Norfolk County, Massachusetts

County in the United States

Norfolk County, Massachusetts
County
County of Norfolk
Norfolk County Courthouse in Dedham
Flag Seal
Motto: Antiquity, Perseverance, History, Industry
Location within the U.S. state of Massachusetts
Massachusetts's location within the U.S.
Founded	1793
Named for	Norfolk
Seat	Dedham
Largest city	Quincy
Area
• Total	444 sq mi (1,150 km2)
• Land	396 sq mi (1,026 km2)
• Water	48 sq mi (124 km2), 11%
Population
• (2010)	670,850
• Density	1,694/sq mi (654/km2)
Congressional districts	2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th
Time zone	Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website	www.norfolkcounty.org

Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2010 census, the population was 670,850.^[1] Its county seat is Dedham.^[2] The county was named after the English county of the same name.^[3] Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves.

Norfolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Norfolk County is the 28th highest-income county in the United States with a median household income of $81,899. It is the wealthiest county in Massachusetts.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Sheriffs
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Geography
  
  
  
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    2.1 Adjacent counties
    
  
  
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    2.2 National protected areas
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Demographics
  
  
  
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    3.1 2000 census
    
  
  
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    3.2 2010 census
    
  
  
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    3.3 Demographic breakdown by town
    
    
    
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      3.3.1 Income
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3.4 Religion
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Politics
  


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  5 Communities
  
  
  
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    5.1 Cities
    
  
  
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    5.2 Towns
    
  
  
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    5.3 Census-designated places
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

Norfolk County, Massachusetts was created on March 26, 1793 by legislation signed by Gov. John Hancock. Most of the towns were originally part of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The towns of Dorchester and Roxbury were part of Norfolk County when it was created but, as Boston annexed each town, they became part of Suffolk County again. Hingham and Hull were originally part of the Norfolk County legislation but petitioned to remain in Suffolk county and in June 1793 their removal to Norfolk county was repealed. Later, in 1803, they were moved into Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
The county is the birthplace of four Presidents of the United States (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George H.W. Bush), resulting in the moniker "County of Presidents."^[4]

Sheriffs

Main article: List of Sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts

There have been 21 sheriffs of Norfolk County.^[5]

Years	Sheriff[5]
2018–present	Jerry McDermott
1999–2018	Michael G. Bellotti
1996–1999	John H. Flood
1975–1996	Clifford H. Marshall
1961–1975	Charles Hedges
1958–1961	Peter M. McCormack
1939–1958	Samuel Wragg
1898–1939	Samuel Capen
1885–1898	Augustus B. Endicott
1878–1885	Rufus Corbin Wood
1857–1878	John W. Thomas
1853–1857	Thomas Adams
1852–1853	John W. Thomas
1848–1852	Thomas Adams
1843–1848	Jerauld N. E. Mann
1834–1843	John Baker, II
1812–1834	Elijah Crane
1811–1812	William Brewer
1810–1811	Elijah Crane
1798–1810	Benjamin Clark Cutler
1794–1798	Atherton Thayer
1793–1794	Ebeneezer Thayer

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 444 square miles (1,150 km²), of which 396 square miles (1,030 km²) is land and 48 square miles (120 km²) (11%) is water.^[6] It is the third-smallest county in Massachusetts by total area. The county is not completely contiguous; the towns of Brookline and Cohasset are each part of Norfolk County but are separated from the majority of Norfolk County (and each other) by either water or other counties. At the county's formation, Hingham and Hull were to be part of it, but joined Plymouth County instead, leaving Cohasset as the initial exclave of Norfolk County and an enclave of Plymouth County. Brookline became the second exclave of Norfolk County in 1873 when the neighboring town of West Roxbury was annexed by Boston (thus leaving Norfolk County to join Suffolk County) and Brookline refused to be annexed by Boston after the Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873.

Adjacent counties

• 
  Middlesex County (northwest)


• 
  Suffolk County (north)


• 
  Plymouth County (southeast)


• 
  Bristol County (south)


• 
  Providence County, Rhode Island (southwest)


• 
  Worcester County (west)

National protected areas

• Adams National Historical Park


• 
  Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (part)


• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site


• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

v t e Rivers of Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean	Tiasquam River
Buzzards Bay	Acushnet River Agawam River Back River Copicut River Crooked River Mattapoisett River Nasketucket River Paskamanset River Pocasset River Sippican River Slocums River Wankinco River Westport River Weweantic River
Cape Cod Bay	Eel River Herring River Jones River Little Pamet River Pamet River Town Brook
Connecticut River Watershed	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
Gulf of Maine	Annisquam River Blackwater River Eagle Hill River Egypt River Ipswich River Jericho Creek Roger Island River Rowley River Skug River
Housatonic River Watershed	Housatonic River Konkapot River Schenob Brook Umpachene River
Hudson River Watershed	Hoosic River Kinderhook Creek
Massachusetts Bay	Aberjona River Alewife Brook Canton River Charles River Chelsea Creek Cochato River Fore River Fresh River Indian Head River Malden River Millers River Monatiquot River Mother Brook Muddy River Mystic River Neponset River North River Saugus River Stony Brook (Boston) Stony Brook (Waltham) Stop River Weir River Weymouth Back River
Merrimack River Watershed	Artichoke River Assabet River Back River Beaver Brook Cochichewick River Concord River Little River Merrimack River Nashua River Nissitissit River North Nashua River Phillips Brook Powwow River Quinapoxet River Salmon Brook Shawsheen River South Branch Souhegan River South Nashua River Spicket River Squannacook River Stillwater River Sudbury River Trout Brook Vine Brook Whitman River
Nantucket Sound	Bass River Bumps River Childs River Coonamesset River Mashpee River Mitchell River Oyster Pond River Popponesset Creek Quashnet River Santuit River
Narragansett Bay	Barrington River Cole River Coles Brook Kickamuit River Lees River Palmer River Runnins River
Providence River Watershed	Abbott Run Blackstone River Bungay River Chockalog River Mill River Mumford River Peters River Quinsigamond River Sevenmile River Tannery River Ten Mile River Thacher River West River Wilde River
Taunton River Watershed	Assonet River Canoe River Cedar Swamp River Cocasset River Cotley River Forge River Hockomock River Matfield River Mill River Nemasket River Poor Meadow Brook Quequechan River Rumford River Salisbury Plain River Satucket River Segreganset River Shumatuscacant River Snake River Taunton River Three Mile River Town River Wading River Winnetuxet River
Thames River Watershed	French River Quinebaug River

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1800	27,216		—
1810	31,245		14.8%
1820	36,471		16.7%
1830	41,972		15.1%
1840	53,140		26.6%
1850	78,892		48.5%
1860	109,950		39.4%
1870	89,443		−18.7%
1880	96,507		7.9%
1890	118,950		23.3%
1900	151,539		27.4%
1910	187,506		23.7%
1920	219,081		16.8%
1930	299,426		36.7%
1940	325,180		8.6%
1950	392,308		20.6%
1960	510,256		30.1%
1970	605,051		18.6%
1980	606,587		0.3%
1990	616,087		1.6%
2000	650,308		5.6%
2010	670,850		3.2%
Est. 2016	697,181	[7]	3.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2013[1]

Norfolk County Administration Offices (including the County Commissioners and the County Treasurer) in Dedham.

2000 census

As of the census^[12] of 2000, there were 650,308 people, 248,827 households, and 165,967 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,628 people per square mile (628/km²). There were 255,154 housing units at an average density of 639 per square mile (247/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.02% White or European American, 3.18% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 5.50% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. 1.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 28.6% were of Irish, 13.4% Italian, 7.7% English and 5.0% descendants of colonists ancestry according to Census 2000. 85.7% spoke English, 2.3% Chinese in any dialect, 2.0% Spanish, 1.0% Italian and 1.0% French as their first language.

There were 248,827 households out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 31.60% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $63,432, and the median income for a family was $77,847 (these figures had risen to $77,294 and $95,243 respectively as of a 2007 estimate^[13]). Males had a median income of $51,301 versus $37,108 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,484. About 2.90% of families and 4.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.40% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 670,850 people, 257,914 households, and 168,903 families residing in the county.^[14] The population density was 1,693.6 inhabitants per square mile (653.9/km²). There were 270,359 housing units at an average density of 682.5 per square mile (263.5/km²).^[15] The racial makeup of the county was 82.3% white, 8.6% Asian, 5.7% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 1.3% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.3% of the population.^[14] The largest ancestry groups were:^[16]

• 31.8% Irish


• 15.5% Italian


• 11.0% English


• 7.0% German


• 4.6% French


• 4.3% Chinese


• 4.1% Polish


• 3.2% Russian


• 3.1% American


• 2.8% Scottish


• 2.6% French Canadian


• 2.4% Scotch-Irish


• 2.0% West Indian


• 2.0% Sub-Saharan African


• 1.9% Portuguese


• 1.8% Swedish


• 1.6% Indian


• 1.4% Arab


• 1.4% Greek


• 1.2% Canadian


• 1.1% Vietnamese


• 1.1% Lithuanian

Of the 257,914 households, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.5% were non-families, and 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.15. The median age was 40.7 years.^[14]

The median income for a household in the county was $81,027 and the median income for a family was $101,870. Males had a median income of $68,070 versus $51,870 for females. The per capita income for the county was $42,371. About 4.1% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.^[17]

Demographic breakdown by town

Income

See also: List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income

The ranking of unincorporated communities that are included on the list are reflective if the census designated locations and villages were included as cities or towns. Data is from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.^[18][19][20]

Rank	Town		Per capita income	Median household income	Median family income	Population	Number of households
	Dover	CDP	$91,039	$183,125	$212,125	2,322	725
1	Dover	Town	$82,800	$184,646	$200,735	5,564	1,765
2	Wellesley	Town	$65,394	$145,208	$175,156	27,818	8,553
3	Brookline	Town	$63,964	$97,250	$142,180	58,371	24,891
4	Needham	Town	$60,972	$121,080	$160,455	28,786	10,350
5	Cohasset	Town	$59,891	$117,831	$147,222	7,483	2,706
6	Westwood	Town	$59,422	$120,078	$151,976	14,508	5,172
7	Medfield	Town	$56,905	$128,446	$139,247	12,004	4,011
	Chestnut Hill (02467)	ZCTA	$55,947	$114,140	$151,375	21,952	6,237
8	Sharon	Town	$53,687	$121,265	$142,463	17,538	6,268
	Medfield	CDP	$47,660	$107,386	$127,632	6,394	2,357
9	Wrentham	Town	$47,119	$100,938	$119,188	10,879	3,978
	Sharon	CDP	$46,079	$102,521	$124,405	5,532	2,007
10	Canton	Town	$45,991	$90,951	$111,770	21,408	8,460
11	Milton	Town	$44,718	$104,713	$129,234	26,828	8,956
12	Medway	Town	$44,472	$106,058	$119,864	12,670	4,433
13	Walpole	Town	$43,983	$90,763	$109,035	23,862	8,626
	Norfolk County	County	$43,685	$83,733	$106,309	666,426	255,944
14	Norfolk	Town	$42,452	$118,809	$132,250	11,151	3,125
15	Foxborough	Town	$42,236	$92,370	$108,209	16,734	6,470
	Walpole	CDP	$41,820	$89,327	$99,808	6,119	2,522
16	Dedham	Town	$41,143	$83,364	$105,586	24,521	9,528
	Millis-Clicquot	CDP	$39,884	$82,798	$103,750	4,370	1,831
17	Millis	Town	$39,344	$90,360	$99,976	7,852	3,043
18	Franklin	City	$39,043	$92,066	$109,602	31,317	10,866
19	Braintree	City	$37,317	$83,710	$97,262	35,409	13,267
20	Plainville	Town	$36,802	$81,371	$102,780	8,176	3,232
	Foxborough	CDP	$36,239	$61,771	$91,991	5,206	2,388
21	Norwood	Town	$35,997	$73,838	$95,397	28,483	11,559
22	Weymouth	City	$35,939	$68,594	$86,972	53,565	22,543
	Massachusetts	State	$35,051	$65,981	$83,371	6,512,227	2,522,409
	Bellingham	CDP	$33,927	$81,941	$87,606	4,580	1,833
23	Bellingham	Town	$33,170	$83,534	$93,655	16,165	5,879
24	Quincy	City	$32,911	$60,947	$77,231	91,484	39,965
25	Stoughton	Town	$32,363	$68,191	$87,070	26,893	10,455
26	Avon	Town	$31,304	$72,880	$89,214	4,341	1,609
27	Holbrook	Town	$29,940	$63,790	$76,568	10,749	4,193
28	Randolph	City	$29,210	$64,465	$77,661	31,867	12,041
	United States	Country	$27,915	$52,762	$64,293	306,603,772	114,761,359

Religion

Religious Affiliation in Norfolk County
Year	1980		1990		2000		2010
Religion	C*	A**	C	A	C	A	C	A
Anabaptist (Mennonite)	n/a	n/a	1	88	1	45	n/a	n/a
Ba'haism	0	n/a	0	n/a	2	180	1	198
Baptist	29	7,063	29	7,936	32	4,992	46	5,558
Brethren	3	95	1	50	0	n/a	0	n/a
Buddhism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	n/a	7	1,653
Catholicism	64	304,137	63	336,797	63	380,930	52	355,321
Congregationalism/ United Church of Christ	35	16,786	43	19,016	41	22,049	42	12,879
Christian Science	n/a	n/a	7	350	n/a	n/a	5	n/a
Episcopalianism/ Anglicanism	31	17,955	30	12,905	31	12,778	33	11,016
Hinduism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	n/a	2	37
Independent/ nondenominational	n/a	n/a	1	800	n/a	n/a	20	2,620
Islam	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	3,782	3	4,616
Jainism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	1	n/a
Judaism	20	8,258	41	37,123	41	38,300	20	19,709
Lutheranism	13	4,629	10	2,843	8	2,593	8	2,227
Latter-day Saints	1	432	2	648	5	1,150	4	1,262
Methodism/Holiness	25	7,937	21	7,114	24	7,097	23	5,667
Messianic Judaism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a
Orthodoxy	n/a	n/a	3	n/a	7	7,543	9	3,539
Pentecostalism	5	945	5	1,382	12	2,540	17	2,485
Presbyterianism	4	1,380	7	1,424	7	1,558	9	1,196
Seventh-day Adventism/ Jehovah's Witnesses	1	52	7	2,900	5	367	8	537
Sikhism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	n/a	1	n/a
Quakerism	1	192	1	190	2	106	2	224
Unitarian-Universalism	18	4,719	17	4,591	17	2,644	17	3,102
Zoroastranianism	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	16

*congregations

**adherents

Politics

Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 13, 2010[21]
Party		Number of voters	Percentage
	Democratic	159,956	35.28%
	Republican	53,556	11.81%
	Unenrolled	237,810	52.45%
	Minor Parties	2,054	0.45%
Total		453,376	100%

Presidential elections results

Presidential elections results^[22]

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2016	32.6% 119,723	60.3% 221,819	7.1% 26,153
2012	41.6% 148,393	56.9% 202,714	1.5% 5,416
2008	39.7% 136,841	58.2% 200,675	2.2% 7,400
2004	38.6% 127,763	60.2% 199,392	1.2% 3,982
2000	33.8% 107,033	59.4% 188,450	6.8% 21,694
1996	31.0% 92,982	60.1% 180,504	9.0% 26,985
1992	31.8% 103,255	46.4% 150,488	21.8% 70,521
1988	47.7% 150,306	50.9% 160,289	1.4% 4,461
1984	53.6% 160,313	46.2% 138,222	0.3% 784
1980	44.8% 136,184	38.6% 117,274	16.6% 50,271
1976	45.2% 136,628	51.3% 155,342	3.5% 10,646
1972	46.9% 134,459	52.6% 150,732	0.5% 1,558
1968	36.0% 95,858	60.3% 160,513	3.7% 9,835
1964	26.8% 68,612	72.8% 186,488	0.4% 912
1960	47.2% 121,744	52.6% 135,474	0.2% 503
1956	66.4% 152,747	33.3% 76,656	0.3% 593
1952	65.2% 140,409	34.5% 74,321	0.3% 631
1948	56.7% 100,280	40.9% 72,327	2.3% 4,130
1944	58.2% 97,490	41.6% 69,606	0.2% 383
1940	58.7% 97,525	40.8% 67,654	0.5% 838
1936	55.4% 82,545	38.8% 57,770	5.8% 8,575
1932	59.2% 75,232	38.6% 49,121	2.2% 2,793
1928	60.7% 73,530	38.9% 47,057	0.4% 489
1924	71.1% 57,948	18.5% 15,041	10.5% 8,516
1920	74.7% 51,826	22.7% 15,720	2.7% 1,839
1916	58.7% 19,284	38.7% 12,702	2.6% 858
1912	32.8% 9,650	31.4% 9,244	35.8% 10,537
1908	64.9% 18,225	27.3% 7,682	7.8% 2,187
1904	62.2% 16,104	32.3% 8,372	5.5% 1,434
1900	62.3% 15,144	32.6% 7,922	5.1% 1,232
1896	73.5% 16,897	21.7% 4,990	4.8% 1,113
1892	52.1% 11,862	45.4% 10,327	2.5% 575
1888	54.0% 10,770	43.7% 8,720	2.3% 449
1884	47.1% 8,351	41.3% 7,321	11.6% 2,051
1880	59.7% 10,019	38.7% 6,498	1.6% 265
1876	57.2% 8,956	42.7% 6,685	0.1% 22

Communities

Cities

• Braintree


• Franklin


• Quincy


• Randolph


• Weymouth

Towns

• Avon


• Bellingham


• Brookline


• Canton


• Cohasset


• 
  Dedham (traditional county seat)


• Dover


• Foxborough


• Holbrook


• Medfield


• Medway


• Millis


• Milton


• Needham


• Norfolk


• Norwood


• Plainville


• Sharon


• Stoughton


• Walpole


• Wellesley


• Westwood


• Wrentham

Note: West Roxbury (annexed to Boston 1874), Roxbury (annexed to Boston 1868), Dorchester (founded 1630, annexed to Boston 1870), Hyde Park (incorporated 1868 from Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham, annexed to Boston 1912), and Hingham and Hull were originally part of Norfolk County when the county was incorporated in 1793. As of August 2012, Hingham's Precinct 2 will be part of the Fourth Norfolk District.^[23]

Census-designated places

• Bellingham


• Dover


• Foxborough


• Medfield


• Millis-Clicquot


• Sharon


• Walpole

See also

• Registry of Deeds (Massachusetts)


• National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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  History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, by Duane Hamilton Hurd. Published by J.W. Lewis & Co., 1884. 1001 pages.


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  History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918 by Louis Atwood Cook. Published by The S.J. Clarke publishing company, 1918. Volume 1.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
County seat: Dedham
Cities	Braintree Franklin Quincy Randolph Weymouth
Towns	Avon Bellingham Brookline Canton Cohasset Dedham Dover Foxborough Holbrook Medfield Medway Millis Milton Needham Norfolk Norwood Plainville Sharon Stoughton Walpole Wellesley Westwood Wrentham
CDPs	Bellingham Dover Foxborough Medfield Millis-Clicquot Sharon Walpole
Other villages	Caryville Chestnut Hill

v t e  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Topics	Index Administrative divisions Congressional districts Elections Geography Geology Government History Images Law Lighthouses Music People State symbols Transportation Villages Tourist attractions Windmills
Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics Sports
Regions	The Berkshires Blackstone Valley Cape Ann Central Massachusetts Greater Boston Housatonic Valley District of Maine (former) Merrimack Valley MetroWest Montachusett-North County North Shore Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley South County Southeastern Massachusetts (Cape Cod, South Coast, South Shore, The Islands) Western Massachusetts
Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Cumberland (former) Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Lincoln (former) Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester York (former)
Cities	Agawam Amesbury Attleboro Barnstable Beverly Boston Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee East Longmeadow Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams Northampton Palmer Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown Westfield West Springfield Weymouth Winthrop Woburn Worcester Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see all municipalities)

v t e Region of Greater Boston
Counties	Belknap, NH Bristol, MA Bristol, RI Essex, MA Hillsborough, NH Kent, RI Merrimack, NH Middlesex, MA Newport, RI Norfolk, MA Plymouth, MA Providence, RI Rockingham, NH Strafford, NH Suffolk, MA Washington, RI Worcester, MA
Major cities	Boston
Cities and towns 100k-250k	Cambridge Lowell Manchester Providence Worcester
Cities and towns 25k-100k	Andover Arlington Attleboro Beverly Billerica Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Brookline Chelmsford Chelsea Concord (New Hampshire) Coventry Cranston Cumberland Danvers Dartmouth Derry Dover (New Hampshire) Dracut East Providence Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gloucester Haverhill Johnston Lawrence Leominster Lexington Lynn Malden Marlborough Marshfield Medford Melrose Merrimack (New Hampshire) Methuen Milford (Massachusetts) Milton Nashua Natick Needham New Bedford Newport Newton North Andover North Attleboro North Kingstown North Providence Norwood Pawtucket Peabody Plymouth Quincy Revere Rochester Salem (Massachusetts) Salem (New Hampshire) Saugus Shrewsbury Somerville South Kingstown Stoughton Taunton Tewksbury Wakefield Waltham Warwick Watertown Wellesley West Warwick Weymouth Woburn Woonsocket
Cities and towns 10k-25k	Abington Acton Acushnet Amesbury Amherst (New Hampshire) Ashland Athol Auburn Barrington Bedford (Massachusetts) Bedford (New Hampshire) Bellingham Belmont Beverly Bristol Burlington Burrillville Canton Carver Central Falls Charlton Clinton Concord (Massachusetts) Dedham Dudley Duxbury East Bridgewater East Greenwich Easton Exeter Fairhaven Foxborough Gardner Goffstown Grafton Groton Hampton Hanover Hanson Hingham Holbrook Holden Holliston Hooksett Hopkinton Hudson (Massachusetts) Hudson (New Hampshire) Hull Ipswich Kingston Laconia Lakeville Leicester Lincoln (Rhode Island) Londonderry Lunenburg Lynnfield Mansfield Marblehead Maynard Medfield Medway Middleborough Middletown Milford (New Hampshire) Millbury Narragansett Newburyport Norfolk Northborough Northbridge North Reading North Smithfield Norton Norwell Oxford Peabody Pelham Pembroke Pepperell Portsmouth (Rhode Island) Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Randolph Raymond Raynham Reading Rehoboth Rockland Scituate (Massachusetts) Scituate (Rhode Island) Seekonk Sharon Smithfield Somerset Somersworth Southbridge Stoneham Spencer Sudbury Swampscott Swansea Tiverton Tyngsborough Uxbridge Walpole Wareham Warren (Rhode Island) Wayland Webster Westborough Westerly Westford Weston Westport Westwood Whitman Wilmington Winchendon Winchester Windham Winthrop Wrentham
Sub-regions	Boston Proper Central Massachusetts Merrimack Valley MetroWest North Shore Rhode Island South Coast South Shore

v t e Massachusetts public high schools
Barnstable County	Barnstable (Barnstable Sturgis Charter) Bourne (Bourne Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical) Chatham Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Falmouth Harwich (Cape Cod Regional Technical Harwich Monomoy Regional) Mashpee Nauset Regional Provincetown Sandwich
Berkshire County	Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Hoosac Valley Lee Lenox Memorial Monument Mountain Regional Mount Everett Regional Mount Greylock Regional North Adams (Drury Charles H. McCann Technical) Pittsfield (Pittsfield Taconic) Wahconah Regional
Bristol County	Attleboro Dartmouth Dighton (Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Bristol County Agricultural) Fairhaven Easton (Oliver Ames Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical) Fall River (B.M.C. Durfee Diman Regional Vocational Technical) Joseph Case Mansfield New Bedford (Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical New Bedford) North Attleborough Norton Seekonk Somerset Berkley Regional Taunton (Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical Taunton) Westport
Dukes County	Martha's Vineyard Regional Martha's Vineyard Charter
Essex County	Amesbury Andover (Andover Greater Lawrence Technical) Beverly (Beverly Northshore Academy) Danvers (Danvers Essex Agricultural and Technical) Georgetown Gloucester Hamilton-Wenham Regional Haverhill (Haverhill Whittier Regional Vocational Technical) Ipswich Lawrence Lynn (Lynn Classical Lynn English Lynn Vocational and Technical) Lynnfield Manchester Essex Regional Marblehead Masconomet Regional Methuen Newburyport North Andover North Shore Technical Peabody Veterans Memorial Pentucket Regional Rockport Salem Saugus Swampscott Triton Regional
Franklin County	Frontier Regional Greenfield (Four Rivers Charter Greenfield) Mohawk Trail Regional Montague (Franklin County Technical Turners Falls) Pioneer Valley Ralph C. Mahar Regional
Hampden County	Agawam Chicopee (Chicopee Comprehensive Chicopee) East Longmeadow Holyoke Longmeadow Ludlow Minnechaug Regional Monson Palmer (Palmer Pathfinder Vocational Technical) Southwick Regional Springfield (SABIS International Charter Springfield High School of Commerce Roger L Putnam Vocational-Technical Springfield Central Springfield High School of Science and Technology Springfield Renaissance) West Springfield Westfield (Westfield Westfield Technical)
Hampshire County	Amherst Regional Belchertown Easthampton Gateway Regional Granby Junior Senior Hampshire Regional Hopkins Academy Northampton (Northampton Smith Vocational and Agricultural) Smith Academy South Hadley (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter South Hadley) Ware
Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough Regional Arlington Ashland Ayer (Ayer Shirley Regional Francis W. Parker Charter) Bedford Belmont Billerica (Billerica Memorial Shawsheen Valley Technical) Burlington Cambridge (Cambridge Rindge and Latin Community Charter School of Cambridge Prospect Hill Academy Charter School) Chelmsford Concord-Carlisle Dracut Everett (Everett Pioneer Charter School of Science) Framingham (Framingham Joseph P. Keefe Technical) Groton-Dunstable Regional Holliston Hopkinton Hudson Lexington (Lexington Minuteman Career and Technical) Lincoln-Sudbury Regional Littleton Lowell (Lowell Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter) Malden (Malden Mystic Valley Regional Charter) Marlborough (Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter Assabet Valley Regional Technical Marlborough) Maynard Medford (Medford Medford Vocational Technical) Melrose Natick Newton (Newton North Newton South) North Middlesex Regional North Reading Reading Memorial Somerville Stoneham Tewksbury Memorial Tyngsborough (Greater Lowell Technical Innovation Academy Charter Tyngsborough) Wakefield (Northeast Metro Tech Wakefield Memorial) Waltham Watertown Wayland Westford (Nashoba Valley Technical Westford Academy) Weston Wilmington Winchester Woburn Memorial
Nantucket County	Nantucket
Norfolk County	Avon Middle High Bellingham (Bellingham Primavera Junior/Senior) Braintree Brookline Canton (Blue Hills Regional Technical Canton) Cohasset Dedham Dover-Sherborn Foxborough (Foxborough Foxborough Regional Charter) Franklin (Franklin Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical) Holbrook Junior Senior King Philip Regional Medfield Medway Millis Milton Needham Norwood Quincy (North Quincy Quincy) Randolph Sharon Stoughton Walpole (Norfolk County Agricultural Walpole) Wellesley Westwood Weymouth
Plymouth County	Abington Apponequet Regional Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Brockton (Brockton Brockton Champion Edison Academy Frederick Douglass Academy Goddard Alternative School) Carver Duxbury East Bridgewater Hanover (Hanover South Shore Vocational Technical) Hingham Hull Marshfield Middleborough Norwell (Norwell South Shore Charter) Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical Old Rochester Regional Pembroke Plymouth (Plymouth North Plymouth South Rising Tide Charter) Rockland Senior Scituate Silver Lake Regional Wareham West Bridgewater Whitman-Hanson Regional
Suffolk County	Boston (Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Another Course to College Boston Arts Academy Boston Community Leadership Academy Boston Day and Evening Academy Boston Latin Academy Boston Latin School Brighton Charlestown City on a Hill Charter Codman Academy Charter Dorchester East Boston Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers The English High School Excel Fenway Greater Egleston Hyde Park Jeremiah E. Burke School John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science Madison Park Technical Vocational Match Charter Monument New Mission Odyssey Roxbury Charter Roxbury Memorial Snowden International School South Boston TechBoston Academy West Roxbury) Chelsea (Chelsea Phoenix Charter) Revere (Revere SeaCoast) Winthrop
Worcester County	Algonquin Regional Athol Auburn Bartlett Junior Senior Blackstone-Millville Regional Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical The Bromfield School Clinton David Prouty Douglas Fitchburg (Fitchburg North Central Essential Charter) Gardner Grafton Hopedale Junior Senior Leicester Leominster Lunenburg Milford Millbury Murdock Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical Narragansett Regional Nashoba Regional North Brookfield Northbridge Oakmont Regional Oxford Quabbin Regional Quaboag Regional Southbridge Sutton Upton (Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical Nipmuc Regional) Worcester (Abby Kelley Foster Charter Burncoat Doherty Memorial Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI North South High Community School University Park Campus School Worcester Technical) Shepherd Hill Regional Shrewsbury Tahanto Regional Tantasqua Regional Uxbridge Wachusett Regional West Boylston Westborough
Italics indicates closed schools

Authority control	VIAF: 130209935 WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 130209935

Coordinates: 42°10′N 71°11′W / 42.17°N 71.19°W / 42.17; -71.19

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