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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.
1889 map of Middlesex County Map of Middlesex County, with Cambridge highlighted. Most municipalities in Middlesex County have a town form of government; the remainder are cities, and are so designated on this list. Villages listed below are census or postal divisions but have no separate corporate or statutory existence from the cities and ...
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" and cities as a type of "populated place". However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law ...
The town comprised a much larger area than the present city, [13] with various outlying parts becoming independent towns over the years: Cambridge Village (later Newtown and now Newton) in 1688, [20] Cambridge Farms (now Lexington) in 1712 [13] or 1713, [21] and Little or South Cambridge (now Brighton) [a] and Menotomy or West Cambridge (now ...
Map of locations by per capita income. Areas with higher levels of income are shaded darker. Massachusetts is the second wealthiest state in the United States of America , with a median household income of $89,026 (as of 2021), [ 1 ] and a per capita income of $48,617 (as of 2021). [ 2 ]
It is part of the Greater Boston area (the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area). The largest city in Essex County is Lynn. The county was named after the English county of Essex. It has two traditional county seats: Salem and Lawrence. Prior to the dissolution of the county government in 1999, Salem had ...
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. Massachusetts is the most populous New ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA, comprising the area around Massachusetts' capital and largest city of Boston.
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