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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 ...
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
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Cities in Massachusetts. It includes cities that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
This is a list of the cities and towns in New England with population over 25,000 as of the 2020 census.Massachusetts contains the most cities and towns on the list with 80, while Vermont contains the fewest with just one.
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.
This constitution re-established the relationship between the state government and the towns which was originally specified by the charter which was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company by King Charles I in 1629. As in most of New England, the powers of Massachusetts cities and towns are set forth in the state constitution, state statutes ...
This is a non-diffused parent category for categories in Category:Towns in Massachusetts by county. It should hold all the pages in the county-level categories, and may hold other pages such as lists.
This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see List of municipalities in Massachusetts ) which is the smallest official form of government.