List of Massachusetts county seats
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This is a complete list of Massachusetts county seats[1]
- Barnstable County - Barnstable
- Berkshire County - Pittsfield
- Bristol County - Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton
- Dukes County - Edgartown
- Essex County - Lawrence, Newburyport, Salem
- Franklin County - Greenfield
- Hampden County - Springfield
- Hampshire County - Northampton
- Middlesex County - Cambridge, Lowell
- Nantucket County - Nantucket
- Norfolk County - Dedham
- Plymouth County - Brockton, Plymouth
- Suffolk County - Boston
- Worcester County - Fitchburg, Worcester
[edit] Notes
- ^ The term shire town is the statutory term for the Massachusetts town having a county court and administration offices, but county seat is the standard term used in general communications by the Massachusetts government. See, for example: Secretary of the Commonwealth: A Listing of Counties and the Cities and Towns Within http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistcoun.htm.
