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Wetlands in Acton off of Massachusetts Avenue, in summer 2015. Acton is located at According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.3 square miles (53 km 2), of which 20.0 square miles (52 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), or 1.53 percent, is water.
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 ...
The Acton Center Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the once-rural, now suburban, town of Acton, Massachusetts. The district includes properties on Main Street, Wood and Woodbury Lanes, Newtown, Concord, and Nagog Hill Roads, and has been the town's civic heart since its establishment in the 1730s.
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census. Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County. [1]
Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews. OL 23272543M. Edwin P. Conklin, Middlesex County and Its People: A History. In Four Volumes. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1927. Samuel Adams Drake, History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County.
Acton, Massachusetts is a small town west of Boston in an area that has records of human habitation which stretch back 7000 years. Acton citizens had a significant role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the prelude to the American Revolution. Acton's history reflects the major events that were occurring in Massachusetts, New England, the ...
Essex County is roughly diamond-shaped and occupies the northeastern corner of the state of Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 828 square miles (2,140 km 2 ), of which 493 square miles (1,280 km 2 ) is land and 336 square miles (870 km 2 ) (41%) is water. [ 6 ]
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