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This list was compiled using information from Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts, 5th ed., prepared by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth; published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997.
 
Place
County
Occasion and Date
Age
       
Arlington -(originally West Cambridge) Middlesex Incorporated as a town on February 27, 1807 200
       
Brighton Suffolk Incorporated as a town on February 24, 1807; annexed to Boston on January 5, 1874 200
       
Chelsea Suffolk Incorporated as a city on March 13, 1857 150
       
Dudley Worcester Incorporated as a town on February 2, 1732 275
       
Harvard Worcester Incorporated as a town June 29, 1732 275
       
Lynnfield Essex Established as a district from part of Lynn on July 3, 1782 225
       
Mattapoisett Plymouth Incorporated as a town on May 20, 1857 150
       
Plainfield Hampshire Incorporated as a town on June 15, 1807 200
       
Plympton Plymouth Established as a town on June 4, 1707 300
       
Townsend Middlesex Established as a town on June 29, 1732 275
       
Webster Worcester Incorporated as a town on March 6, 1832 175
 
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