Review reports on Massachusetts births from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Marion Center Review reports on Massachusetts deaths from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. This Atlas series, and updates since it was published, describes the legal boundary for each of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts. The term shire town is the statutory term for the Massachusetts town having a county court and administration offices; a county can have multiple shire towns. North Lakeville View data on the number of births per year in each Massachusetts municipality. Worcester Harwich Center June 2020: Modified the Chelsea-Everett boundary by up to about 125 feet near Beacham Street, based on Standardized Parcels and plans submitted by the cities. South Ashburnham Cities in Massachusetts by Population (2023) The largest city in Massachusetts is Boston, with a population of 617,459. Ocean Grove Recoded TYPE = 'TC' for BRIDGEWATER, based on latest data from the Secretary of State's office. Nantucket Missouri. This data is collected and presented by the U.S. Census Bureau. Populations of Massachusetts Cities Alphabetical Listing (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010) Part of the Dorchester New Grant of 1637. Boston (the largest city in Massachusetts) 02124: 83: 72: 69: Thank you for your website feedback! North Brookfield December 2013: Edits made to the boundaries of Eastham-Orleans and Groton-Shirley based on data from L3 Assessor Parcels. Springfield, Lowell, and Cambridge round out the five cities in the state that have population counts greater than 100,000 residents. Source: Polygon is (1) / is NOT (0) an island - many towns are composed of many polygons, YES = Ocean or water polygon, within municipal limits, Codes (1,2,3,4) allowing shading of all towns using 4 symbols (based on four-color theorem, where no adjacent polygons have the same symbol), Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State/County Code, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Town Code, FIPS State & County & Census Town Code concatenated, YES = the boundary line has been adjusted from the 1:25,000 scale boundary layer, Not Applicable = boundary line is either part of the new imported coastline or was updated, Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated while the data was in Microsoft Access, Northing coordinate in NAD83 Mass. If you are using a screen reader or having trouble reading this website, please call Walk Score customer service at (253) 256-1634. May 8, 2006: added the TOWNSSURVEY_POLYM layer. Marblehead November 2015: the Boxford-Topsfield point B-T-2 was adjusted again, using coordinates supplied by MassDOT Survey section; part of the Cambridge-Somerville boundary near Route 28 was modified based on data from Cambridge. [10] The majority of Massachusetts counties are named in honor of English place names, reflecting Massachusetts' colonial heritage.[11]. The original surveys were conducted in the 1890s. Onset [1] This law was later amended to abolish Hampshire County on January 1, 1999; Essex County and Suffolk County on July 1 of that same year; and Berkshire County on July 1, 2000. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. The offshore boundaries are currently being reviewed by the legal counsels of the Massachusetts Highway Department andNOAAas well as the Federal Baseline Committee. Chelsea 1642 surveying error and long-running political disputes, Administrative divisions of Massachusetts, "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File", "Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates", "Citizen Information Service: Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates", "CIS: Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates", "Time Line for the Establishment of the Town of Charlton", "Watertown election results are in. Saugus Fort Devens This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. North Falmouth If you would like to continue helping us improve Mass.gov, join our user panel to test new features for the site. Click to clear this topic from the filters. This data will not be distributed until the termination points of the offshore boundaries are approved by the Federal Baseline Committee and the Massachusetts Legislature. Warren Alphabetical list of Massachusetts Counties. Each survey was tied into higher order monumented survey control points. Falmouth #3. South Yarmouth Winthrop Also includes the 2019 census estimate. Find all the towns in the region Norfolk and discover all the administrative, cultural, tourist information . Maynard The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. East Pepperell Title. Wilmington Land was granted to Dedham in return for giving up Natick. The ArcGIS-added fieldSHAPE_LENis the line's length in meters. Watertown is now the 'city of Watertown', "Memorial Sketch of Hyde Park, Mass., for the first twenty years of its corporate existence (1868 1888)", Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts, "DIOTD, Mar. Massachusetts Cities & Counties List . the least walkable cities are The next two digits is according to a city. Revere All settlements in the District of Maine were ceded when the state of Maine gained its independence from Massachusetts in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. The Harbor and Land Commission Town Boundary Atlases included large-scale maps of individual boundary point locations. Also see theList of Town Numbers and NamesandTowns Index Map. This article was most recently revised and updated by, list of cities and towns in the United States, https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-cities-and-towns-in-the-United-States-2023068. CAPITAL Boston NICKNAME Bay State POPULATION 6,457,189 AREA 7,840 mi ZIP CODES 01001 to 05544 AREACODES 9 POST OFFICES 452 COUNTIES 14 CITIES 435 LAT/LONG 42.230171 / -71.530106 CURRENT TIME 08:17 Timezone: Eastern (9:06pm) Coordinates: 42, -72 State . Aquinnah-Chilmark border near Menemsha based on parcel data and surveyed plans from the towns. specific to each region. Medford Monson Center Everett This layer is the most accurate representation of Massachusetts' municipal (city and town) boundaries; this representation is based on the legislatively approved record of municipal boundaries. Milford MassGIS staff collaborated closely with staff from the Survey Section during the development of this data layer. This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. Formerly a city that formally referred to itself as "the city known as the town of Watertown", in 2021, Watertown voters approved officially changing the name of the community to "City of Watertown" by a 54.5%-39% margin. These cities have been around for centuries and have a lot to offer. Taunton East Sandwich Northampton Most of these boundaries followed streams or rights-of-way that were either traced atop older imagery or not modified from the 1:25,000 mapping of community boundaries. MassGIS regularly makes corrections or refinements to this data layer as information becomes available; the list of those changes is at the bottom of this web page. Salem Mass.gov is a registered service mark of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Data spans 1980 to 2017. Wellesley Future updates are described in the"Overview"section above. This datalayer, except the coastline, was created by MassGIS. Winchendon Lists of cities in the United States by state or territory. Some municipal boundary arcs (about 15% of the total) follow the edge of a road or rail right-of-way or a stream or river channel. The law abolishing Middlesex County also provided for the elimination of Hampden County and Worcester County on July 1, 1998. [4] Three counties (Hampshire, Barnstable, and Franklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance. Cambridge, Mansfield Center Southbridge Cochituate Springfield Hatfield Dover Boxford Cordaville Williamstown Skyline of Boston, largest municipality by population in Massachusetts, Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts's second largest municipality by population, Skyline of Springfield, third largest municipality by population in Massachusetts, Skyline of Cambridge, Massachusetts's fourth largest municipality by population. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". The Massachusetts Data Office is part of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS). Townsend Cities and Towns in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Dukes County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Essex County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Cities and Towns in Bristol County, Massachusetts. March 2015: Duxbury-Pembroke border along Pine Brook updated based on scanned survey plan approved by the Duxbury planning board in 1953. Montana - New Jersey. Staff from the Survey Section then converted the latitude/longitude coordinates to the NAD83 datum and also created a version of the coordinates in state plane coordinates with units of meters. Oklahoma - South Carolina. Middlesex : Medfield Norfolk . These coordinates were recorded from surveys of the location of each boundary marker around the periphery of each community. A lock icon () or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. Malden North Attleborough Center Rowley All boundaries that follow a water body or a ROW are coded in the attribute table in the BND_QUAL field. Click on the name of the community you are interested in to be taken to its website. Truro Towns on Cape Cod Map Cape Cod Towns FAQ Is Cape Cod a town? The Secretary of the Commonwealth maintains these dashboards using data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Pinehurst West Wareham We will use this information to improve this page. Medford is the fastest growing city in Massachusetts over the past 10 years, having grown 8.54% since 2010. Abington This list may not reflect recent changes. Bike Score. Easthampton The largest city in Massachusetts is Boston, with a population of 617,459. The polygon layer (TOWNSSURVEY_POLY) was generated from TOWNSSURVEY_ARC and label points using ArcGIS software. Buzzards Bay Baldwinville Bondsville February 2014: Tinker's Island reassigned to Salem from Marblehead and Bumkin Island reassigned from Hingham to Hull, based on data from Level 3 Assessors Parcels. List of Cities and Towns in Massachusetts - alphabetical order Top 10 biggest cities by population Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Lynn, Fall River. Watertown ZIP Code List Printable Map Elementary Schools High Schools. Zip Code. Incorporated Places have an asterisk ( * ). The feedback will only be used for improving the website. 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