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MASSACHUSETTS GEOGRAPHY (Mass. State Department geography * strand)


(see also: Massachusetts history *) [children's books * in or about Massachusetts]


MASSACHUSETTS STATE GOVERNMENT AND TOURISM




MAPS (definition * OF MASSACHUSETTS)





THE MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENT



Overall Cities and Towns of Massachusetts



GEOGRAPHY OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES * -
[Massachusetts has 14 counties]


    BARNSTABLE COUNTY GEOGRAPHY (Government *) [cape region]

    [15 CITIES and towns - Barnstable * (seal *), Bourne * (seal *), Brewster * (seal *), Chatham * (seal *), Dennis * (seal *), Eastham * (seal *), Falmouth * (seal *), Harwich * (seal *), Mashpee * (seal *), Orleans * (seal *), Provincetown * (seal *), Sandwich * (seal *), Truro * (seal *), Wellfleet * (seal *), Yarmouth * (seal *)]

    BERKSHIRE COUNTY GEOGRAPHY (Government *) [western region]
    [32 CITIES and towns - Adams * (seal *), Alford * (seal *), Becket * (seal *), Cheshire * (seal *), Clarksburg * (seal *), Dalton * (seal *), Egremont * (seal *), Florida *, Great Barrington * (seal *), Hancock * (seal *), Hinsdale * (seal *), Lanesborough * (seal *), Lee * (seal *), Lenox * (seal *), Monterey * (seal *), Mount Washington * (seal *), New Ashford *, New Marlborough * (seal *), NORTH ADAMS * (seal *), Otis * (seal *), Peru * (seal *), PITTSFIELD * (seal *), Richmond * (seal *), Sandisfield *, Savoy *, Sheffield * (seal *), Stockbridge * (seal *), Tyringham *, Washington *, West Stockbridge *, Williamstown * (seal *), Windsor *]
    BRISTOL COUNTY Government and History 1 and History 2 [ map *] [western region]

    [20 CITIES and towns - Acushnet * (seal *), ATTLEBORO * (seal *), Berkley * (seal *), Dartmouth * ( seal *), Dighton * (seal *), Easton * (seal *), Fairhaven * (seal *), FALL RIVER * (seal *), Freetown * (seal *), Mansfield * (seal *), NEW BEDFORD * (seal *), North Attleborough *(seal *), Norton * (seal *), Raynham * (seal *), Rehoboth * (seal *), Seekonk * (seal *), Somerset * (seal *, Swansea * (seal *), TAUNTON * (seal *), Westport * (seal *)]
    DUKES COUNTY Government and History [Martha's Vineyard * - islands region]

    [7 CITIES and towns - Aquinnah * (formerly Gay Head) (seal *), Chilmark * (seal *), Edgartown * (seal *), Gosnold *, Oak Bluffs * (seal *), Tisbury * (seal *), West Tisbury * (seal *)]

    ESSEX COUNTY Government and History [eastern/north region]

    [34 CITIES and towns - Amesbury * (seal *), Andover * (seal *), BEVERLY * (seal *), Boxford * (seal *), Danvers * (seal *), Essex * (seal *), Georgetown * (seal *), GLOUCESTER * (seal *), Groveland *, Hamilton * (seal *), HAVERHILL * (seal *), Ipswich * (seal *), LAWRENCE * (seal *), LYNN * (seal *), Lynnfield * (seal *), Manchester-by-the-Sea * (seal *), Marblehead *, Merrimac * (seal *), Methuen * (seal *, Middleton * (seal *), Nahant * (seal *), Newbury * (seal *), NEWBURYPORT * (seal *), North Andover * (seal *), PEABODY * (seal *), Rockport * (seal *), Rowley * (seal *), Salem * (seal *), Salisbury * (seal *), Saugus * (seal *), Swampscott * (seal *), Topsfield * (seal *), Wenham * (seal *), West Newbury * (seal *)]


  • Danvers (Salem Village)
    • In the 1630s a group from Salem Town settled in Salem Village map * which later became Danvers.
  • Salem (Salem Town)
    • 1692 - Map * of Salem Village
  • Saugus
    • 1634 map * of Saugus from William Wood's "New England Prospect"
    FRANKLIN COUNTY Government and History (county map *) [western/north region]

    [26 CITIES and towns - Ashfield *( seal *), Bernardston *(seal *), Buckland *(seal *), Charlemont *( seal *), Colrain *(seal *), Conway *, Deerfield *( seal *), Erving *(seal *), Gill *(seal *), Greenfield *( seal *), Hawley *, Heath *(seal *), Leverett *(seal *), Leyden *(seal *), Monroe *, Montague *(seal *), New Salem *(seal *), Northfield * (seal *), Orange * ( seal *), Rowe *(seal *), Shelburne *, Shutesbury *(seal *), Sunderland * (seal *), Warwick *, Wendell *(seal *), Whately *(seal *)]

    HAMPDEN COUNTY Government and History [western/south region]

    [23 CITIES and towns - Agawam * (seal *), Blandford * (seal *), Brimfield * (seal *), Chester * (seal *), CHICOPEE * (seal *), East Longmeadow * (seal *), Granville * (seal *), Hampden *(seal *), Holland * (seal *), HOLYOKE * (seal *), Longmeadow * (seal *), Ludlow * (seal *), Monson * (seal *), Montgomery * (seal *), Palmer * (seal *), Russell * (seal *), Southwick * (seal *), SPRINGFIELD * (seal *), Tolland *, Wales *, West Springfield * (seal *), WESTFIELD * (seal *), Wilbraham * (seal *)]
    HAMPSHIRE COUNTY Government and History [western/central region]

    [20 CITIES and towns - Amherst * (seal *), Belchertown * (seal *), Chesterfield * (seal *), Cummington * (seal *), Easthampton * (seal *), Goshen * (seal *), Granby * (seal *), Hadley * (seal *), Hatfield * (seal *), Huntington *, Middlefield * (seal *), NORTHAMPTON * (seal *), Pelham * (seal *), Plainfield * (seal *), South Hadley (seal *), Southampton * (seal *), Ware *, Westhampton *, Williamsburg * (seal *), Worthington * (seal *)]


    MIDDLESEX COUNTY Government and History [eastern/north region]

    [54 CITIES and towns - Acton * (seal *), Arlington * (seal *), Ashby * (seal *), Ashland * (seal *), Ayer * (seal *), Bedford * (seal *), Belmont * (seal *), Billerica * (seal *), Boxborough * (seal *), Burlington * (seal *), CAMBRIDGE * (seal *), Carlisle * (seal *), Chelmsford * (seal *), Concord * (seal *), Dracut * (seal *), Dunstable * (seal *), EVERETT * (seal *), Framingham * (seal *), Groton * (seal *), Holliston * (seal *), Hopkinton * (seal *), Hudson * (seal *), Lexington * (seal *), Lincoln * (seal *), Littleton * (seal *), LOWELL * (seal *), MALDEN * (seal *), MARLBOROUGH * (seal *), Maynard * (seal *), MEDFORD * (seal *), MELROSE * (seal *), Natick * (seal *), NEWTON * (seal *), North Reading * (seal *), Pepperell * (seal *), Reading * (seal *), Sherborn *, Shirley * (seal *), SOMERVILLE * (seal *), Stoneham * (seal *), Stow * (seal *), Sudbury * (seal *), Tewksbury * (seal *), Townsend * (seal *), Tyngsborough * (seal *), Wakefield * (seal *), WALTHAM * (seal *), Watertown * (seal *), Wayland *(seal *), Westford * (seal *), Weston * (seal *), Wilmington * (seal *), Winchester * (seal *), WOBURN * (seal *)]

    • Lexington
      • 1775 - Map * of Paul Revere's progress the night of April 18, 1775 during his ride to Lexington and Concord
    • Lowell
      • 1850 - Map of the Lowell Canal System near the mills during the American Industrial Revolution
    NANTUCKET COUNTY Government and History [Nantucket Island - island region]

    [1 town - Nantucket *(seal *)]

    NORFOLK COUNTY Government and History [south/eastern region]

    [28 CITIES and towns - Avon *(seal *), Bellingham * (seal *), Braintree * (seal *), Brookline * (seal *), Canton * (seal *), Cohasset * (seal *), Dedham * (seal *), Dover * (seal *), Foxborough * (seal *), Franklin * (seal *), Holbrook * (seal *), Medfield * (seal *), Medway * (seal *), Millis * (seal *), Milton * (seal *), Needham * (seal *), Norfolk * (seal *), Norwood * (seal *), Plainville * (seal *), QUINCY * (seal *), Randolph * (seal *), Sharon * (seal *), Stoughton * (seal *), Walpole *(seal *), Wellesley * (seal *), Westwood * (seal *), Weymouth * (seal *), Wrentham * (seal *)]
    PLYMOUTH COUNTY Government and History [south/eastern region]

    [27 CITIES and towns - Abington * (seal *), Bridgewater * (seal *), BROCKTON * (seal *), Carver * (seal *), Duxbury * (seal *), East Bridgewater * (seal *), Halifax *, Hanover * (seal *), Hanson * (seal *), Hingham * (seal *), Hull * (seal *), Kingston * (seal *), Lakeville * ( seal *), Marion * (seal *), Marshfield * (seal *), Mattapoisett * (seal *), Middleborough * (seal *), Norwell * (seal *), Pembroke * (seal *), Plymouth * (seal *), Plympton * ( seal *), Rochester * ( seal *), Rockland * (seal *), Scituate * ( seal *), Wareham *, West Bridgewater * (seal *), Whitman * (seal *)]

    • Plymouth
      • 1634 - William Wood's map * of Plymouth
      • 1677 - Hubbard's map * of Plymouth




GEOGRAPHY OF BOSTON


GEOGRAPHY of Boston [The Physical Environment]


  • Originally called Shawmut * in the 1600s, Boston was a peninsula with prominent hills in its environment - Trimont (consisting of Beacon Hill, Pemberton Hill, and Mount Vernon), Copps Hill, and Fort Hill
  • Maps of the peninsula including the South End * of Boston
  • Maps of Boston Over Time *
  • 1634 map * from William Wood's "New England's Prospect"
  • 1775 - Map * of the Boston area
  • 1775 - Map * of Paul Revere's progress the night of April 18, 1775 during his ride to Lexington and Concord
  • 1790 - U. S. largest cities *
  • Map of the 19th century north * slope of Beacon Hill showing evidence of African American residence.


GOVERNMENT of Boston and Boston statistics [Power, authority, governance]

  • Government * of the City of Boston


TRANSPORTATION in Boston from the MBTA (system * maps) [Mobility]
  • Subway * and bus system - Boston, MA
    • Subway * map
    • Bus * routes
    • Commuter rail * schedules


BOSTON AREA MUSEUMS

  • Children's Museum *
  • New England Aquarium *
  • Museum of Science *
  • Computer Museum * at the Science Museum
  • Museum of Fine Arts * (MFA) "Appeal to the Great Spirit" - statue outside
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum *
  • Natural history - exhibits and museums in Boston area
  • Boston Symphony Hall - home of the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras


PARKS AND GARDENS

  • Emerald Necklace * - green area envisioned by Frederick Law Olmsted


ENTERTAINMENT

    Movies, theaters, symphony
    • Movies * in Boston
    Sports
    • Boston Red Sox * - baseball from Fenway Park (other * major league teams)
    • Boston * Celtics - basketball in Boston on the parquet from FleetCenter. [2002-2003 * NBA schedule]
    • New England * Patriots - football in Boston area at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro [schedule *]. (See: National Football League * and NFL * teams.
    • Boston * Bruins - hockey from Boston's FleetCenter. [other NHL * teams of the National Hockey League *]


RESTAURANTS

  • Mayor's Food Court * of Boston eateries - search by neighborhood (health ratings)


MEDICAL RESOURCES

  • Hospitals in Boston area
  • Massachusetts Physician Profiles Database - data on physician education, organizations, malpractice


    WORCESTER COUNTY Government and History [central region]

    [60 CITIES and towns - Ashburnham * (seal *), Athol * (seal *), Auburn * (seal *), Barre * (seal *), Berlin * (seal *), Blackstone * (seal *), Bolton * (seal *), Boylston * (seal *), Brookfield * (seal *), Charlton * (seal *), Clinton * (seal *), Douglas * (seal *), Dudley * (seal *), East Brookfield * (seal *), FITCHBURG * (seal *), GARDNER * (seal *), Grafton * (seal *), Hardwick * (seal *), Harvard * (seal *), Holden * (seal *), Hopedale * (seal *), Hubbardston * (seal *), Lancaster * ( seal *), Leicester * ( seal *), Leominster * ( seal *), Lunenburg * ( seal *), Mendon * (seal *), Milford * (seal *), Millbury * (seal *), Millville * (seal *), New Braintree * (seal *), North Brookfield * (seal *), Northborough * (seal *), Northbridge * (seal *), Oakham * (seal *), Oxford * (seal *), Paxton * (seal *), Petersham * ( seal *), Phillipston * (seal *), Princeton * ( seal *), Royalston * ( seal *), Rutland * (seal *), Shrewsbury * ( seal *), Southborough * (seal *), Southbridge * (seal *), Spencer * (seal *), Sterling * (seal *), Sturbridge * ( seal *), Sutton * (seal *), Templeton * ( seal *), Upton * (seal *), Uxbridge * (seal *), Warren * (seal *), Webster * (seal *), West Boylston * (seal *), West Brookfield * (seal *), Westborough * (seal *), Westminster * (seal *), Winchendon * (seal *), WORCESTER * (seal *)]

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