List of municipalities of Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a state located in the Northeastern United States. Minor civil divisions or municipalities in the state are classified as either towns or cities and distinguished by their form of government under state law. Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government. Cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, there are 295 towns and 56 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government.

Skyline of Boston, largest city by population in Massachusetts

Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts's second largest municipality by population

Skyline of Springfield, third largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

Skyline of Lowell, fourth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

Skyline of Cambridge, Massachusetts's fifth largest municipality by population

Downtown New Bedford, the sixth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

City Hall in Brockton, Massachusetts seventh largest municipality by population

Downtown Quincy, eighth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

Skyline of Lynn, ninth largest municipality by population in Massachusetts

The following tabular list shows the 55 government divisions of the Commonwealth which have been officially granted the right to use the city form of government along with the official name in use by each municipality.

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