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Shelburne Falls Truss Bridge, which carries Rte. 2A and Rte. 112 across the Deerfield River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.4 square miles (60.6 km 2), of which 23.2 square miles (60.0 km 2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km 2), or 0.96%, is water. [3]
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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.8 km 2 (2.6 mi 2), of which 6.6 km 2 (2.5 mi 2) is land and 0.3 km 2 (0.1 mi 2) (3.79%) is water. Shelburne Falls is served by Massachusetts Route 2 , also known as the Mohawk Trail , as well as Routes 2A and 112 , the former being the main route through the village.
As western Massachusetts is not as densely populated as the eastern portion, 413 remained the region's sole area code even as the eastern portion of the state went from one area code to four from 1988 to 1997 (since augmented by an additional four overlays). As a result, 413 is also one of the few original area codes (not counting those that ...
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.
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Participating mayors and Town Meetings still vote on the bottom line of their share of the regional budget. If municipalities within a school district disagree (e.g., if one town funds 100% of the regional school committee's request, and another funds only 75%), a second round of decisions is taken.
Numbering plan areas and area codes since May 2001 September 1997 [1] – May 2001 [2] July 1988 [3] – September 1997 [4] [5] October 1947 – July 1988 [6]. Massachusetts is divided into five distinct numbering plan areas (NPAs), which are served by nine area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), [7] organized as four overlay complexes and a single-area code NPA.