Alphabetical List -- Towns of Massachusetts

Click on the town name to link to the CD containing that information.

Link to Towns listed by County

*S&R CD: Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp. includes at least some information regarding vital records for the starred towns on 9 CD set: Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to About 1850 CD-ROMs. 

*POS: "Part of the Official Series."  The starred towns have vital records published in the New England Historical Society's series of books known as the "Official Series" published near the beginning of the last century and included on Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp.'s 9-CD set.

 

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