Despite its small size, Massachusetts features numerous topographically distinctive regions. [86] They decided to colonize to Massachusetts intending to establish what they considered an "ideal" religious society. The offshore boundaries are currently being reviewed by the legal counsels of the Massachusetts Highway Department andNOAAas well as the Federal Baseline Committee. [255], Sectors vital to the Massachusetts economy include higher education, biotechnology, information technology, finance, health care, tourism, manufacturing, and defense. Some major museums and important historical sites are also located there, and events and festivals throughout the year celebrate the state's history and heritage. Massachusetts is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history, academia, and the research economy. [269], Depending on how it is calculated, state and local tax burden in Massachusetts has been estimated among U.S. states and Washington D.C. as 21st-highest (11.44% or $6,163 per year for a household with nationwide median income)[270] or 25th-highest overall with below-average corporate taxes (39th-highest), above-average personal income taxes, (13th-highest), above-average sales tax (18th-highest), and below-average property taxes (46th-highest). Land area is determined by public records from the U.S. Census Bureau. The BSE, nearly 100 years old at the time, had helped raise the capital that had funded many of the Commonwealth's factories, railroads, and businesses. Lynn is the largest city located in Essex County in northern Massachusetts. [192] Many areas of Massachusetts showed relatively stable population trends between 2000 and 2010. [335] Meanwhile, the attorney general provides legal services to state agencies, combats fraud and corruption, investigates and prosecutes crimes, and enforces consumer protection, environment, labor, and civil rights laws as Massachusetts chief lawyer and law enforcement officer. Geography/TIGER or American FactFinder. Can I Bury My Cat In My Yard In Massachusetts? French and French Canadians also form a significant part (10.7%),[207] with sizable populations in Bristol, Hampden, and Worcester Counties, along with Middlesex county especially concentrated in the areas surrounding Lowell and Lawrence. What is the largest town by area? The following formerly independent municipalities have been annexed to Boston: The town of Bradford was annexed to Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1897. [361] Voters in Massachusetts also approved a ballot measure in 2012 that legalized the medical use of marijuana. Suffolk County and Boston city are governmentally consolidated and have a single set of officials. Area is calculated from the specific boundary recorded for each entity in the Census Bureaus geographic database (see "MAF/TIGER Database"). [279] There is no inheritance tax and limited Massachusetts estate tax related to federal estate tax collection. At the same time, the TOWNS_ID field was dropped. [373][374] The voters of these now-defunct counties elect only Sheriffs and Registers of Deeds, who are part of the state government. Numerous towns were ceded to New Hampshire after the Northern boundary of Massachusetts was defined by royal decree in 1741. [53] In the late 18th century, Boston became known as the "Cradle of Liberty"[54] for the agitation there that later led to the American Revolution. With a population of 155,032, it ranks as the third-most populous city of the state. Although much of Massachusetts had been cleared for agriculture, leaving only traces of old-growth forest in isolated pockets, secondary growth has regenerated in many rural areas as farms have been abandoned. [205] Boston's South End and Jamaica Plain are both gay villages, as is nearby Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically.Active. The smallest town in the state is Gosnold in Dukes County, with a population of just 75 people. 6Source: U.S. Census Bureau, computation from national block-level data. A lock icon ( [380][381][382] Famous painters from Massachusetts include Winslow Homer and Norman Rockwell;[382] many of the latter's works are on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. [334], Federal court cases are heard in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and appeals are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Most of Massachusetts has a humid continental climate, with cold winters and warm summers. [436], The state of Massachusetts is a center for medical education and research including Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and DanaFarber Cancer Institute[437] as well as the New England Baptist Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, and Boston Medical Center which is the primary teaching hospital for Boston University. The Greater Boston area comprises the largest concentration of higher education, technology and research institutes in the whole world. [272], As of January 1, 2020, Massachusetts has a flat-rate personal income tax of 5.00%,[273] after a 2002 voter referendum to eventually lower the rate to 5.0%[274] as amended by the legislature. The state's jagged, and rockbound Atlantic Ocean coastline is a mixture of bays, inlets, sandy beaches, and odd-shaped islands - that all end in granite cliffs in the state's far northern part. In 2015, the United Health Foundation ranked the state as third-healthiest overall. Therefore, because water is contained only in a higher-level geographic entity, summing the water measurements for all the component lower-level geographic entities will not yield the water area of that higher-level entity. English Americans, the third-largest (11.4%) group, form a plurality in some western towns. [152] There are 219 endangered species in Massachusetts. [370] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, and Cambridge. Other major interstates in Massachusetts include I-291, I-391, I-84, I-195, I-395, I-290, and I-190. How each boundary arc was developed is identified in the arc attributes, as described below. Cities are governed by a board of selectmen. Some municipal boundary arcs (about 15% of the total) follow the edge of a road or rail right-of-way or a stream or river channel. With these changes, deer populations are expected to increase, resulting in a decrease in underbrush which smaller fauna use as camouflage. [316] Some airports receive funding from the Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration; the FAA is also the primary regulator of Massachusetts air travel. [247] This wage was set to increase to a general minimum of $15.00 per hour and a tipped worker minimum of $6.75 per hour in January 2023, as part of a series of minimum wage amendments passed in 2018 that saw the minimum wage increase slowly every January up to 2023. Lock [171], The shifting climate in Massachusetts will result in a significant change to the built environment and ecosystems. To determine population per square kilometer, multiply the population per square mile by .3861. The structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. Massachusetts is a state located in the Northeastern United States. [136][failed verification] Often controversial, with numerous claims of graft and mismanagement, and with its initial price tag of $2.5billion increasing to a final tally of over $15billion, the Big Dig nonetheless changed the face of Downtown Boston. All settlements in the District of Maine were ceded when the state of Maine gained its independence from Massachusetts in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. A witness mark point is an "on-land" representation of the next point along the boundary when that next point is in a river, wetland, or pond. [334], Aside from the governor and Executive Council, the executive branch also includes four independently elected constitutional officers: a secretary of the commonwealth, an attorney general, a state treasurer, and a state auditor. ", "Massachusetts Students Score among World Leaders on PISA Reading, Science and Math Tests", "East Squantum Street (Moswetuset Hummock)", "Why do we call Massachusetts a 'commonwealth'? [48] Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.[49]. Massachusetts is one of four states that are legally described as a commonwealth. [240] Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both located in Cambridge, consistently rank among the world's best private universities and universities in general. For the TOWNSSURVEY_ARC layer, symbolizing on the OUTLINE field will allow for the display of coastline as well as inter-municipal boundaries in the water, where available. Please limit your input to 500 characters. On January 1, 2018 Framingham, will become a city. The Five Most Populated Cities In Massachusetts. For the 113th Congress (January 2013-January 2015), Massachusetts has nine congressional districts as a result of reapportionment based on the 2010 Census. The "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Puritans after their first harvest in the "New World" and lasted for three days. This layer comprises four separate feature classes: When stored in geodatabase format, these four feature classes are organized in a feature dataset namedTOWNSSURVEY, which includes theTOWNSSURVEY_Topology; rules have been created to enforce spatial relationships among the POLY, ARC and PT layers. March 2015: Duxbury-Pembroke border along Pine Brook updated based on scanned survey plan approved by the Duxbury planning board in 1953. Map of Massachusetts Cities About Massachusetts City Map: The map showing the largest and major cities in Massachusetts, state capital, other cities and towns, state boundary, Massachusetts counties boundary and neighbouring states. Use this button to show and access all levels. In terms of age, 79.2% were over 18 and 14.8% were over 65. [134], In 1987, the state received federal funding for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. [180], For income-eligible residents, Mass Save has partnered with Massachusetts Community Action Program Agencies and Low-Income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN) to offer residents assistance with upgrades to their homes that will result in more efficient energy usage. Green, James R., William F. Hartford, and Tom Juravich. [50] In 1777, General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory, which, during the Industrial Revolution, catalyzed numerous important technological advances, including interchangeable parts. This tablemay be joined to the Municipalities polygon layers on the TOWN_ID field: TOWNS_POLY_AREACODE[download dBASE fileas self-extracting .exe] stores telephone area codes for each municipality and reflects the addition of four new "overlay" codes in Massachusetts which took effect on April 2, 2001. The New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metro region claims the title as the largest urban area in physical size, sprawling out over 4,669 square miles. [279] The sales tax is charged on clothing that costs more than $175.00, for the amount exceeding $175.00. Other counties have been reorganized, and a few still retain county councils. Massachusetts has avoided many forms of racial strife seen elsewhere in the US, but examples such as the successful electoral showings of the nativist (mainly anti-Catholic) Know Nothings in the 1850s,[213] the controversial Sacco and Vanzetti executions in the 1920s,[214] and Boston's opposition to desegregation busing in the 1970s[215] show that the ethnic history of Massachusetts was not completely harmonious. Changed TYPE to 'C' for Greenfield and 'TC' for North Attleborough. It is located on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River. [144], On November 8, 2016, Massachusetts voted in favor of the Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Question 4. [281] In 2014 and 2015, Massachusetts was ranked as the most energy efficient state the United States[282][283] while Boston is the most efficient city,[284] but it had the fourth-highest average residential retail electricity prices of any state. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. November 2012: Coastal polygons added to offshore areas of Boston and Medford. mi (27,337 sq. Most of these boundaries followed streams or rights-of-way that were either traced atop older imagery or not modified from the 1:25,000 mapping of community boundaries. Some services in Massachusetts are subject to sales tax. [66] The state's public-school students place among the top tier in the world in academic performance. Known for its rich history, world-class museums, and top-rated universities, Boston is a major center for education, healthcare, and technology. To display just the "land area" of each town, use the definition query of COASTAL_POLY = 'NO' for the TOWNSSURVEY_POLY layer (this query is used in the themes in the MassGIS Data Viewer). [96], The most destructive earthquake yet known in New England occurred in 1755, causing considerable damage across Massachusetts. Separated from Stoughton. They are namedTOWNSSURVEY_ARC_GENCOASTandTOWNSSURVEY_POLYM_GENCOAST. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - United States--States; and Puerto Rico, Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County by State; and Puerto Rico, Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State--Place (and in selected states) County Subdivision. [91] This established Massachusetts's southern border in the west,[92] though this became disputed territory until 180304 due to surveying problems. Boston Some towns and cities were annexed to others; disincorporated; or ceded to another state in their entirety. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, data file from Geography Division based on the TIGER/Geographic Identification Code Scheme (TIGER/GICS) computer file. [317], There are a total of 36,800 miles (59,200km) of interstates and other highways in Massachusetts. Most ports north of Cape Cod are served by Boston Harbor Cruises, which operates ferry services in and around Greater Boston under contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Rivers and bays that empty into these bodies of water are treated as inland water from the point beyond which they are narrower than 1 nautical mile across. Colonial period In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, beginning the history of permanent European colonization in New England. Massachusetts is located on the northeastern coast of the United States and ranks as the 15thmost populated state in the mainland United States with a total population of 6,939,373. [401] The Boston Marathon is also a popular event in the state drawing more than 30,000 runners and tens of thousands of spectators annually. [348] Massachusetts had been the only state to vote for Democrat George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election. The city is home to several tech startups and has an enviable reputation as a hub of research in biotechnology and health sciences. [375], Massachusetts has contributed to American arts and culture. 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[51] In 1786, Shays' Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention. Witness marks are often but not always on the town boundary. Massachusetts is the 6th smallest state by land area but is the 15th most populous state and the 3rd most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. The city was historically known as the City of Sin owing to its large number of crimes and illegal activities. The lakes name comes from Loup, an Algonquian language, and is often said to mean, Fishing Place at the BoundariesNeutral Meeting Grounds. [365], In 2020, the state legislature overrode Governor Charlie Baker's veto of the ROE Act, a controversial law that codified existing abortion laws in case the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dropped the age of parental consent for those seeking an abortion from 18 to 16, and legalized abortion after 24 weeks, if a fetus had fatal anomalies, or "to preserve the patient's physical or mental health. [71][72] Massachusett has also been represented as Moswetuset. The Commonwealth acquired the Connecticut River Valley settlement of Springfield, which had recently disputed withand defected fromits original administrators, the Connecticut Colony. The largest town by square miles is Plymouth, MA 02360, 02361, and 02362. [citation needed] Much of the town's land is protected as part of the Quabbin Reservation, a protected area surrounding the Quabbin Reservoir. Chap. [299], MBTA Commuter Rail services run throughout the larger Greater Boston area, including service to Worcester, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Newburyport, Lowell, and Plymouth. Recoded TYPE = 'TC' for BRIDGEWATER, based on latest data from the Secretary of State's office. The city organizes several annual festivals and events throughout the year including the Brockton Summer Concert Series, the Downtown Brockton Arts, and Music Festival, the Veterans Day Parade, and the Cape Verdean Festival. Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, the Shaolin Meditation Temple in Springfield, and the Insight Meditation Center in Barre are examples of non-Abrahamic religious centers in Massachusetts. The largest city in the United States by area is Sitka, Alaska. The headquarters of the Unitarian Universalist Association, long located on Beacon Hill, is now located in South Boston. The land was granted to Dedham in 1649. See the second image above for an example. [371] Most of the county governments were abolished by the state of Massachusetts beginning in 1997 including Middlesex County,[372] the largest county in the state by population. Thank you for your website feedback! 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