|
Town |
County |
Est. |
Inc. |
| Abington |
1668 |
1712 | |
| Acton |
1680 |
1735 | |
| Acushnet |
1659 |
1860 | |
| Adams |
1762 |
1778 | |
| Agawam |
1635 |
1855/1971 | |
| Alford |
1740 |
1773 | |
| Amesbury |
1654 |
1668/1996 | |
| Amherst |
1703 |
1775 | |
| Andover |
1642 |
1646 | |
| Aquinnah (Formerly Gay's Head) |
1669 |
1870 | |
| Arlington |
1630 |
1807 | |
| Ashburnham |
1736 |
1765 | |
| Ashby |
1630 |
1807 | |
| Ashfield |
1743 |
1765 | |
| Ashland |
1750 |
1846 | |
| Athol |
1735 |
1762 | |
| Attleboro |
1634 |
1694/1914 | |
| Auburn |
1714 |
1778 | |
| Avon |
1700 |
1888 | |
| Ayer |
1668 |
1871 | |
| Barnstable |
1637 |
1638/1989 | |
| Barre |
1720 |
1774 | |
| Becket |
1740 |
1765 | |
| Bedford |
1640 |
1729 | |
| Belchertown |
1731 |
1761 | |
| Bellingham |
1713 |
1719 | |
| Belmont |
1636 |
1859 | |
| Berkley |
1638 |
1735 | |
| Berlin |
1665 |
1812 | |
| Bernardston |
1738 |
1762 | |
| Beverly |
1626 |
1668/1894 | |
| Billerica |
1637 |
1655 | |
| Blackstone |
1662 |
1845 | |
| Blandford |
1735 |
1741 | |
| Bolton |
1682 |
1738 | |
| Boston (capitol of MA) (Home of the Boston Red Sox) |
1625 |
1630/1822 | |
| Bourne |
1640 |
1884 | |
| Boxborough |
1680 |
1835 | |
| Boxford |
1645 |
1685 | |
| Boylston |
1705 |
1785 | |
| Braintree |
1634 |
1640 | |
| Brewster |
1656 |
1803 | |
| Bridgewater |
1650 |
1656 | |
| Brighton (annexed to Boston Jan 5, 1874) |
1630 |
1806 | |
| Brimfield |
1706 |
1731 | |
| Brockton |
1700 |
1821/1881 | |
| Brookfield |
1664 |
1718 | |
| Brookline |
1638 |
1705 | |
| Buckland |
1779 |
1779 | |
| Burlington |
1641 |
1799 | |
| Cambridge |
1630 |
1636/1846 | |
| Canton |
1630 |
1797 | |
| Carlisle |
1650 |
1780 | |
| Carver |
1660 |
1790 | |
| Charlemont |
1742 |
1765 | |
| Charlestown (annexed to Boston 1873) |
1630 |
1630/1847 | |
| Charlton |
1735 |
1775 | |
| Chatham |
1665 |
1712 | |
| Chelmsford |
1633 |
1655 | |
| Chelsea |
1624 |
1739/1857 | |
| Cheshire |
1766 |
1793 | |
| Chester |
1760 |
1765 | |
| Chesterfield |
1760 |
1762 | |
| Chicopee |
1652 |
1848/1890 | |
| Chilmark |
1671 |
1714 | |
| Clarksburg |
1764 |
1798 | |
| Clinton |
1654 |
1850 | |
| Cohasset |
1647 |
1775 | |
| Colrain |
1735 |
1761 | |
| Concord |
1635 |
1635 | |
| Conway |
1762 |
1775 | |
| Cummington |
1762 |
1779 | |
| Dalton |
1755 |
1784 | |
| Dana (Quabbin which is now a reservoir) |
extinct |
|
1800-1938 |
| Danvers (originally part of Salem) |
1636 |
1775 | |
| Dartmouth |
1650 |
1664 | |
| Dedham |
1635 |
1636 | |
| Deerfield |
1673 |
1677 | |
| Dennis |
1639 |
1793 | |
| Dighton |
1678 |
1712 | |
| Douglas |
1721 |
1775 | |
| Dorchester (annexed to Boston Jan 3, 1870) |
1630 |
1630 | |
| Dover |
1635 |
1836 | |
| Dracut |
1664 |
1701 | |
| Dudley |
1714 |
1732 | |
| Dunstable |
1656 |
1673 | |
| Duxbury |
1624 |
1637 | |
| East Bridgewater |
1649 |
1823 | |
| East Brookfield |
1664 |
1920 | |
| East Longmeadow |
1740 |
1894 | |
| Eastham |
1644 |
1646 | |
| Easthampton |
1664 |
1809/1996 | |
| Easton |
1694 |
17215 | |
| Edgartown |
1642 |
1671 | |
| Egremont |
1730 |
1775 | |
| Enfield (is now Quabbin Reservoir 1938) (Enfield is now part of CT) |
|
|
1815 |
| Erving |
1801 |
1838 | |
| Essex |
1634 |
1819 | |
| Everett |
1630 |
1870/1892 | |
| Fairhaven |
1670 |
1812 | |
| Fall River |
1656 |
1803/1854 | |
| Falmouth |
1660 |
1686 | |
| Fitchburg |
1730 |
1764/1872 | |
| Florida |
1783 |
1805 | |
| Foxboro (home of the Patriots) |
1704 |
1778 | |
| Framingham |
1650 |
1700 | |
| Franklin |
1660 |
1778/1978 | |
| Freetown |
1675 |
1683 | |
| Gardner |
1764 |
1785/1922 | |
| Georgetown |
1639 |
1838 | |
| Gill |
1776 |
1793 | |
| Gloucester |
1623 |
1642/1873 | |
| Goshen |
1761 |
1781 | |
| Gosnold |
1641 |
1864 | |
| Grafton |
1718 |
1735 | |
| Granby |
1727 |
1768 | |
| Granville |
1736 |
1775 | |
| Great Barrington |
1726 |
1761 | |
| Greenfield |
1686 |
1775/2002 | |
| Groton |
1655 |
1655 | |
| Groveland |
1639 |
1850 | |
| Hadley |
1659 |
1661 | |
| Halifax |
1670 |
1734 | |
| Hamilton |
1638 |
1793 | |
| Hampden |
1741 |
1878 | |
| Hancock |
1767 |
1776 | |
| Hanover |
1649 |
1727 | |
| Hanson |
1632 |
1820 | |
| Hardwick |
1737 |
1739 | |
| Harvard |
1704 |
1732 | |
| Harwich |
1670 |
1694 | |
| Hatfield |
1661 |
1670 | |
| Haverhill |
1640 |
1641/1869 | |
| Hawley |
1760 |
1792 | |
| Heath |
1765 |
1785 | |
| Hingham |
1633 |
1635 | |
| Hinsdale |
1763 |
1804 | |
| Holbrook |
1710 |
1872 | |
| Holden |
1723 |
1741 | |
| Holland |
1725 |
1835 | |
| Holliston |
1659 |
1724 | |
| Holyoke |
1745 |
1850/1873 | |
| Hopedale |
1660 |
1886 | |
| Hopkinton |
1715 |
1715 | |
| Hubbardston |
1734 |
1775 | |
| Hudson |
1699 |
1866 | |
| Hull |
1624 |
1644 | |
| Huntington |
1769 |
1775 | |
| Hyde Park (annexed to Boston Jan 1, 1912) |
1630 |
1868 | |
| Ipswich |
1633 |
1634 | |
| Kingston |
1620 |
1726 | |
| Lakeville |
1717 |
1853 | |
| Lancaster |
1643 |
1653 | |
| Lanesborough |
1753 |
1765 | |
| Lawrence |
1655 |
1847/1853 | |
| Lee |
1760 |
1777 | |
| Leicester |
1713 |
1714 | |
| Lenox |
1750 |
1775 | |
| Leominster |
1653 |
1740/1915 | |
| Leverett |
1713 |
1774 | |
| Lexington |
1640 |
1713 | |
| Leydon |
1738 |
1809 | |
| Lincoln |
1650 |
1754 | |
| Littleton |
1686 |
1715 | |
| Longmeadow |
1644 |
1783 | |
| Lowell |
1653 |
1826/1836 | |
| Ludlow |
1751 |
1775 | |
| Lunenburg |
1721 |
1728 | |
| Lynn |
1629 |
1629/1850 | |
| Lynnfield |
1638 |
1814 | |
| Malden |
1640 |
1649/1881 | |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea |
1629 |
1645 | |
| Mansfield |
1659 |
1775 | |
| Marblehead |
1629 |
1649 | |
| Marion |
1679 |
1852 | |
| Marlborough |
1657 |
1660/1890 | |
| Marshfield |
1632 |
1640 | |
| Mashpee |
1660 |
1870 | |
| Mattapoisett |
1750 |
1857 | |
| Maynard |
1638 |
1871 | |
| Medfield |
1649 |
1651 | |
| Medford |
1630 |
1630/1892 | |
| Medway |
1657 |
1713 | |
| Melrose |
1629 |
1850/1899 | |
| Mendon |
1660 |
1667 | |
| Merrimac |
1638 |
1876 | |
| Methuen |
1642 |
1725/1972 | |
| Middleborough |
1660 |
1669 | |
| Middlefield |
1780 |
1783 | |
| Middleton |
1659 |
1728 | |
| Milford |
1662 |
1780 | |
| Millbury |
1716 |
1813 | |
| Millis |
1657 |
1885 | |
| Millville |
1662 |
1916 | |
| Milton |
1636 |
1662 | |
| Monroe |
1800 |
1822 | |
| Monson |
1715 |
1775 | |
| Montague |
1715 |
1775 | |
| Monterey |
1767 |
1780 | |
| Montgomery |
1767 |
1780 | |
| Mount Washington |
1692 |
1779 | |
| Nahant |
1630 |
1853 | |
| Nantucket |
1671 | ||
| Natick |
1718 |
1781 | |
| Needham |
1680 |
1711 | |
| New Ashford |
1762 |
1835 | |
| New Bedford |
1640 |
1787/1847 | |
| New Braintree |
1709 |
1775 | |
| New Marlborough |
1738 |
1775 | |
| New Salem |
1737 |
1775 | |
| Newbury |
1635 |
1635 | |
| Newburyport |
1635 |
1764/1851 | |
| Newton |
1639 |
1688/1873 | |
| Norfolk |
1795 |
1870 | |
| North Adams |
1737 |
1878/1895 | |
| North Andover |
1644 |
1855 | |
| North Attleborough |
1699 |
1887 | |
| North Brookfield |
1664 |
1812 | |
| North Reading |
1651 |
1853 | |
| Northampton |
1654 |
1656/1883 | |
| Northborough |
1672 |
1775 | |
| Northbridge |
1704 |
1775 | |
| Northfield |
1673 |
1723 | |
| Norton |
1669 |
1711 | |
| Norwell |
1634 |
1849 | |
| Norwood |
1678 |
1872 | |
| Oak Bluffs |
1642 |
1880 | |
| Oakham |
1749 |
1775 | |
| Orange |
1746 |
1810 | |
| Orleans |
1693 |
1797 | |
| Otis |
1735 |
1773 | |
|
Oxford |
1687 |
1713 | |
| Palmer |
1727 |
1775 | |
| Paxton |
1749 |
1775 | |
| Peabody |
1626 |
1868/1916 | |
| Pelham |
1738 |
1743 | |
| Pembroke |
1650 |
1712 | |
| Pepperell |
1720 |
1775 | |
| Peru |
1767 |
1771 | |
| Petersham |
1733 |
1754 | |
| Phillipston |
1751 |
1786 | |
| Pittsfield |
1752 |
1761/1891 | |
| Plainfield |
1770 |
1807 | |
| Plainville |
1661 |
1905 | |
| Plymouth |
1620 |
1620 | |
| Plympton |
1662 |
1707 | |
| Prescott |
See Dana |
. |
. |
| Princeton |
1743 |
1771 | |
| Provincetown |
1700 |
1727 | |
| Quincy |
1625 |
1792/1888 | |
| Randolph |
1710 |
1793 | |
| Raynham |
1652 |
1731 | |
| Reading |
1639 |
1644 | |
| Rehoboth |
1636 |
1645 | |
| Revere |
1630 |
1846/1914 | |
| Richmond |
1760 |
1765 | |
| Rochester |
1638 |
1686 | |
| Rockland |
1673 |
1874 | |
| Rockport |
1623 |
1840 | |
| Rowe |
1762 |
1785 | |
| Rowley |
1638 |
1639 | |
| Roxbury (annexed to Boston 1868) |
1630 |
1630 | |
| Royalston |
1762 |
1765 | |
| Russell |
1782 |
1792 | |
| Rutland |
1686 |
1713 | |
| Salem |
1626 |
1626/1836 | |
| Salisbury |
1638 |
1639 | |
| Sandisfield |
1750 |
1762 | |
| Sandwich |
1630 |
1639 | |
| Saugus |
1630 |
1815 | |
| Savoy |
1777 |
1797 | |
|
Scituate |
1630 |
||
| Seekonk |
1636 |
1812 | |
| Sharon |
1650 |
1775 | |
| Sheffield |
1726 |
1733 | |
| Shelburne |
1756 |
1775 | |
| Sherborn |
1652 |
1674 | |
| Shirley |
1720 |
1775 | |
| Shrewsbury |
1722 |
1727 | |
| Shutesbury |
1735 |
1761 | |
| Somerset |
1677 |
1790 | |
| Somerville |
1630 |
1842/1872 | |
| South Hadley |
1659 |
1775 | |
| Southampton |
1732 |
1775 | |
| Southborough |
1660 |
1727 | |
| Southbridge |
1730 |
1816/1973 | |
| Southwick |
1770 |
1775 | |
| Spencer |
1721 |
1775 | |
| Springfield |
1636 |
1636/1852 | |
| Sterling |
1720 |
1781 | |
| Stockbridge |
1734 |
1739 | |
| Stoneham |
1645 |
1725 | |
| Stoughton |
1713 |
1726 | |
| Stow |
1681 |
1683 | |
| Sturbridge |
1729 |
1738 | |
| Sudbury |
1638 |
1639 | |
| Sunderland |
1713 |
1714 | |
| Sutton |
1704 |
1714 | |
| Swampscott |
1629 |
1852 | |
| Swansea |
1667 |
1667 | |
| Taunton |
1638 |
1639/1864 | |
| Templeton |
1751 |
1762 | |
| Tewksbury |
1637 |
1734 | |
| Tisbury |
1660 |
1671 | |
| Tolland |
1750 |
1810 | |
| Topsfield |
1635 |
1650 | |
| Townsend |
1676 |
1732 | |
| Truro |
1700 |
1709 | |
| Tyngsborough |
1661 |
1809 | |
| Tyringham |
1735 |
1762 | |
| Upton |
1728 |
1735 | |
| Uxbridge |
1662 |
1727 | |
| Wakefield |
1639 |
1812 | |
| Wales |
1726 |
1775 | |
| Walpole |
1659 |
1724 | |
| Waltham |
1634 |
1738/1884 | |
| Ware |
1717 |
1775 | |
| Wareham |
1678 |
1739 | |
| Warren |
1664 |
1742 | |
| Warwick |
1739 |
1763 | |
| Washington |
1760 |
1777 | |
| Watertown |
1630 |
1630/1980 | |
| Wayland |
1638 |
1780 | |
| Webster |
1713 |
1832 | |
| Wellesley |
1660 |
1881 | |
| Wellfleet |
1724 |
1775 | |
| Wendell |
1754 |
1781 | |
| Wenham |
1635 |
1643 | |
| West Boylston |
1642 |
1808 | |
| West Bridgewater |
1651 |
1822 | |
| West Brookfield |
1664 |
1848 | |
| West Newbury |
1635 |
1819 | |
| West Roxbury (annexed to Boston Jan 5, 1874) |
1630 |
1851 | |
| West Springfield |
1660 |
1774/2001 | |
| West Stockbridge |
1766 |
1775 | |
| West Tisbury |
1669 |
1892 | |
| Westborough |
1675 |
1717 | |
| Westfield |
1660 |
1669/1920 | |
| Westford |
1635 |
1729 | |
| Westhampton |
1762 |
1778 | |
| Westminster |
1737 |
1770 | |
| Weston |
1642 |
1713 | |
| Westport |
1670 |
1787 | |
| Westwood |
1640 |
1897 | |
| Weymouth |
1630 |
1635/1999 | |
| Whately |
1672 |
1771 | |
| Whitman |
1670 |
1875 | |
| Wilbraham |
1730 |
1763 | |
| Williamsburg |
1735 |
1775 | |
| Williamstown |
1749 |
1765 | |
| Wilmington |
1639 |
1730 | |
| Winchendon |
1753 |
1764 | |
| Winchester |
1640 |
1850 | |
| Windsor |
1767 |
1771 | |
| Winthrop |
1635 |
1852 | |
| Woburn |
1640 |
1642/1889 | |
| Worcester |
1673 |
1684/1848 | |
| Worthington |
1764 |