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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".
The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Massachusetts; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Massachusetts; See also Massachusetts and categories Towns in Massachusetts, Villages in Massachusetts, Census-designated places in Massachusetts, Unincorporated communities in Massachusetts
Local schools are funded by one municipality. 50% of the municipalities in Massachusetts use local schools for grades Kindergarten through 12. Local schools are administered by the municipality through an elected or appointed school committee, and are considered a department of the city or town government.
This is a non-diffused parent category for categories in Category:Towns in Massachusetts by county. It should hold all the pages in the county-level categories, and may hold other pages such as lists.
Massachusetts is the second wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a median household income of $89,026 (as of 2021), [1] and a per capita income of $48,617 (as of 2021). [2] Many of the state's wealthiest towns are located in the Boston suburbs. This area includes a high concentration of wealthy cities and towns just to the ...
Municipalities (incorporated settlements) in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, of which there are two classes—cities and towns. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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 ...
A legislative definition (Section 3A of Chapter 23A of the General Laws of Massachusetts) put in place in 2009 and amended in 2010 expanded the designation of gateway cities with fifteen more locations, for a total of 26 cities. Under the General Laws, gateway cities have a population between 35,000 and 250,000, with an average household income ...