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1820 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
This template is used as an information box on pages, showing each census year with a population, and a percent gain/loss comparison. Also includes functionality for a custom title/footer for the infobox, easy-to-insert citations for each census year, and population estimates for a single non-census year (with an easy-to-insert citation thing for this as well). Template parameters [Edit ...
The location of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts An enlargeable map of the 14 counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prehistory of Massachusetts. History of Massachusetts § Before European settlement (Indigenous peoples)
Also, some of these censuses were conducted in U.S. states while they were still U.S. territories (before they became U.S. states). No state has conducted a state census since the last Massachusetts state census was conducted in 1985. ⊗ marks the point when statehood was attained.
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. 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.
The 1820 census contains a great deal more information than previous censuses. Enumerators listed the following data in columns, left to right: Name of the head of family of free white males under age 10; of free white males age 10 to under 16; of free white males age 16 to 18; of free white males age 16 to under 26; of free white males age 26 ...
From 1658 to 1820 Maine was an integral part of Massachusetts. In 1820, Maine was separated from Massachusetts (with its consent) and admitted into the Union as an independent state, as part of the Missouri Compromise. (See the History of Maine for information about its boundaries, including disputes with New Hampshire and Canadian provinces.)
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 primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set ...