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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, 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 ...
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 ...
Massachusetts is located along the Atlantic Flyway, a major route for migratory waterfowl along the eastern coast. [169] Lakes in central Massachusetts provide habitat for many species of fish and waterfowl, but some species such as the common loon are becoming rare. [170] A significant population of long-tailed ducks winter off Nantucket.
Chebacco Lake is located in Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States, within the borders of Essex and Hamilton. It is the largest of five bodies of water that make up the Chebacco Watershed. [2] Chebacco Lake is designated as a Great Pond, putting it under state ownership but remaining open to public use. [3]
The location of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Massachusetts – U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America .
A video of the Eastern United States taken by the crew of Expedition 29 from the International Space Station as it passed over the region in 2011-2022 A map of the Eastern United States. The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River. [1]
Many of the cities and towns include areas of forests, and Springfield itself, which in the early twentieth century was nicknamed "The City in a Forest," features nature within its city limits and over 12% parkland. [3] The Pioneer Valley is known [4] [5] for its scenery and as a vacation destination.
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]