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  2. List of municipalities in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. [1] The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division ...

  3. Geography of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    In Eastern Massachusetts, Boston is located at the innermost point of Massachusetts Bay, at the mouth of the Charles River.The Charles River is longest river located entirely within Massachusetts, (although the Westfield River can be considered longer if one combines its upper and lower branches); however, the Connecticut River is the Commonwealth's—and New England's—longest, and most ...

  4. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is located along the Atlantic Flyway, a major route for migratory waterfowl along the eastern coast. [168] Lakes in central Massachusetts provide habitat for many species of fish and waterfowl, but some species such as the common loon are becoming rare. [169] A significant population of long-tailed ducks winter off Nantucket.

  5. Category:Lakes of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... GPX (secondary coordinates) in Category:Lakes of Massachusetts by ...

  6. Mystic River - Wikipedia

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    Its watershed contains 44 lakes and ponds, the largest of which is Spot Pond in the Middlesex Fells, with an area of 307 acres (124 ha). Significant portions of the river's shores are within the Mystic River Reservation and are administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation , which include a variety of recreation areas.

  7. Lake Boon - Wikipedia

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    Lake Boon is a lake in eastern Massachusetts covering about 163 acres (66 ha) [2] in the towns of Stow and Hudson, Massachusetts. The lake is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and consists of four basins connected by narrows. The first and largest basin at the north-west end of the lake stretches from a dam along Barton Road in Stow down to ...

  8. Greater Boston - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, the population of the MAPC district was 3.2 million, which was 48% of the total population of Massachusetts, [18] in an area of 1,422 square miles (3,680 km 2), [17] of which 39% is forested and an additional 11% is water, wetland, or other open space. [19] The cities and towns included in this definition are: [20]

  9. East Harbor - Wikipedia

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    A wooden bridge was erected over the East Harbor in 1854, though still requiring a trek through a sand route, only to be destroyed by a winter storm and ice two years later. [4] Although the bridge was replaced the following year, a traveler using it still had to traverse several miles over a sand route, which, together with the backshore route ...