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The Massachusetts Archives is the state archive of Massachusetts. It "serves the Commonwealth and its citizens by preserving and making accessible the records documenting government action and by assisting government agencies in managing their permanent records." [1] The archives occupies quarters on the Columbia Point peninsula in Boston 's ...
Boston City Hall. Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states the New England town form of government. All land in Massachusetts is divided among cities and towns and there are no unincorporated areas, population centers, or townships. Massachusetts has four kinds of public-school districts: local schools, regional schools ...
Prior to 1821, the only recognized form of government in Massachusetts was the town meeting. On April 9, 1821, an amendment to the state constitution was approved that permitted municipalities to choose other forms of government. On February 23, 1822, the Governor approved an act that granted a city form of government to Boston. The new charter ...
FIPS code. 25-63270. GNIS feature ID. 0618383. Website. ci .southbridge .ma .us. Southbridge is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2020 census. [3] Although Southbridge has a city form of government, it is legally known as the Town of Southbridge.
Registry of Deeds. (all) 649 High Street. Dedham. A Norfolk County was established 10 May 1643 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with significantly different bounds than the present county (covering an area north of the Merrimack River ); it was disbanded 4 February 1680. The current county was established by the state on 26 March 1793 from ...
Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place".
Amherst is one of several Massachusetts municipalities that have city forms of government but retain "The Town of" in their official names. [5] At the 2020 census , the population was 39,263, [ 6 ] making it the highest populated municipality in Hampshire County (although the county seat is Northampton ).
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, ( Nantucket County) consolidated city-county ...