Each survey was tied into higher order monumented survey control points. Marshfield Hills Please limit your input to 500 characters. One of 13 municipalities with a city form of government that refers to itself as "The Town of". [2][3] Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones. Truro Towns on Cape Cod Map Cape Cod Towns FAQ Is Cape Cod a town? Lee Printable Maps; ZIP Code Database; Search by ZIP, address, city, or county: Search. The ArcGIS-addedSHAPE_AREAfield stores the polygon area in square meters;SHAPE_LENis the polygon perimeter in meters. Worcester December 2016: Boundaries updated between Canton-Sharon-Norwood; Sharon-Walpole; Barnstable-Mashpee; Holland-Wales. Largest municipalities in Massachusetts by population, Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 01:05. A lock icon ( Mattapoisett Center 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 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. Click to clear this topic from the filters. Please do not include personal or contact information. This datalayer, except the coastline, was created by MassGIS. Some municipal boundary arcs (about 15% of the total) follow the edge of a road or rail right-of-way or a stream or river channel. These cities have been around for centuries and have a lot to offer. Littleton Common Holbrook State Plane meters, Easting coordinate in NAD83 Mass. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Alphabetical list of Massachusetts Counties. East Sandwich The source for the coastal boundary was theMassDEP Wetlands (1:12,000)data layer, with the boundary being the upland-side boundaries of tidal flats and rocky inter-tidal zones. Lunenburg Massachusetts ZIP code map and Massachusetts ZIP code list. You skipped the table of contents section. 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. Norwood Acushnet Center The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Massachusetts; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Massachusetts; See also Massachusetts and categories Towns in Massachusetts, Villages in Massachusetts, Census-designated places in Massachusetts, Unincorporated communities in Massachusetts 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. 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. Chatham Many municipalities have changed names.[17]. Review reports on Massachusetts deaths from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. North Westport CAPITAL Boston NICKNAME Bay State POPULATION 6,457,189 AREA 7,840 mi ZIP CODES 01001 to 05544 AREACODES 9 POST OFFICES 452 COUNTIES 14 CITIES 435 LAT/LONG 42.230171 / -71.530106 CURRENT TIME 08:17 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. For communities with a coastal boundary, MassGIS collaborated with theMassachusetts Water Resources Authorityand theDepartment of Environmental Protectionto complete a 1:12,000 scale coastline. Boston (the largest city in Massachusetts) 02124: 83: 72: 69: Middleborough Center Athol Orleans 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. Hanson The governments of Bristol, Plymouth, and Norfolk Counties remain substantially unchanged. 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). Swampscott May 24, 2006: adjusted boundaries for moved points ID1 = 1629 (Needham-Wellesley) and 1933 (Winchendon-NH border). Government abolished in 1998. [13], until Maine broke off from Massachusetts in 1820, Administrative divisions of Massachusetts, "General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 34B. MassGIS staff collaborated closely with staff from the Survey Section during the development of this data layer. Dennis Port Scituate Westfield 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. Everett, while If you need assistance, please contact the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. Bike Score. June 2011: some pseudo nodes were removed along the Haverhill boundary, affecting the two polygon and one arc layers. We will use this information to improve this page. . Millis-Clicquot Quincy Franklin Lexington Upton-West Upton South Deerfield Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Wellesley Andover Boundaries for each community were created by adjusting the older USGS topo map town boundariesto connect the survey points (TOWNSSURVEY_PT) of a community. Please limit your input to 500 characters. Pepperell Top ten oldest cities Plymouth, Gloucester, Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Boston, Medford, Watertown, Ipswich, Weymouth. Rutland White Island Shores West Dennis The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government. A lock icon () or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. Brewster #10. The Atlases also include detailed descriptions of each community's boundary and location maps for each of the original boundary marker locations. 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). May 8, 2006: added the TOWNSSURVEY_POLYM layer. This Atlas series, and updates since it was published, describes the legal boundary for each of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts. 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. Alphabetically; By area; By demographic density; Statistics - 380 municipalities - 2 579 783 inhabitants - Area 5 572 sq mi Populations of Massachusetts Cities Alphabetical Listing (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010) Housatonic Compare 2020 Massachusetts census data with 2010 using these dashboards Explore municipal population change, demographics on race and ethnicity, and housing availability. Authoritative determination of municipal boundary locations can only be provided by a licensed land surveyor. 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. Also see theList of Town Numbers and NamesandTowns Index Map. Newton Review reports on Massachusetts births from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Monument Beach Southbridge Ipswich The feedback will only be used for improving the website. The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. Milford Buzzards Bay Stoneham At the same time, the TOWNS_ID field was dropped. Numerous towns were ceded to New Hampshire after the Northern boundary of Massachusetts was defined by royal decree in 1741. Barnstable Town Zip Code. Reading Alabama Alexander City Andalusia Anniston Athens Atmore Auburn Bessemer Birmingham Chickasaw Clanton Cullman Decatur Demopolis Dothan Enterprise Eufaula Florence Fort Payne Gadsden Those towns were later disincorporated and reincorporated under New Hampshire laws on the same day in 1746. . West Concord Recoded TYPE = 'TC' for BRIDGEWATER, based on latest data from the Secretary of State's office. Smith Mills A complex boundary situation occurs when a survey point is a "witness mark", denoted by the letters WM in the coordinate name. Use this button to show and access all levels. East Douglas 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. Pinehurst 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. Mass.gov is a registered service mark of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There are a total of 48 cities in the state which have populations that fall between 10,000 and 100,000 people. Spencer Please limit your input to 500 characters. Popponesset Island The Harbor and Land Commission Town Boundary Atlases included large-scale maps of individual boundary point locations. You can click on the area you want to know more about, or look for it using the search bar: BOSTON This city or town has an email address and a website Leisure and activities present in the city or town Government abolished in 1997. Groton Joined with South Dedham (Norwood) to create Second Precinct in 1729. Please let us know how we can improve this page. All boundaries that follow a water body or a ROW are coded in the attribute table in the BND_QUAL field. Falmouth Adams This data is collected and presented by the U.S. Census Bureau. Wakefield They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Rockport 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. The 72 largest cities in Massachusetts (the most populous cities in MA are Amherst Center View all zip codes in MA or use the free zip code lookup. 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. Reports from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). Bondsville Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state. Sturbridge Barre This data is hosted on a website managed by the Division of Local Services. Pocasset Warren 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 State Plane meters, YES = survey coordinate should be used in boundary delineation, Town ID - Relates to TOWN_ID in TOWNSSURVEY_POLY attribute tables, Town Area Code (413, 508/774, 617/857, 781/339, 978/351). Shirley Pittsfield For more information on the Commonwealth's area codes, seeVerizon's Area Codes Lookup Web page. Granby Williamstown Please remove any contact information or personal data from your feedback. East Brookfield Watertown . Whitinsville ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. Wellfleet #14. MassGIS staff keyed the coordinates into a database; that data entry was double-checked by staff from the Survey Section. There is no unincorporated land in Massachusetts; the land area of the state is completely divided up among the 351 municipalities. Walk Score. Salisbury A lock icon ( Woods Hole Burlington 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. Raynham Center South Dakota - Vermont. Two other feature classes are available that use the inland survey-based linework but have a generalized coastline for faster display. Newburyport There, you will find American history as vibrant and living as in any city in the entire country. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. MACON. Brookline South Dennis Boston, which is the capital of the state, is the most populated, with an estimated 667,137 residents in 2017. Bourne Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, contact the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. Some pointsmaybe more accurate than this and some points are definitely less. C = City; T = Town; TC = Town with City form of government, or (for AMESBURY and EASTHAMPTON) a City without wards or precincts. Sagamore Eastham #13. Framingham Seconsett Island Sandwich #6. Missouri. Please remove any contact information or personal data from your feedback. From part of Hampshire County. Cambridge, Bridgewater Criminal matters in Essex County are handled by the District Attorney for the Eastern District; in Middlesex County by the District Attorney for the Northern District; in Worcester County by the District Attorney for the Middle District; in Dukes, Barnstable and Nantucket counties by the District Attorney for the Cape and Islands District and in Franklin and Hampshire counties by the District Attorney for the Northwestern District. Oklahoma - South Carolina. Foxborough Webster 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. Cities use mayor-council or council-manager structures, while towns hold open town meetings or representative town meetings. Travel in Massachusetts is a big deal, but the state has a lot more than that going on. Massachusetts ZIP Codes. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. Brockton 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. Download a large format PDF for printing (100MB). How each boundary arc was developed is identified in the arc attributes, as described below. Greenfield Medfield Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock The second most populous city, Worcester, falls far behind with just 184,815 people. Peabody Below please see all Massachusetts cities and towns which are listed in alphabetical order. West Falmouth Please let us know how we can improve this page. Saugus Sharon Haverhill The Atlas series was published in the early 1900s and has since been updated by the Survey Section of the Massachusetts Highway Department (now The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) - Highway Division) with changes as they are approved by the legislature. Rowley BOSTON. Here is a list of all 351 Massachusetts cities and towns. Alphabetically; By area; By demographic density; Statistics - 368 municipalities - 2 092 460 inhabitants - Area 4 781 sq mi Kingston Under this designation, there are 56 total cities in Massachusetts and 295 towns. The smallest town in the state is Gosnold in Dukes County, with a population of just 75 people. The law abolishing Middlesex County also provided for the elimination of Hampden County and Worcester County on July 1, 1998. Danvers Municipalities are classified as either a city or a town, and the form of government that is used determines this designation. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Source: Polygon is (1) / is NOT (0) an island - many towns are composed of many polygons, YES = Ocean or water polygon, within municipal limits, Codes (1,2,3,4) allowing shading of all towns using 4 symbols (based on four-color theorem, where no adjacent polygons have the same symbol), Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State/County Code, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Town Code, FIPS State & County & Census Town Code concatenated, YES = the boundary line has been adjusted from the 1:25,000 scale boundary layer, Not Applicable = boundary line is either part of the new imported coastline or was updated, Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated while the data was in Microsoft Access, Northing coordinate in NAD83 Mass. Monson Center 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. Abolished most of its territory was absorbed into, Transferred to Maine there were two periods when York County was abolished, 1664 to 1668 and 1680 to 1691. cities, towns, villages, unincorporated communities, This page was last edited on 13 April 2023, at 12:15. The original surveys were conducted in the 1890s. These coordinates were recorded from surveys of the location of each boundary marker around the periphery of each community. Some page levels are currently hidden. Municipalities in the state are classified as either towns or cities, distinguished by their form of government under state law. Joins to the table on town number should be based on TOWN_ID. Monomoscoy Island ( See also city and urban planning .) Springfield, Lowell, and Cambridge round out the five cities in the state that have population counts greater than 100,000 residents. This page is located more than 3 levels deep within a topic. The polygon layer (TOWNSSURVEY_POLY) was generated from TOWNSSURVEY_ARC and label points using ArcGIS software. This list does not include territory changes affecting only part of a municipality; see History of Massachusetts. Northampton [1] This law was later amended to abolish Hampshire County on January 1, 1999; Essex County and Suffolk County on July 1 of that same year; and Berkshire County on July 1, 2000. MassGIS first published these survey-based boundaries in June 2004. Randolph Dennis #8. 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 North Lakeville Provincetown Cochituate Great Barrington You are here Home Geography Countries United States States Massachusetts - Missouri Massachusetts Alphabetical list of Massachusetts Cities 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. Green Harbor-Cedar Crest Find all the towns in the region Norfolk and discover all the administrative, cultural, tourist information . [12] County seat is the standard term used in general communications by the Massachusetts government. Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Vineyard Haven Holyoke Shelburne Falls There are a total of 512 towns and cities in the state of Massachusetts. The first character of the zip code of Massachusetts signifies a physical area of the country, such as a group of states. Gardner List of Cities and Towns in Massachusetts - alphabetical order Top 10 biggest cities by population Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Lynn, Fall River. MassGIS used the state plane coordinates to "generate" points in ArcGIS. Chatham #11. Somerville Title. 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 Separated from Wrentham. Springfield The Massachusetts Data Office is part of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS). East Harwich 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 Attorneys,[9] respectively. If you are using a screen reader or having trouble reading this website, please call Walk Score customer service at (253) 256-1634. Yarmouth Port. The next two digits is according to a city. 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). Lists of cities in the United States by state or territory. Authoritative determination of municipal boundary locations can only be provided by a licensed land surveyor. Note that the 351 communities are the official municipal names, not including "villages" or other sections of towns. [10] The majority of Massachusetts counties are named in honor of English place names, reflecting Massachusetts' colonial heritage.[11]. The feedback will only be used for improving the website. Reports for comparison of key financial and socioeconomic data across Massachusetts cities and towns. Population. Some page levels are currently hidden. Barnstable and Dukes Counties have adopted modern county charters, enabling them to act as efficient regional governments. Future work will consist of (1) improving the accuracy of boundaries identified as following a road right of way (see"Attributes"section below for description of BND_QUAL where attribute value = 2) and (2) adding offshore boundaries to the existing arc and polygon layers. November 2012: Coastal polygons added to offshore areas of Boston and Medford. Braintree Changed TYPE to 'C' for Greenfield and 'TC' for North Attleborough. The fourth and fifth digits of the zip code is referred to the area of the city or town. An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. View data on the number of births per year in each Massachusetts municipality. North Plymouth Barnstable #2. 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. Future updates are described in the"Overview"section above. Eastern section of town was part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. Virginia - Wyoming. This category has the following 68 subcategories, out of 68 total. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. Corrections? 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. 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. Updates? Revere 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. Cordaville Longmeadow Use the skip link after the Go go next page button to go to the top of the results section. North Scituate The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". Witness marks are often but not always on the town boundary. This political boundary datalayer has been created from latitude and longitude coordinates found in the 68-volumeHarbor and Lands Commission Town Boundary Atlas. Belmont See the second image above for an example. To learn more about Massachusetts' cities and towns, such as their incorporation and settlement dates, refer to the Secretary of State's website. Find all the towns in the region Suffolk and discover all the administrative, cultural, tourist information . Mashpee Neck An official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, This page, Massachusetts city and town websites, is. Hull Then known as Springfield, it became a precinct of Dedham by vote of Town Meeting in 1729; 800 acres taken from Dedham, along with land from Dorchester and Milton. If you have questions or comments about these layers pleasecontact MassGIS. CSV JSON Hopkinton West Springfield Marblehead Somerset Taunton Transit Score. Abington Wilmington Lenox Lawrence 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. This is a list of the cities that are state capitals in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. 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. Forestdale Westborough average Walk Score of 50. Medford is the fastest growing city in Massachusetts over the past 10 years, having grown 8.54% since 2010. East Dennis These changes were based on Level 3 parcels data, newer imagery, scanned Harbor and Lands Atlas plans, and input from the affected towns. North Adams From part of Hampshire County. Chelsea Orleans #12. Palmer Teaticket Arlington Massachusetts is home to many cities that are rich in history and culture. 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 Cambridge, Massachusetts's fourth largest municipality by population.
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