List of municipalities in Massachusetts
List of municipalities

List of municipalities in Massachusetts

Section Title: List of municipalities
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Municipality	Type	County	Form of government	Population (2010)	Year established

Abington	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	15,985	1712

Acton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,924	1735

Acushnet	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	10,303	1860

Adams	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	8,485	1778

Agawam	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,438	1855

Alford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	494	1773

Amesbury	City	Essex	Mayor-council	16,283	1668

Amherst	Town	Hampshire	Council-manager	37,819	1775

Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	33,201	1646

Aquinnah	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	311	1870

Arlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	42,844	1807

Ashburnham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,081	1765

Ashby	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,074	1767

Ashfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,737	1765

Ashland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	16,593	1846

Athol	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,584	1762

Attleboro	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	43,593	1694

Auburn	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	16,188	1778

Avon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	4,356	1888

Ayer	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,427	1871

Barnstable	City	Barnstable	Council-manager	45,193	1639

Barre	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,398	1774

Becket	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,779	1765

Bedford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,320	1729

Belchertown	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	14,649	1761

Bellingham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,332	1719

Belmont	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,729	1859

Berkley	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	6,411	1735

Berlin	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,866	1812

Bernardston	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	2,129	1762

Beverly	City	Essex	Mayor-council	39,502	1668

Billerica	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	40,243	1655

Blackstone	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,026	1845

Blandford	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,233	1741

Bolton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,897	1738

Boston	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	617,660	1630

Bourne	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	19,754	1884

Boxborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,996	1835

Boxford	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,965	1685

Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,355	1785

Braintree	City	Norfolk	Mayor-council	35,744	1640

Brewster	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	9,820	1803

Bridgewater	City	Plymouth	Council-manager	26,563	1656

Brimfield	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	3,609	1731

Brockton	City	Plymouth	Mayor-council	93,810	1821

Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,390	1718

Brookline	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	58,732	1705

Buckland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,902	1779

Burlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,498	1799

Cambridge	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	105,162	1636

Canton	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	21,561	1797

Carlisle	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,852	1780

Carver	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	11,509	1790

Charlemont	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,266	1765

Charlton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	12,981	1755

Chatham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	6,125	1712

Chelmsford	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	33,802	1655

Chelsea	City	Suffolk	Council-manager	35,177	1739

Cheshire	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,235	1793

Chester	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,337	1765

Chesterfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,222	1762

Chicopee	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	55,298	1848

Chilmark	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	866	1714

Clarksburg	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,702	1798

Clinton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,606	1850

Cohasset	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,542	1775

Colrain	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,671	1761

Concord	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,668	1635

Conway	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,897	1775

Cummington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	872	1779

Dalton	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	6,756	1784

Danvers	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,493	1775

Dartmouth	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	34,032	1664

Dedham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,729	1636

Deerfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	5,125	1677

Dennis	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,207	1793

Dighton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	7,086	1712

Douglas	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,471	1775

Dover	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	5,589	1836

Dracut	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	29,457	1701

Dudley	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,390	1732

Dunstable	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,179	1673

Duxbury	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	15,059	1637

East Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,794	1823

East Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,183	1920

East Longmeadow	City	Hampden	Manager-Council	15,720	1894

Eastham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	4,956	1646

Easthampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	16,053	1809

Easton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,112	1725

Edgartown	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	4,067	1671

Egremont	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,225	1775

Erving	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,800	1838

Essex	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,504	1819

Everett	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	41,667	1870

Fairhaven	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	15,873	1812

Fall River	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	88,857	1803

Falmouth	Town	Barnstable	Representative town meeting	31,531	1686

Fitchburg	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	40,318	1764

Florida	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	752	1805

Foxborough	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,865	1778

Framingham	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	68,318	1700

Franklin	City	Norfolk	Council-administrator	31,635	1778

Freetown	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	8,870	1683

Gardner	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	20,228	1785

Georgetown	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,183	1838

Gill	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,500	1793

Gloucester	City	Essex	Mayor-council	28,789	1623

Goshen	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,054	1781

Gosnold	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	75	1864

Grafton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	17,765	1735

Granby	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	6,240	1768

Granville	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,566	1775

Great Barrington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,104	1761

Greenfield	City	Franklin	Mayor-council	17,456	1775

Groton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,646	1655

Groveland	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,459	1850

Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	5,250	1661

Halifax	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	7,518	1734

Hamilton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,764	1793

Hampden	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	5,139	1878

Hancock	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	717	1776

Hanover	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	13,879	1727

Hanson	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,209	1820

Hardwick	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,990	1739

Harvard	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,520	1732

Harwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	12,243	1694

Hatfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	3,279	1670

Haverhill	City	Essex	Mayor-council	60,879	1641

Hawley	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	337	1792

Heath	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	706	1785

Hingham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	22,157	1635

Hinsdale	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	2,032	1804

Holbrook	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	10,791	1872

Holden	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	17,346	1741

Holland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	2,481	1835

Holliston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,547	1724

Holyoke	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	39,880	1850

Hopedale	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,911	1886

Hopkinton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	14,925	1715

Hubbardston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,382	1775

Hudson	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	19,063	1866

Hull	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,293	1644

Huntington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,180	1775

Ipswich	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	13,175	1634

Kingston	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	12,629	1726

Lakeville	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,602	1853

Lancaster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,055	1653

Lanesborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,091	1765

Lawrence	City	Essex	Mayor-council	76,377	1847

Lee	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	5,943	1777

Leicester	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,970	1714

Lenox	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	5,025	1775

Leominster	City	Worcester	Mayor-council	40,759	1740

Leverett	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,851	1774

Lexington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	31,394	1713

Leyden	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	711	1809

Lincoln	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	6,362	1754

Littleton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,924	1715

Longmeadow	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	15,784	1783

Lowell	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	106,519	1826

Ludlow	Town	Hampden	Representative town meeting	21,103	1775

Lunenburg	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,086	1728

Lynn	City	Essex	Mayor-council	90,329	1629

Lynnfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	11,596	1814

Malden	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	59,450	1649

Manchester-by-the-Sea	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,136	1645

Mansfield	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	23,184	1775

Marblehead	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	19,808	1629

Marion	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	4,907	1852

Marlborough	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	38,499	1660

Marshfield	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	25,132	1640

Mashpee	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,006	1870

Mattapoisett	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,045	1857

Maynard	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	10,106	1871

Medfield	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,024	1651

Medford	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	56,173	1630

Medway	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	12,752	1713

Melrose	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	26,983	1850

Mendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,839	1667

Merrimac	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,338	1876

Methuen	City	Essex	Mayor-council	47,255	1725

Middleborough	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	23,116	1669

Middlefield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	521	1783

Middleton	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,987	1728

Milford	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	27,999	1780

Millbury	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,261	1813

Millis	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,891	1885

Millville	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,190	1916

Milton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	27,003	1662

Monroe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	121	1822

Monson	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	8,560	1775

Montague	Town	Franklin	Representative town meeting	8,437	1775

Monterey	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	961	1847

Montgomery	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	838	1780

Mount Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	167	1779

Nahant	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	3,410	1853

Nantucket	Town	Nantucket	Open town meeting	10,172	1671

Natick	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	33,006	1781

Needham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,886	1711

New Ashford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	228	1835

New Bedford	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	95,072	1787

New Braintree	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	999	1775

New Marlborough	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,509	1775

New Salem	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	990	1775

Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,666	1635

Newburyport	City	Essex	Mayor-council	17,416	1764

Newton	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	85,146	1688

Norfolk	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	11,227	1870

North Adams	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	13,708	1878

North Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	28,352	1855

North Attleborough	City	Bristol	Manager-council	28,712	1887

North Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,680	1812

North Reading	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	14,892	1853

Northampton	City	Hampshire	Mayor-council	28,549	1656

Northborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	14,155	1775

Northbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	15,707	1775

Northfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,032	1723

Norton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	19,031	1711

Norwell	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	10,506	1849

Norwood	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	28,602	1872

Oak Bluffs	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	4,527	1880

Oakham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,902	1775

Orange	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	7,839	1810

Orleans	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	5,890	1797

Otis	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,612	1773

Oxford	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,709	1713

Palmer	City	Hampden	Council-manager	12,140	1775

Paxton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,806	1775

Peabody	City	Essex	Mayor-council	51,251	1868

Pelham	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,321	1743

Pembroke	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,837	1712

Pepperell	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,497	1775

Peru	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	847	1771

Petersham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,234	1754

Phillipston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,682	1786

Pittsfield	City	Berkshire	Mayor-council	44,737	1761

Plainfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	648	1807

Plainville	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	8,264	1905

Plymouth	Town	Plymouth	Representative town meeting	56,468	1620

Plympton	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	2,820	1707

Princeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,413	1771

Provincetown	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,942	1727

Quincy	City	Norfolk	Mayor-council	92,271	1792

Randolph	City	Norfolk	Council-manager	32,112	1793

Raynham	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,383	1731

Reading	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,747	1644

Rehoboth	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	11,608	1645

Revere	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	51,755	1846

Richmond	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,475	1765

Rochester	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	5,232	1686

Rockland	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	17,489	1874

Rockport	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,952	1840

Rowe	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	393	1785

Rowley	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	5,856	1639

Royalston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	1,258	1765

Russell	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,775	1792

Rutland	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,973	1713

Salem	City	Essex	Mayor-council	41,340	1626

Salisbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	8,283	1639

Sandisfield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	915	1762

Sandwich	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	20,675	1638

Saugus	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,628	1815

Savoy	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	692	1797

Scituate	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	18,133	1636

Seekonk	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	13,722	1812

Sharon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	17,612	1775

Sheffield	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,257	1733

Shelburne	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,893	1775

Sherborn	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,119	1674

Shirley	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,211	1775

Shrewsbury	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	35,608	1727

Shutesbury	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,771	1761

Somerset	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	18,165	1790

Somerville	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	75,754	1842

South Hadley	Town	Hampshire	Representative town meeting	17,514	1775

Southampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	5,792	1775

Southborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,767	1727

Southbridge	City	Worcester	Council-manager	16,719	1816

Southwick	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	9,502	1775

Spencer	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,688	1775

Springfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	153,060	1636

Sterling	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,808	1781

Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,947	1739

Stoneham	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,437	1725

Stoughton	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	26,962	1726

Stow	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	6,590	1683

Sturbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,268	1738

Sudbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,659	1639

Sunderland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	3,684	1714

Sutton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,963	1714

Swampscott	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	13,787	1852

Swansea	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	15,865	1667

Taunton	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	55,874	1639

Templeton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,013	1762

Tewksbury	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	28,961	1734

Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	3,949	1671

Tolland	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	485	1810

Topsfield	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	6,085	1650

Townsend	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	8,926	1732

Truro	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,003	1709

Tyngsborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,292	1809

Tyringham	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	327	1762

Upton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,542	1735

Uxbridge	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,457	1727

Wakefield	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	24,932	1812

Wales	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,838	1762

Walpole	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,070	1724

Waltham	City	Middlesex	Mayor-council	60,632	1738

Ware	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	9,872	1775

Wareham	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	21,822	1739

Warren	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,135	1742

Warwick	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	780	1763

Washington	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	538	1777

Watertown	City	Middlesex	Council-manager	31,915	1630

Wayland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	12,994	1780

Webster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	16,767	1832

Wellesley	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	27,982	1881

Wellfleet	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	2,750	1775

Wendell	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	848	1781

Wenham	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,875	1643

West Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,669	1808

West Bridgewater	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	6,916	1822

West Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,701	1848

West Newbury	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	4,235	1819

West Springfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,391	1774

West Stockbridge	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,306	1775

West Tisbury	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	2,740	1892

Westborough	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	18,272	1717

Westfield	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	41,094	1669

Westford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,951	1729

Westhampton	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,607	1778

Westminster	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	7,277	1770

Weston	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	11,261	1713

Westport	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	15,532	1787

Westwood	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	14,618	1897

Weymouth	City	Norfolk	Mayor-council	53,743	1635

Whately	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,496	1771

Whitman	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	14,489	1875

Wilbraham	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	14,219	1763

Williamsburg	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	2,482	1775

Williamstown	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	7,754	1765

Wilmington	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	22,325	1730

Winchendon	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	10,300	1764

Winchester	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	21,374	1850

Windsor	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	899	1771

Winthrop	City	Suffolk	Council-manager	17,497	1852

Woburn	City	Middlesex	Mayor-aldermen	38,120	1642

Worcester	City	Worcester	Mayor-manager-council	181,045	1684

Worthington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,156	1768

Wrentham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	10,955	1673

Yarmouth	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	23,793	1639

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