Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a Northeastern state of the United States, bounded to the north by Vermont and New Hampshire, to the east and southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Rhode Island and Connecticut, and to the west by New York. It is the seventh smallest of the U.S. states in terms of total area with a population of 6,892,503 inhabitants. Its capital and biggest city is Boston, and its governor is Charlie Baker.
Massachusetts has been the scene of many historical events. In 1620, a ship called the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod carrying settlers called Pilgrims. These people were escaping religious persecution in England and created the first permanent European settlement in New England, called Plymouth. Soon after, the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with members of the Wampanoag tribe, which still exists in Massachusetts today, to thank them for their help in cultivating the land. In 1639 America’s first post office opened in Boston and in 1876 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the first telephone.
The state has a temperate climate. It is colder but drier in western Massachusetts, although its winter snowfalls may be more severe than those nearer the coast. July is the hottest month, and January the coldest month.
Local farmers grow about 25 percent of the cranberries in the United States. The state has preserved many of its forests, and there are now nearly 150 state forests, reservations, and parks. The economy of Massachusetts today is based largely on technological R&D and the service sector (including tourism).
Boston is famous for its chocolate chip cookies which were invented there, but also for the official state dessert: the Boston cream pie, which is a chocolate-iced white cake filled with custard.
Check below a list of all the cities in the state of Massachusetts, classified according to their number of inhabitants. You can click on the area you want to know more about, or look for it using the search bar:
GOSNOLD
Gosnold can be contacted by phone
Locality of -100 inhabitants
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth has a website
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Locality of -75 000 inhabitants
EDGARTOWN
Edgartown can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -5 000 inhabitants
NANTUCKET
Nantucket can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -15 000 inhabitants
CHILMARK
Chilmark can be contacted by phone
Locality of -1 000 inhabitants
DARTMOUTH
This city or town has an email address and a website
Locality of -40 000 inhabitants
BOSTON
This city or town has an email address and a website
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Locality of -750 000 inhabitants
BARNSTABLE
This city or town has an email address and a website
Locality of -50 000 inhabitants
MIDDLEBOROUGH
Middleborough can be contacted by phone
Locality of -30 000 inhabitants
PETERSHAM
Petersham can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -1 500 inhabitants
WESTPORT
Westport can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -20 000 inhabitants
NEW SALEM
New Salem can be contacted by phone
Locality of -1 000 inhabitants
BELCHERTOWN
Belchertown can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -15 000 inhabitants
FALMOUTH
This city or town has an email address and a website
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Locality of -40 000 inhabitants
BLANDFORD
Blandford can be contacted by phone
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Locality of -1 500 inhabitants