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Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state in the United States with an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2 ). [1] It is bordered to the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, to the west by New York, to the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine. Massachusetts is the most populous New ...
Fresh River. Mill River. Old Swamp River. Weir River. Crooked Meadow River. Plymouth River. Bound Brook (In 1640, Bound Brook formed the border between the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.) Aaron River. North River.
Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place".
Fall River, Massachusetts. / 41.70139°N 71.15556°W / 41.70139; -71.15556. Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, [ 5] making it the tenth-largest city in the state. It abuts the Rhode Island state line with Tiverton, RI to its south.
The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an 80-mile-long (129 km) river in eastern Massachusetts.It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a highly meandering route, that doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. [1]
Western Massachusetts has diverse topography; 22 colleges and universities including UMass in Amherst, MA, with approximately 100,000 students; [ 1] and such institutions as Tanglewood, the Springfield Armory, and Jacob's Pillow . The western part of western Massachusetts includes the Berkshire Mountains, where there are several vacation resorts.
Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream" Aspetuck River (and town): (Paugussett) "at the high place" Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter; Coginchaug River: (Wangunk) "place where fish are dried/cured"
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were in southern New England, with initial ...