Mattakeeset	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mattakeeset	Duxbury	Plymouth
Mattapan	Dorchester	Suffolk	Section of Boston
Mennems Moone	Dorchester	Suffolk
Menotomy	Arlington	Middlesex
Merry Mount	Merrymount	Norfolk	Neighborhood of Quincy
Middlesex Gore	Dudley	Worcester
Mile & Half of Land	Attleboro	Bristol
Minnechaug	Hampden	Hampden
Minot's Grant	Cummington	Hampshire
Mishawum	Charlestown	Suffolk
Mistic	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mohootset	Carver	Plymouth
Monatiquot	Braintree	Norfolk
Monomoy	Chatham	Barnstable
Monument Village	Bourne	Barnstable
Moskeehtucketqut	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mount Dagan	Braintree	Norfolk
Mount Wollaston	Merrymount	Norfolk	Neighborhood of Quincy
Muddy River	Brookline	Norfolk
Murrayfield	Chester	Hampden
Murrayfield Grant	Cummington	Hampshire
Musketequid	Concord	Middlesex
Namassakeesett	Duxbury	Plymouth
Nashowakemmuck	Chilmark	Dukes
Nawsett	Eastham	Barnstable
New Glasgow	Blandford	Hampden
New Grant	Acton	Middlesex
New Hingham Plantation	Chesterfield	Hampshire
New Providence	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Providence Hill	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Providence Plantation	Adams	Berkshire
New Providence Purchase	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Rowley	Georgetown	Essex
New Sherburn	Douglas	Worcester
Newe Towne	Cambridge	Middlesex	Included modern Newton
Newtown	Cambridge	Middlesex	Included modern Newton
No Town Plantation	Buckland	Franklin
Nobscusset	Dennis	Barnstable
Noman's Land	Chilmark	Dukes
Noddle's Island	Boston	Suffolk
North Bridgewater	Brockton	Plymouth
North Purchase	Attleboro	Bristol
North Sandwich	Bourne	Barnstable
North Wrentham	Norfolk	Norfolk
Nossett	Eastham	Barnstable
Noticock	Dunstable	Middlesex
Nottingham	Dunstable	Middlesex
Number Thirteen	Chelsea	Suffolk
Nunketest	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Nunnepog	Edgartown	Dukes
Passacomuck	Easthampton	Hampshire
Pawtucket	Chelmsford	Middlesex
Pawtucket	Dracut	Middlesex
Payquage Plantation	Athol	Worcester
Peymechit	Barnstable	Barnstable
Plantation Chickleystown	Charlemont	Franklin
Plantation Number Five (1762 Township)	Cummington	Hampshire
Plantation Number Four	Becket	Berkshire
Plantation Number Nine (1762 Township)	Chester	Hampden
Plantation Number One (Western Township of 1762)	Chesterfield	Hampshire
Plantation Number One	Adams	Berkshire
Pocomtuck	Deerfield	Franklin
Podunke	Alford	Berkshire
Podunkville	Alford	Berkshire
Poguaige	Athol	Worcester
Pompositicut	Stow	Middlesex
Provincetown on Mills River	Athol	Worcester
Pullen Poynte	Chelsea	Suffolk
Pullin Point	Chelsea	Suffolk
Punkapoag	Canton	Norfolk
Quabaug Territory	Brookfield	Worcester
Quabaug Territory	East Brookfield	Worcester
Quaboag	Brookfield	Worcester
Quequechan Region	Fall River	Bristol
Quichickichick	Andover	Essex
Quinsigamond	Worcester	Worcester
Quobauge	Brookfield	Worcester
Rowley Village	Boxford	Essex
Rumney Marsh	Chelsea	Suffolk
Rutland District	Barre	Worcester
Sacconeesett	Falmouth	Barnstable
Salem Farms	Danvers	Essex
Salem Middle Parish	Danvers	Essex
Salem Village Parish	Danvers	Essex
Salisbury-new-toune	Amesbury	Essex
Santuite	Barnstable	Barnstable
Satucket	Brewster	Barnstable
Satuite	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sawkatucket	Brewster	Barnstable
Scipuiszet	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sconticut	Fairhaven	Bristol
Seipuiszet	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sepoese	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sepuit	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sesuet	Dennis	Barnstable
Shawanon	Egremont	Berkshire
Shawanon Purchase	Alford	Berkshire
Shawmut	Boston	Suffolk
Shawshinnock	Billerica	Middlesex
Shawsin	Billerica	Middlesex
Sipnesset	Barnstable	Barnstable
Skonkonet	Barnstable	Barnstable
Skunkamug	Barnstable	Barnstable
Slacksville	Plainville	Norfolk
South Malden	Everett	Middlesex
South Parish	Enfield	Hampshire
South Purchase	Dighton	Bristol
South Reading	Wakefield	Middlesex
South Redding	Wakefield	Middlesex
South Wilbraham	Hampden	Hampden
Springfield Parish	Dover	Norfolk
Squantums Neck	Quincy	Norfolk	Annexed to Dorchester 1641, annexed to Quincy 1792[10]
Suckanesset	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sudbury	Wayland	Middlesex
Suffield Equivalent Lands	Blandford	Hampden
Tamahappaseeacon	Barnstable	Barnstable
Taunton	Dighton	Bristol	Different from modern Taunton
Taunton North Purchase	Easton	Bristol
Tiverton	Freetown	Bristol	Different from modern Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tragabigzanda	Gloucester	Essex
Tremont	Boston	Suffolk
Trimountaine	Boston	Suffolk
Troy	Fall River	Bristol
Turkey Hill	Fitchburg	Worcester
Unquityquesset	Milton	Norfolk
Vinson's Cove	Gloucester	Essex
Wameset	Chelmsford	Middlesex
Waqua	Edgartown	Dukes
Ward	Auburn	Worcester
Washqua	Edgartown	Dukes
Waskotussoo	Barnstable	Barnstable
Watatick Hill	Ashburnham	Worcester
Wattuppa	Freetown	Bristol
Weguasset	Chatham	Barnstable
Wellington	Dighton	Bristol
Wequaquet	Barnstable	Barnstable
Wessagusset Colony	Weymouth	Norfolk	Founded by Thomas Weston in 1622, 2nd oldest European settlement in Massachusetts. Incorporated as Weymouth in 1635 by settlers from the Dorset, England town of the same name.
West Cambridge	Arlington	Middlesex
West Hoosuck	Williamstown	Berkshire
West Sandwich	Bourne	Barnstable
Weymouth Canada	Ashfield	Franklin
Willard's Farm	Acton	Middlesex
Winnissimet	Chelsea	Suffolk
Wood End	Reading	Middlesex
Wyngaersheek	Gloucester	Essex
Yanno's Land	Barnstable	Barnstable
York	Egremont	Berkshire

Notes

The main source for the table is the Massachusetts Municipal Association 2009-2010 Municipal Directory Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. The MMA Directory is not an official state document, but is more up to date and specific than the official list from the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth's office, which is dated 03-11-2008 and does not include Palmer, Randolph and Winthrop, which have since adopted the city form of government.

References

"2009-10 Municipal Directory". Massachusetts Municipal Association. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
"Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
"Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
One of 14 municipalities with a city form of government that refers to itself as "The Town of". "Citizen Information Service: Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistalph.htm
William O. Hultgren (Fall 2004). "Time Line for the Establishment of the Town of Charlton" (PDF). Charlton Historical Society Newsletter. Charlton Historical Society. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
"Newton, MA - News Details". www.newtonma.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
"Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2009". Boston: Massachusetts General Court. November 19, 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Secretary of State Citizen Information Service. Retrieved 2008 Apr 13.
"DIOTD, Mar. 10, 2009 Dorchester Territory". Dorchester Atheneum. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

External links

Massachusetts City and Town Directory, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division

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[8] The main source for the table is the Massachusetts Municipal Association 2009-2010 Municipal Directory Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. The MMA Directory is not an official state document, but is more up to date and specific than the official list from the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth's office, which is dated 03-11-2008 and does not include Palmer, Randolph and Winthrop, which have since adopted the city form of government.

[MMA-1] "2009-10 Municipal Directory". Massachusetts Municipal Association. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

[census-2] "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

[CIS-3] "Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[TC-4] One of 14 municipalities with a city form of government that refers to itself as "The Town of". "Citizen Information Service: Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

[5] ttp://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistalph.htm

[6] William O. Hultgren (Fall 2004). "Time Line for the Establishment of the Town of Charlton" (PDF). Charlton Historical Society Newsletter. Charlton Historical Society. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-22.

[7] "Newton, MA - News Details". www.newtonma.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

[generalcourt-147-2009-9] "Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2009". Boston: Massachusetts General Court. November 19, 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

[10] Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Secretary of State Citizen Information Service. Retrieved 2008 Apr 13.

[dotanth-boundaries-11] "DIOTD, Mar. 10, 2009 Dorchester Territory". Dorchester Atheneum. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

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