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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, vocational-technical ...
Wakefield is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the greater Boston metropolitan area, [9] incorporated in 1812 and located about 12.5 mi (20.1 km) north-northwest of Downtown Boston.
The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set ...
It runs a sizeable public works department and is the home base of the regional waste management system. The Greenfield Public Library had many years in the historic Leavitt–Hovey House built in 1797, but recently moved next door to a brand new building. The July 13, 2023 grand opening was attended by over 500 people, with over 1,000 visiting ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 847 square miles (2,190 km 2), of which 818 square miles (2,120 km 2) is land and 29 square miles (75 km 2) (3.5%) is water. [32] It is the third-largest county in Massachusetts by land area.
Malden is a hilly woodland area north of the Mystic River that was settled by Puritans in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the Mystic tribe of the Pawtucket Confederation, with a further grant in 1639 by the Squaw Sachem of Mistick and her husband Webcowet. [3] The area was originally called the "Mistick Side" [4] and was a part of Charlestown.
Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, [2] making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable.