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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 ...
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2).
It has an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2), [154] 25.7% of which is water. [155] Several large bays distinctly shape its coast, giving it the nickname "the Bay State". [156] Boston is its largest city. [157] Despite its small size, Massachusetts features numerous topographically distinctive regions.
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
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
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]
Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state in the United States with an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2). [1] It is bordered to the north by New Hampshire and Vermont , to the west by New York , to the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island , and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine .
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.