List of municipalities in Massachusetts

This is a complete list of cities and towns in Massachusetts, arranged in alphabetical order. These 301 towns and 50 cities have been "incorporated" under Massachusetts law. Some places are villages: "See List of villages in Massachusetts". This list is complete, do not add or remove any municipalities from this list unless that place has legally changed its incorporation.

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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.

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.

Disincorporations

The following towns were disincorporated in 1938 due to the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir; some territory was absorbed into surrounding towns:
* Dana
* Enfield
* Greenwich
* Prescott

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.

Archaic names

Many municipalities have changed names. [ [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts] . Massachusetts Secretary of State Citizen Information Service. Retrieved 2008 Apr 13.]

ee also

*List of municipalities in Massachusetts by population
*Administrative divisions of Massachusetts
*List of cities in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm Massachusetts City and Town Directory] , Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division