| Town |
Established |
Parent
Town |
County |
S&R CD |
POS |
| Abington |
1712 |
Bridgewater |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Acton |
1735 |
Concord |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Acushnet |
1860 |
Fairhaven |
Bristol |
|
|
| Adams |
1778 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Agawam |
1855 |
W. Springfield |
Hampden |
|
|
| Alford |
1773 |
G. Barrington |
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Amesbury |
1666 |
Salisbury |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Amherst |
1759 |
Hadley |
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Andover |
1646 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Arlington |
1807 |
Cambridge |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Ashburnham |
1765 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Ashby |
1767 |
Ashburnham, Fitchburg, & Townsend |
Middlesex |
* |
|
| Ashfield |
1765 |
|
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Ashland |
1846 |
Framingham, Holliston, & Hopkinton |
Middlesex |
* |
|
| Athol |
1762 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Attleboro |
1694 |
Rehoboth |
Bristol |
* |
* |
| Auburn |
1778 |
Leicester, Oxford, Sutton & Worchester |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Avon |
1888 |
Stoughton |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Ayer |
1871 |
Groton, & Shirley |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Barnstable |
1638 |
none |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Barre |
1753 |
Rutland |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Becket |
1765 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Bedford |
1729 |
Billerica & Concord |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Belchertown |
1761 |
|
Hampshire |
|
|
| Bellingham |
1719 |
dedham, Mendon &
Wrentham |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Belmont |
1859 |
Waltham, Watertown & W. Cambridge (now Arlington) |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Berkley |
1735 |
Dighton & Taughton |
Bristol |
|
|
| Berlin |
1784 |
Bolton & Marlborough |
Worcester |
* |
|
| Bernardston |
1762 |
|
Franklin |
|
|
| Beverly |
1668 |
Salem |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Billerica |
1655 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Blackstone |
1845 |
Mendon |
Worcester |
|
|
| Blandford |
1741 |
|
Hampden |
|
|
| Bolton |
1738 |
Lancaster |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Boston |
1630 |
|
Suffolk |
* |
|
| Bourne |
1884 |
Sandwich |
Barnstable |
|
|
| Boxborough |
1783 |
HarvLitlnStow |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Boxford |
1694 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Boylston |
1786 |
Shrewsbury |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Bradford |
1675 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Braintree |
1640 |
Boston (Mt. Wollaston) |
Norfolk |
* |
|
| Brewster |
1803 |
Harwich |
Barnstable |
* |
* |
| Bridgewater |
1656 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Brighton |
1821 |
Cambridge |
Suffolk |
|
|
| Brimfield |
1714 |
|
Hampden |
* |
* |
| Brockton |
1821 |
Bridgewater |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Brookfield |
1673 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Brookline |
1705 |
Boston |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Buckland |
1779 |
No Town Plantation" & Charlemont |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Burlington |
1799 |
Woburn |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Cambridge |
1631 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Canton |
1797 |
Stoughton |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Carlisle |
1780 |
Acton, Billerica, Chelmsford & Concord |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Carver |
1790 |
Plympton |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Charlemont |
1765 |
|
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Charlestown |
1630 |
|
Suffolk |
* |
|
| Charlton |
1754 |
Oxford |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Chatham |
1712 |
none |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Chelmsford |
1655 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Chelsea |
1739 |
Boston |
Suffolk |
* |
|
| Cheshire |
1793 |
Adams, Lanesborough, Windsor & New Ashford Dist. |
Berkshire |
|
|
| Chester |
1765 |
|
Hampden |
* |
* |
| Chesterfield |
1762 |
|
Hampshire |
|
|
| Chicopee |
1848 |
Springfield |
Hampden |
|
|
| Chilmark |
1694 |
|
Dukes |
* |
* |
| Clarksburg |
1798 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Clinton |
1850 |
Lancaster |
Worcester |
|
|
| Cohasset |
1770 |
Hingham |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Colrain |
1761 |
|
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Concord |
1635 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Conway |
1767 |
Deerfield |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Cummington |
1779 |
NO. 5" Plantation |
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Dalton |
1784 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Dana |
1801 |
Greenwich, Hardwick & Petersham |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Danvers |
1752 |
Salem |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Dartmouth |
1652 |
|
Bristol |
* |
* |
| Dedham |
1636 |
|
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Deerfield |
1677 |
|
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Dennis |
1793 |
Yarmouth |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Dighton |
1712 |
Taunton |
Bristol |
* |
|
| Dorchester |
1630 |
|
Suffolk |
* |
|
| Douglas |
1746 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Dover |
1784 |
Dedham |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Dracut |
1702 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Dudley |
1732 |
Oxford |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Dunstable |
1673 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Duxbury |
1637 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| E. Bridgewater |
1823 |
Bridgewater |
Plymouth |
|
* |
| E. Brookfield |
1920 |
Brookfield |
Worcester |
* |
|
| E. Longmeadow |
1894 |
Longmeadow |
Hampden |
|
|
| Eastham |
1646 |
none |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Easthampton |
1785 |
Northhampton & Southhampton |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Easton |
1725 |
Norton |
Bristol |
|
|
| Edgartown |
1671 |
|
Dukes |
* |
* |
| Egremont |
1760 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Enfield |
1816 |
Belchrtwn/Greenwich |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Erving |
1838 |
|
Franklin |
|
|
| Essex |
1819 |
Ipswich |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Everett |
1870 |
Malden |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Fairhaven |
1812 |
New Bedford |
Bristol |
|
|
| Fall River |
1803 |
Freetown |
Bristol |
|
|
| Falmouth |
1694 |
|
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Fitchburg |
1764 |
Lunenburg |
Worcester PMV |
* |
|
| Florida |
1805 |
Barnardstone's Grant" & Part of "Bullock's
Grant" |
Berkshire |
|
|
| Foxborough |
1778 |
Stoughton, Walpole, Wrentham, & Stoughtonham (Now
Sharon) |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Framingham |
1675 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Franklin |
1778 |
Wrentham |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Freetown |
1683 |
|
Bristol |
|
|
| Gardner |
1785 |
Ashburnham, Templeton, westminster, & Winchendon |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Gay Head |
1855 |
|
Dukes |
|
|
| Georgetown |
1838 |
Rowley |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Gill |
1793 |
Greenfield |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Gloucester |
1642 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Goshen |
1781 |
Chesterfield |
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Gosnold |
1864 |
Chilmark |
Dukes |
|
|
| Grafton |
1735 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Granby |
1768 |
South Hadley |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Granville |
1754 |
Hampden |
Hampden |
* |
* |
| Great Barrington |
1761 |
Sheffield |
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Greenfield |
1753 |
Deerfield |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Greenwich |
1754 |
|
Worcester |
* |
|
| Groton |
1655 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Groveland |
1850 |
Bradford |
Essex |
|
|
| Hadley |
1661 |
|
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Halifax |
1734 |
Middleborough,Pembroke |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Hamilton |
1793 |
Ipswich |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Hampden |
1878 |
Wilbraham |
Hampden |
|
|
| Hancock |
1776 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Hanover |
1727 |
Abington & Scituate |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Hanson |
1820 |
Pembroke |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Hardwick |
1739 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Harvard |
1732 |
Groton, Lancaster & Stow |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Harwich |
1694 |
|
Barnstable MD |
* |
|
| Hatfield |
1670 |
Hadley |
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Haverhill |
1641 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Hawley |
1792 |
|
Franklin |
* |
|
| Heath |
1785 |
Charlemont |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Hingham |
1635 |
|
Plymouth |
|
|
| Hinsdale |
1804 |
Partridgefield, (Now Peru) |
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Holbrook |
1872 |
Randolph |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Holden |
1741 |
Worchester |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Holland |
1783 |
South Brimfield (now Wales) |
Hampden |
|
|
| Holliston |
1724 |
Sherborn |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Holyoke |
1850 |
W.Springfld |
Hampden |
|
|
| Hopedale |
1886 |
Milford |
Worcester |
|
|
| Hopkinton |
1715 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Hubbardston |
1767 |
Rutland |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Hudson |
1866 |
Marlborough & Stow |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Hull |
1644 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Huntington |
1773 |
Murrayfield |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Ipswich |
1634 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Kingston |
1726 |
Plymouth |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Lakeville |
1853 |
Middleborough |
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Lancaster |
1653 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Lanesborough |
1765 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
|
| Lawrence |
1847 |
Andover & Methuen |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Lee |
1777 |
G. Barrington |
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Leicester |
1714 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Lenox |
1767 |
Richmont (Now Richmond) |
Berkshire |
|
|
| Leominster |
1740 |
Lancaster |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Leverett |
1774 |
Sunderland |
Franklin |
|
|
| Lexington |
1713 |
Cambridge |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Leyden |
1784 |
Bernardston |
Franklin |
|
|
| Lincoln |
1754 |
Concord, Lexington & Weston |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Littleton |
1715 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Longmeadow |
1783 |
Springfield |
Hampden |
* |
|
| Lowell |
1826 |
Chelmsford |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Ludlow |
1774 |
Springfield |
Hampden |
|
|
| Lunenburg |
1728 |
Turkey Hills" & Land belonging to Woburn &
Dorchester & Boardman's Farm |
Worcester |
* |
|
| Lynn V1 |
1635 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Lynnfield |
1782 |
Lynn |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Malden |
1649 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Manchester |
1645 |
Salem |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Mansfield |
1770 |
Norton |
Bristol |
* |
* |
| Marblehead |
1633 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Marion |
1852 |
Rochester |
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Marlborough |
1660 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Marshfield |
1640 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Mashpee |
1763 |
|
Barnstable |
|
|
| Mattapoisett |
1857 |
Rochester |
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Maynard |
1871 |
Stow & Sudbury |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Medfield |
1650 |
Dedham |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Medford |
1630 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Medway |
1713 |
Medfield |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Melrose |
1850 |
Malden |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Mendon |
1667 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Merrimac |
1876 |
Amesbury |
Essex |
|
|
| Methuen |
1725 |
Haverhill |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Middleborough |
1669 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Middlefield |
1783 |
Becket,
Chester, Partridgefield (now Peru), Washington, Worthington, &
"Prescott's Grants" |
Hampshire |
* |
* |
| Middleton |
1728 |
Andover, Boxford, Salem & Topsfield |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Milford |
1780 |
Mendon |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Millbury |
1813 |
Sutton |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Millis |
1885 |
Medway |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Millville |
1916 |
Blackstone |
Worcester |
|
|
| Milton |
1662 |
Dorchester |
Norfolk |
* |
* |
| Monroe |
1822 |
Rowe and "The Gore" |
Franklin |
|
|
| Monson |
1760 |
Brimfield |
Hampden |
|
|
| Montague |
1754 |
Sunderland |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Monterey |
1847 |
Tyringham |
Berkshire |
|
|
| Montgomery |
1780 |
Westfield Norwich (now Huntington) & Southhampton |
Hampden |
* |
* |
| Mt. Washington |
1779 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| N. Attleborough |
1887 |
Attleborough |
Bristol |
|
|
| N. Brookfield |
1812 |
Brookfield |
Worcester |
* |
|
| N. Reading |
1853 |
Reading |
Middlesex |
|
|
| Nahant |
1853 |
Lynn |
Essex |
* |
|
| Nantucket |
1687 |
|
Nantucket |
* |
* |
| Natick |
1650 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Needham |
1711 |
Dedham |
Norfolk |
* |
|
| New Ashford |
1781 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| New
Bedford |
1787 |
Dartmouth |
Bristol |
* |
* |
| New Braintree |
1751 |
Hardwick & Brookfield |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| New Marlborough |
1759 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| New Salem |
1753 |
|
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Newbury |
1635 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Newburyport |
1764 |
Newbury |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Newton |
1691 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Norfolk |
1870 |
Franklin, Medway, Walpole, and Wrentham |
Norfolk |
|
|
| North Adams |
1878 |
Adams |
Berkshire |
|
|
| North Andover |
1855 |
Andover |
Essex |
|
|
| Northampton |
1656 |
|
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Northborough |
1766 |
Westborough |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Northbridge |
1772 |
Uxbridge |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Northfield |
1714 |
|
Franklin |
|
|
| Norton |
1710 |
Taunton |
Bristol |
* |
* |
| Norwell |
1849 |
Scituate |
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Norwood |
1872 |
Dedham & Walpole |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Oak Bluffs |
1880 |
Edgartown |
Dukes |
|
|
| Oakham |
1762 |
Rutland |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Orange |
1783 |
Athol, Royalston, Warwick, & "Ervingshire
tract" |
Franklin |
* |
|
| Orleans |
1797 |
Eastham |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Otis |
1773 |
Tyringham Equivalent |
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Oxford |
1693 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Palmer |
1752 |
|
Hampden |
* |
* |
| Paxton |
1765 |
Leicester & Rutland |
Worcester |
* |
|
| Peabody |
1855 |
Danvers |
Essex |
|
|
| Pelham |
1743 |
|
Hampshire |
* |
* |
| Pembroke |
1712 |
Duxbury |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Pepperell |
1753 |
Groten |
Middlesex |
* |
|
| Peru |
1771 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Petersham |
1754 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Phillipston |
1786 |
Athol & Templeton |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Pittsfield |
1761 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
|
| Plainfield |
1785 |
Cummington |
Hampshire |
* |
|
| Plainville |
1905 |
Wrentham |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Plymouth |
1620 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
|
| Plympton |
1707 |
Plymouth |
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Prescott |
1822 |
Pelham & New Salem |
Worcester |
* |
|
| Princeton |
1759 |
Rutland |
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Provincetown |
1727 |
|
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Quincy |
1792 |
Braintree & Dorchester |
Norfolk |
|
|
| Randolph |
1793 |
Braintree |
Norfolk |
* |
|
| Raynham |
1731 |
Taunton |
Bristol |
* |
|
| Reading |
1644 |
Lynn |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Rehoboth |
1645 |
|
Bristol |
* |
* |
| Revere |
1846 |
Chelsea |
Suffolk |
* |
|
| Richmond |
1765 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Rochester |
1686 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Rockland |
1874 |
Abington |
Plymouth |
|
|
| Rockport |
1840 |
Gloucester |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Rowe |
1785 |
|
Franklin |
|
|
| Rowley |
1639 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Roxbury |
1630 |
|
Suffolk |
* |
* |
| Royalston |
1765 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Russel |
1792 |
Westfield & Montgomery |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Rutland |
1714 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| S.
Hadley |
1753 |
Hadley |
Hampshire |
|
|
| Salem |
1630 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Salisbury |
1639 |
|
Essex |
* |
* |
| Sandisfield |
1762 |
|
Berkshire |
* |
* |
| Sandwich |
1638 |
none |
Barnstable |
* |
|
| Saugus |
1815 |
Lynn |
Essex |
* |
* |
| Savoy |
1797 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Scituate |
1633 |
|
Plymouth |
* |
* |
| Seekonk |
1812 |
Rehoboth |
Bristol |
* |
|
| Sharon |
1765 |
Stoughton |
Norfolk |
* |
|
| Sheffield |
1733 |
|
Berkshire |
|
|
| Shelburne |
1768 |
Deerfield |
Franklin |
* |
* |
| Sherborn |
1674 |
|
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Shirley |
1753 |
Groten |
Middlesex |
* |
* |
| Shrewsbury |
1720 |
|
Worcester |
* |
* |
| Shutesbury |
1761 |
|
Franklin |
|
|
|