Minor civil divisions or "municipalities" in the U.S. state of Massachusetts are classified as either towns or cities, distinguished by their form of government under state law. Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government. Cities, on the other hand, utilize a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, there are 298 towns and 53 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government.

The main list includes actively functioning municipal governments. Former municipalities are listed in a separate section below the main list.

Maps of Massachusetts cities and towns

Contents 1 List of municipalities 2 List of cities by official name 3 Former municipalities 3.1 Annexations 3.2 Disincorporations 3.3 Cessions 4 Archaic names 5 See also 6 References 7 Notes 8 External links

[edit] List of municipalities

Municipality	Type[1]	County[2]	Form of government[1]	Population (2008)[2]	Year established[3]
Abington	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	16,689	1712
Acton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	20,797	1735
Acushnet	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	10,368	1860
Adams	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	8,295	1778
Agawam	City[4]	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,091	1855
Alford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	392	1773
Amesbury	City[4]	Essex	Mayor-council	16,584	1668
Amherst	Town	Hampshire	Representative town meeting	35,565	1775
Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	33,418	1646
Aquinnah	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	357	1870
Arlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	40,993	1807
Ashburnham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,974	1765
Ashby	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	2,927	1767
Ashfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,822	1765
Ashland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	15,807	1846
Athol	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,570	1762
Attleboro	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	42,833	1694
Auburn	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	16,222	1778
Avon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	4,300	1888
Ayer	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,399	1871
Barnstable	City[4]	Barnstable	Council-manager	46,184	1638
Barre	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,431	1774
Becket	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,801	1765
Bedford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,545	1729
Belchertown	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	14,233	1761
Bellingham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	15,900	1719
Belmont	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	23,291	1859
Berkley	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	6,462	1735
Berlin	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,853	1812
Bernardston	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	2,230	1762
Beverly	City	Essex	Mayor-council	39,343	1668
Billerica	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	41,844	1655
Blackstone	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,021	1845
Blandford	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,270	1741
Bolton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,530	1738
Boston	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	609,023	1630
Bourne	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	19,392	1884
Boxborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	5,081	1835
Boxford	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,131	1685
Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,264	1785
Braintree	City[4]	Norfolk	Mayor-council	35,294	1640
Brewster	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	9,936	1803
Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	25,774	1656
Brimfield	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	3,708	1731
Brockton	City	Plymouth	Mayor-council	93,007	1821
Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,007	1718
Brookline	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	54,896	1705
Buckland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,989	1779
Burlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,985	1799
Cambridge	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	105,596	1636
Canton	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	22,048	1797
Carlisle	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,874	1780
Carver	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	11,574	1790
Charlemont	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,378	1765
Charlton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	12,585	1775
Chatham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	6,701	1712
Chelmsford	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	34,409	1655
Chelsea	City	Suffolk	Council-manager	41,577	1739
Cheshire	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,314	1793
Chester	Town	Hampden	town meeting	1,287	1765
Chesterfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,288	1762
Chicopee	City	Hampden	Mayor-aldermen	54,941	1848
Chilmark	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	971	1714
Clarksburg	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,619	1798
Clinton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,965	1850
Cohasset	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,169	1775
Colrain	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,879	1761
Concord	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,450	1635
Conway	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,896	1775
Cummington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	964	1779
Dalton	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	6,593	1784
Danvers	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,762	1775
Dartmouth	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	33,899	1664
Dedham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,630	1636
Deerfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	4,694	1677
Dennis	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	15,349	1793
Dighton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	6,724	1712
Douglas	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,955	1775
Dover	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	5,644	1836
Dracut	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	29,501	1701
Dudley	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,073	1732
Dunstable	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,323	1673
Duxbury	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	14,496	1637
East Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,996	1823
East Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,057	1920
East Longmeadow	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	15,332	1894
Eastham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	5,438	1646
Easthampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	16,195	1809
Easton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,209	1725
Edgartown	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	3,932	1671
Egremont	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,351	1775
Erving	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,552	1838
Essex	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,333	1819
Everett	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council-aldermen	37,353	1870
Fairhaven	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	16,112	1812
Fall River	City	Bristol	Mayor-manager-council	90,931	1803
Falmouth	Town	Barnstable	Representative town meeting	33,123	1686
Fitchburg	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	40,239	1764
Florida	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	675	1805
Foxborough	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,347	1778
Framingham	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	64,885	1700
Franklin	City[4]	Norfolk	Council-administrator	32,148	1778
Freetown	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	9,027	1683
Gardner	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	20,682	1785
Georgetown	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,629	1838
Gill	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,388	1793
Gloucester	City	Essex	Mayor-council	30,243	1642
Goshen	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	974	1781
Gosnold	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	83	1864
Grafton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	17,553	1735
Granby	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	6,281	1768
Granville	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,686	1775
Great Barrington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,379	1761
Greenfield	City	Franklin	Mayor-council	17,828	1775
Groton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,632	1655
Groveland	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,198	1850
Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	4,732	1661
Halifax	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	7,692	1734
Hamilton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,155	1793
Hampden	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	5,400	1878
Hancock	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,112	1776
Hanover	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,995	1727
Hanson	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,019	1820
Hardwick	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,649	1739
Harvard	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,006	1732
Harwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	12,298	1694
Hatfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	3,227	1670
Haverhill	City	Essex	Mayor-council	61,275	1641
Hawley	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	337	1792
Heath	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	798	1785
Hingham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	22,561	1635
Hinsdale	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,913	1804
Holbrook	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	10,644	1872
Holden	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	16,608	1741
Holland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	2,529	1835
Holliston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,901	1724
Holyoke	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	39,947	1850
Hopedale	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,142	1886
Hopkinton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	14,338	1715
Hubbardston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,482	1775
Hudson	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	19,597	1866
Hull	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	11,041	1644
Huntington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,219	1775
Ipswich	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	13,219	1634
Kingston	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	12,328	1726
Lakeville	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,515	1853
Lancaster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,015	1653
Lanesborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	2,866	1765
Lawrence	City	Essex	Mayor-council	70,014	1847
Lee	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	5,763	1777
Leicester	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,990	1714
Lenox	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	5,095	1775
Leominster	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	41,055	1740
Leverett	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,772	1774
Lexington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	30,272	1713
Leyden	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	801	1809
Lincoln	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,078	1754
Littleton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,711	1715
Longmeadow	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	15,329	1783
Lowell	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	103,615	1826
Ludlow	Town	Hampden	Representative town meeting	22,410	1775
Lunenburg	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,946	1728
Lynn	City	Essex	Mayor-council	86,957	1629
Lynnfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	11,412	1814
Malden	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	55,597	1649
Manchester-by-the-Sea	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,260	1645
Mansfield	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,969	1775
Marblehead	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	19,951	1649
Marion	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	5,148	1852
Marlborough	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	37,932	1660
Marshfield	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	24,735	1640
Mashpee	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,227	1870
Mattapoisett	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,463	1857
Maynard	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,182	1871
Medfield	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,275	1651
Medford	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	55,573	1630
Medway	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,785	1713
Melrose	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	26,708	1850
Mendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,762	1667
Merrimac	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,504	1876
Methuen	City	Essex	Mayor-council	44,055	1725
Middleborough	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	21,117	1669
Middlefield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	557	1783
Middleton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	9,634	1728
Milford	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	27,246	1780
Millbury	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,401	1813
Millis	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,957	1885
Millville	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,845	1916
Milton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	26,187	1662
Monroe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	96	1822
Monson	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	8,952	1775
Montague	Town	Franklin	Representative town meeting	8,316	1775
Monterey	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	950	1847
Montgomery	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	720	1780
Mount Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	136	1779
Nahant	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,498	1853
Nantucket	Town	Nantucket	Open town meeting	11,215	1671
Natick	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	31,880	1781
Needham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,560	1711
New Ashford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	247	1835
New Bedford	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	91,365	1787
New Braintree	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,116	1775
New Marlborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,508	1775
New Salem	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	990	1775
Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,934	1635
Newburyport	City	Essex	Mayor-council	17,542	1764
Newton	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	82,139	1688
Norfolk	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	11,029	1870
North Adams	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	13,711	1878
North Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	27,522	1855
North Attleborough	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	27,794	1887
North Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,833	1812
North Reading	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,272	1853
Northampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	28,379	1656
Northborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	14,646	1775
Northbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	14,383	1775
Northfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,026	1723
Norton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	19,186	1711
Norwell	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,293	1849
Norwood	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,211	1872
Oak Bluffs	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	3,735	1880
Oakham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,914	1775
Orange	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	7,688	1810
Orleans	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	6,269	1797
Otis	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,396	1773
Oxford	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,615	1713
Palmer	City[4]	Hampden	Council-manager	12,933	1775
Paxton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,632	1775
Peabody	City	Essex	Mayor-council	51,331	1868
Pelham	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,386	1743
Pembroke	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	18,714	1712
Pepperell	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,382	1775
Peru	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	832	1771
Petersham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,288	1754
Phillipston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,787	1786
Pittsfield	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	42,652	1761
Plainfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	591	1807
Plainville	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	8,204	1905
Plymouth	Town	Plymouth	Representative town meeting	55,705	1620
Plympton	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	2,785	1707
Princeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,475	1771
Provincetown	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	3,376	1727
Quincy	City	Norfolk	Mayor-council	92,339	1792
Randolph	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	30,082	1793
Raynham	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,566	1731
Reading	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	23,052	1644
Rehoboth	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	11,474	1645
Revere	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	60,204	1846
Richmond	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,572	1765
Rochester	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	5,268	1686
Rockland	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,883	1874
Rockport	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,612	1840
Rowe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	348	1785
Rowley	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,738	1639
Royalston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,376	1765
Russell	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,719	1792
Rutland	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,899	1713
Salem	City	Essex	Mayor-council	41,256	1626
Salisbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,417	1639
Sandisfield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	848	1762
Sandwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	20,129	1639
Saugus	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	27,478	1815
Savoy	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	722	1797
Scituate	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,926	1636
Seekonk	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,575	1812
Sharon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	17,373	1775
Sheffield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,309	1733
Shelburne	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	2,035	1775
Sherborn	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,204	1674
Shirley	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,904	1775
Shrewsbury	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	33,435	1727
Shutesbury	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,847	1761
Somerset	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	18,055	1790
Somerville	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	75,662	1842
South Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Representative town meeting	17,241	1775
Southampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	5,970	1775
Southborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,583	1727
Southbridge	City[4]	Worcester	Council-manager	16,852	1816
Southwick	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	9,571	1775
Spencer	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,922	1775
Springfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	150,640	1636
Sterling	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,865	1781
Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	2,217	1739
Stoneham	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,471	1725
Stoughton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	26,927	1726
Stow	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	6,446	1683
Sturbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,103	1738
Sudbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,207	1639
Sunderland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,710	1714
Sutton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,028	1714
Swampscott	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	13,944	1852
Swansea	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	16,155	1667
Taunton	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	55,702	1639
Templeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,831	1762
Tewksbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	29,543	1734
Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	3,811	1671
Tolland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	457	1810
Topsfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,051	1650
Townsend	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	9,400	1732
Truro	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,125	1709
Tyngsborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	12,019	1809
Tyringham	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	339	1762
Upton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,584	1735
Uxbridge	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	12,672	1727
Wakefield	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	24,717	1812
Wales	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,881	1775
Walpole	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	23,133	1724
Waltham	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	60,236	1738
Ware	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	9,824	1775
Wareham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	21,221	1739
Warren	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,068	1742
Warwick	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	749	1763
Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	542	1777
Watertown	City[4]	Middlesex	Council-manager	32,365	1630
Wayland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	12,996	1780
Webster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	16,655	1832
Wellesley	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	27,244	1881
Wellfleet	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,724	1775
Wendell	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,000	1781
Wenham	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,788	1643
West Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,277	1808
West Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,674	1822
West Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,806	1848
West Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,269	1819
West Springfield	City[4]	Hampden	Mayor-council	27,459	1774
West Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,432	1775
West Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	2,638	1892
Westborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	18,467	1717
Westfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	40,608	1669
Westford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	22,066	1729
Westhampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,576	1778
Westminster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,391	1770
Weston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,711	1713
Westport	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	15,417	1787
Westwood	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	14,189	1897
Weymouth	City[4]	Norfolk	Mayor-council	53,261	1635
Whately	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,566	1771
Whitman	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	14,447	1875
Wilbraham	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	13,970	1763
Williamsburg	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,509	1775
Williamstown	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,968	1765
Wilmington	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,649	1730
Winchendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,164	1764
Winchester	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	21,090	1850
Windsor	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	846	1771
Winthrop	City[4]	Suffolk	Council-manager	21,880	1852
Woburn	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	36,871	1642
Worcester	City	Worcester	Mayor-manager-council	175,011	1684
Worthington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,272	1768
Wrentham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	11,133	1673
Yarmouth	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	23,778	1639

[edit] List of cities by official name

The following tabular list shows the 53 government divisions of the Commonwealth which have been officially granted the right to use the city form of government along with the official name in use by each municipality.^{[Note 1]}

Municipality	Official name	Web reference
Agawam	Town of Agawam	http://www.agawam.ma.us/
Amesbury	Town of Amesbury	http://www.ci.amesbury.ma.us/
Attleboro	City of Attleboro	http://www.cityofattleboro.us/
Barnstable	Town of Barnstable	http://www.town.barnstable.ma.us/
Beverly	City of Beverly	http://www.beverlyma.gov
Boston	City of Boston	http://www.cityofboston.gov/
Braintree	Town of Braintree	http://www.townofbraintreegov.org/
Brockton	City of Brockton	http://www.brockton.ma.us/
Cambridge	City of Cambridge	http://www.cambridgema.gov/
Chelsea	City of Chelsea	http://www.ci.chelsea.ma.us/
Chicopee	City of Chicopee	http://www.chicopeema.gov/
Easthampton	City of Easthampton	http://www.easthampton.org/
Everett	City of Everett	http://www.ci.everett.ma.us/
Fall River	City of Fall River	http://www.fallriverma.org/
Fitchburg	City of Fitchburg	http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/
Franklin	Town of Franklin	http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/
Gardner	City of Gardner	http://www.gardner-ma.gov/
Gloucester	City of Gloucester	http://www.ci.gloucester.ma.us/
Greenfield	City of Greenfield	http://www.cityofgreenfield.org/
Haverhill	City of Haverhill	http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/
Holyoke	City of Holyoke	http://www.holyoke.org/
Lawrence	City of Lawrence	http://www.cityoflawrence.com
Leominster	City of Leominster	http://www.leominster-ma.gov/
Lowell	City of Lowell	http://www.lowellma.gov/
Lynn	City of Lynn	http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/
Malden	City of Malden	http://www.ci.malden.ma.us/
Marlborough	City of Marlborough	http://www.marlborough-ma.gov/
Medford	City of Medford	http://www.medford.org/
Melrose	City of Melrose	http://www.cityofmelrose.org/
Methuen	City of Methuen	http://www.ci.methuen.ma.us/
New Bedford	City of New Bedford	http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/
Newburyport	City of Newburyport	http://www.cityofnewburyport.com/
Newton	City of Newton	http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/
North Adams	City of North Adams	http://www.northadams-ma.gov/
Northampton	City of Northampton	http://www.northamptonma.gov/
Palmer	Town of Palmer	http://www.townofpalmer.com
Peabody	City of Peabody	http://www.peabody-ma.gov/
Pittsfield	City of Pittsfield	http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/
Quincy	City of Quincy	http://www.quincyma.gov/
Revere	City of Revere	http://www.revere.org/
Salem	City of Salem	http://www.salem.com
Somerville	City of Somerville	http://www.somervillema.gov
Southbridge	Town of Southbridge	http://www.ci.southbridge.ma.us
Springfield	City of Springfield	http://www.springfieldcityhall.com
Taunton	City of Taunton	http://www.taunton-ma.gov
Waltham	City of Waltham	http://www.city.waltham.ma.us/
Watertown	Town of Watertown	http://www.watertown-ma.gov
Westfield	City of Westfield	http://www.cityofwestfield.org
West Springfield	Town of West Springfield	http://www.west-springfield.ma.us
Weymouth	Town of Weymouth	http://www.weymouth.ma.us/
Winthrop	Town of Winthrop	http://www.town.winthrop.ma.us/
Woburn	City of Woburn	http://www.cityofwoburn.com/
Worcester	City of Worcester	http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/

[edit] Former municipalities

Some towns and cities were annexed to others; disincorporated; or ceded to another state in their entirety. This list does not include territory changes affecting only part of a municipality; see History of Massachusetts.

[edit] Annexations

The following formerly independent municipalities have been annexed to Boston:

• Roxbury (1867)
• Dorchester (1869)
• Brighton (1873)
• Charlestown (1873)
• West Roxbury (1873)
• Hyde Park (1912)

The town of Bradford was annexed to Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1895.

[edit] Disincorporations

The following towns were disincorporated in 1938 due to the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir; all their territory was absorbed into surrounding towns:

• Dana
• Enfield
• Greenwich
• Prescott

[edit] Cessions

The following towns were ceded to Rhode Island in 1747 as part of a border dispute:

• Barrington
• Bristol
• Warren (Sowams) [possibly part of Swansea, Massachusetts in 1747?]
• Tiverton
• Little Compton

All settlements in the District of Maine were ceded when the state of Maine gained its independence from Massachusetts in 1820, and numerous towns were ceded to New Hampshire after the Northern boundary of Massachusetts was defined by royal decree.

[edit] Archaic names

Many municipalities have changed names.^[5]

Old name	Modern name	County	Notes
Acushena	Dartmouth	Bristol
Agawam	Dartmouth	Bristol	Different from Agawam in Hampden County
Andrewstown	Chesterfield	Hampshire
Apponegansett	Dartmouth	Bristol
Ashuelot Equivalent	Dalton	Berkshire
Attleborough	Attleboro	Bristol	The -ugh was dropped when the city was re-incorporated in 1914
Barnardstone's Grant	Florida	Berkshire
Basse River	Beverly	Essex
Belcher’s Town	Belchertown	Hampshire
Berkshire Equivalent	Florida	Berkshire
Billirikey	Billerica	Middlesex
Blue Hill Lands	Braintree	Norfolk
Boston Township Number One	Charlemont	Franklin
Boston Township Number Two	Colrain	Franklin
Bullock's Grant	Florida	Berkshire
Bullocks Grant	Clarksburg	Berkshire
Cabotville	Chicopee	Hampden
Cambridge South Parish	Brighton	Suffolk
Cape Ann	Gloucester	Essex	Different from the modern definition of Cape Ann, which includes Gloucester, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport
Chabakongomum	Dudley	Worcester
Chabanagungamug	Dudley	Worcester
Chappequiddick	Edgartown	Dukes
Charley Mount	Charlemont	Franklin
Charlton	Charlestown	Suffolk
Chebacco	Essex	Essex
Chequocket	Barnstable	Barnstable
Chuckomug	Barnstable	Barnstable
Coa	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cochickawick	Andover	Essex
Cochituit	Andover	Essex
Cokachoise	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cold Spring	Belchertown	Hampshire
Colechester	Salisbury	Essex
Conahasset	Cohasset	Norfolk
Concord Village	Acton	Middlesex
Contentment	Dedham	Norfolk
Cotachesett	Barnstable	Barnstable
Cottage City	Oak Bluffs	Dukes
Danforth's Farms	Framingham	Middlesex
District of Carlilse	Carlisle	Middlesex
Dorchester Village	Canton	Norfolk
Dorchester-Canada Plantation	Ashburnham	Worcester
Ducksburrow	Duxbury	Plymouth
Duxburrow Plantation	Bridgewater	Plymouth
East Hoosuck Plantation	Adams	Berkshire
East Sudbury	Wayland	Middlesex
Edgar Towne	Edgartown	Dukes
Emesbury	Amesbury	Essex
Erving's Grant	Enfield	Hampshire
Fair Haven Village	Fairhaven	Bristol
Falls Fight	Bernardston	Franklin
Falltown Plantation	Bernardston	Franklin
Five Pound Island	Gloucester	Essex
Foords Farm	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Fort Massachusetts	Adams	Berkshire
Freeman's Purchase	Fall River	Bristol
Freemens Land	Freetown	Bristol
Gageborough	Windsor	Berkshire
Gay Head	Aquinnah	Dukes
Gay Head Indian District	Aquinnah	Dukes
Gerry	Phillipston	Worcester
Glasgow	Blandford	Hampden
Gloscester	Gloucester	Essex
Great Harbour	Edgartown	Dukes
Green Harbor	Duxbury	Plymouth
Greenwich	Enfield	Hampshire
Hack's Grant	Enfield	Hampshire
Hadley Third Precinct	Amherst	Hampshire
Hockamock	Easton	Bristol
Hockomock	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Housatonic Township Number Four	Becket	Berkshire
Huntstown Plantation	Ashfield	Franklin
Hutchinson	Barre	Worcester
Ipswich Eighth Parish	Essex	Essex
Iron Work Farm	Acton	Middlesex
Ketiticut	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Kokachoise	Barnstable	Barnstable
Litchfield	Dunstable	Middlesex
Little Cambridge	Brighton	Suffolk
Little Salisbury	Amesbury	Essex
Lyttleton	Littleton	Middlesex
Manamoiet	Chatham	Barnstable
Manamoit Village	Chatham	Barnstable
Manamooskeagin	Abington	Plymouth
Manchaug	Dudley	Worcester
Manor of Tisbury	Chilmark	Dukes
Mattakeeset	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mattakeeset	Duxbury	Plymouth
Mattapan	Dorchester	Suffolk	Section of Boston
Mennems Moone	Dorchester	Suffolk
Menotomy	Arlington	Middlesex
Merry Mount	Wollaston	Norfolk	Neighborhood of Quincy
Middlesex Gore	Dudley	Worcester
Mile & Half of Land	Attleboro	Bristol
Minot's Grant	Cummington	Hampshire
Mishawum	Charlestown	Suffolk
Mistic	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mohootset	Carver	Plymouth
Monatiquot	Braintree	Norfolk
Monomoy	Chatham	Barnstable
Monument Village	Bourne	Barnstable
Moskeehtucketqut	Barnstable	Barnstable
Mount Dagan	Braintree	Norfolk
Mount Wollaston	Wollaston	Norfolk	Neighborhood of Quincy
Muddy River	Brookline	Norfolk
Murrayfield	Chester	Hampden
Murrayfield Grant	Cummington	Hampshire
Musketequid	Concord	Middlesex
Namassakeesett	Duxbury	Plymouth
Nashowakemmuck	Chilmark	Dukes
Nawsett	Eastham	Barnstable
New Glasgow	Blandford	Hampden
New Grant	Acton	Middlesex
New Hingham Plantation	Chesterfield	Hampshire
New Providence	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Providence Hill	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Providence Plantation	Adams	Berkshire
New Providence Purchase	Cheshire	Berkshire
New Rowley	Georgetown	Essex
New Sherburn	Douglas	Worcester
Newe Towne	Cambridge	Middlesex	Included modern Newton
Newtown	Cambridge	Middlesex	Included modern Newton
No Town Plantation	Buckland	Franklin
Nobscusset	Dennis	Barnstable
Noman's Land	Chilmark	Dukes
Noodles Island	Boston	Suffolk
North Bridgewater	Brockton	Plymouth
North Purchase	Attleboro	Bristol
North Sandwich	Bourne	Barnstable
North Wrentham	Norfolk	Norfolk
Nossett	Eastham	Barnstable
Noticock	Dunstable	Middlesex
Nottingham	Dunstable	Middlesex
Number Thirteen	Chelsea	Suffolk
Nunketest	Bridgewater	Plymouth
Nunnepog	Edgartown	Dukes
Passacomuck	Easthampton	Hampshire
Pawtucket	Chelmsford	Middlesex
Pawtucket	Dracut	Middlesex
Payquage Plantation	Athol	Worcester
Peymechit	Barnstable	Barnstable
Plantation Chickleystown	Charlemont	Franklin
Plantation Number Five (1762 Township)	Cummington	Hampshire
Plantation Number Four	Becket	Berkshire
Plantation Number Nine (1762 Township)	Chester	Hampden
Plantation Number One (Western Township of 1762)	Chesterfield	Hampshire
Plantation Number One	Adams	Berkshire
Pocomtuck	Deerfield	Franklin
Podunke	Alford	Berkshire
Podunkville	Alford	Berkshire
Poguaige	Athol	Worcester
Provincetown on Mills River	Athol	Worcester
Pullen Poynte	Chelsea	Suffolk
Pullin Point	Chelsea	Suffolk
Punkapoag	Canton	Norfolk
Quabaug Territory	Brookfield	Worcester
Quabaug Territory	East Brookfield	Worcester
Quaboag	Brookfield	Worcester
Quequechan Region	Fall River	Bristol
Quichickichick	Andover	Essex
Quinsigamond	Worcester	Worcester
Quobauge	Brookfield	Worcester
Rowley Village	Boxford	Essex
Rumney Marsh	Chelsea	Suffolk
Rutland District	Barre	Worcester
Sacconeesett	Falmouth	Barnstable
Salem Farms	Danvers	Essex
Salem Middle Parish	Danvers	Essex
Salem Village Parish	Danvers	Essex
Salisbury-new-toune	Amesbury	Essex
Santuite	Barnstable	Barnstable
Satucket	Brewster	Barnstable
Satuite	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sawkatucket	Brewster	Barnstable
Scipuiszet	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sconticut	Fairhaven	Bristol
Seipuiszet	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sepoese	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sepuit	Barnstable	Barnstable
Sesuet	Dennis	Barnstable
Shawanon	Egremont	Berkshire
Shawanon Purchase	Alford	Berkshire
Shawmut	Boston	Suffolk
Shawshinnock	Billerica	Middlesex
Shawsin	Billerica	Middlesex
Sipnesset	Barnstable	Barnstable
Skonkonet	Barnstable	Barnstable
Skunkamug	Barnstable	Barnstable
Slacksville	Plainville	Norfolk
South Malden	Everett	Middlesex
South Parish	Enfield	Hampshire
South Purchase	Dighton	Bristol
Springfield Parish	Dover	Norfolk
Squantums Neck	Quincy	Norfolk	Annexed to Dorchester 1641, annexed to Quincy 1792[6]
Suckanesset	Falmouth	Barnstable
Sudbury	Wayland	Middlesex
Suffield Equivalent Lands	Blandford	Hampden
Tamahappaseeacon	Barnstable	Barnstable
Taunton	Dighton	Bristol	Different from modern Taunton
Taunton North Purchase	Easton	Bristol
Tiverton	Freetown	Bristol	Different from modern Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tragabigzanda	Gloucester	Essex
Tremont	Boston	Suffolk
Trimountaine	Boston	Suffolk
Troy	Fall River	Bristol
Turkey Hill	Fitchburg	Worcester
Vinson's Cove	Gloucester	Essex
Wameset	Chelmsford	Middlesex
Waqua	Edgartown	Dukes
Ward	Auburn	Worcester
Washqua	Edgartown	Dukes
Waskotussoo	Barnstable	Barnstable
Watatick Hill	Ashburnham	Worcester
Wattuppa	Freetown	Bristol
Weguasset	Chatham	Barnstable
Wellington	Dighton	Bristol
Wequaquet	Barnstable	Barnstable
West Cambridge	Arlington	Middlesex
West Hoosuck	Williamstown	Berkshire
West Sandwich	Bourne	Barnstable
Weymouth Canada	Ashfield	Franklin
Willard’s Farm	Acton	Middlesex
Winnissimet	Chelsea	Suffolk
Wyngaersheek	Gloucester	Essex
Yanno's Land	Barnstable	Barnstable
York	Egremont	Berkshire

[edit] See also

• Administrative divisions of Massachusetts
• List of cities in the United States
• List of villages in Massachusetts

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Massachusetts City and Town Directory, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division

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