A chronological table in which the towns and districts now composing the state of Massachusetts are arranged in the order of years in which they were incorporated and divided into counties. G3761.A1 1790 .C4, Harvard Map Collection.

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A Chronological Table, in which the Towns and Districts, now composing the State of Massachusetts, are arranged in the order of Years in which they were Incorporated, and divided into Counties. Note S. signifies settled.

A.D. 1620 1625 1630 1635 1640 1645 1650 1655 1660 1665 1670 1675 1680 1685 1690 1695 1700 1705 1710 1715 1720 1725 1730 1735 1740 1745 1750 1755 1760 1765 1770 1775 1780 1785 1790
Plymouth incorporated 1685. 21. Plymouth. S. 36. Scituate. 37. Buxborough. 40. Marshfield. 56. Bridgewater. 69. Middleborough. 86. Rochester. 7. Plympton. 12. Pembroke. Abington. 26. Kingston. 27. Hanover. 34. Halifax. 39. Wareham. 90. Carver.
Bristol. C. incorporated 1685. 39. Taunton. 45. Rehoboth. 64. Dartmouth. 67. Swanzey. 83. Freetown. 94. Attleborough. 11. Norton. 12. Dighton. 25. Easton. 31. [Craynham?] . 35. Berkley. 70. Mansfield. 87. New Bedford. Westport. 90. Somerset.
Barnstable. C. incorporated 1685. 39. Barnstable. Sandwich. Yarmouth. 46. Eastham. [26?]. Falmouth. 94. Harwich. 9. Truro. 12. Chatham. 27. Provincetown. 63. Wolfleet. [Mashpee?] .
Duke's County. incorporated 1695. 71. Edgartown. Tisbury. 14. Chilmark.
Nantucket. C. incorporated 16??. 87. Sherburne.
Suffolk. C. incorporated 1643. 30. Dorchester. Boston. Roxbury. S. 35. Weymouth. 36. Hingham. 37. Dedham. 40. Braintree. 44. Hull. 50. Medfield. 62. Milton. 73. Wrentham. 5. Brookline. 11. Needham. 13. Medway. 19. Bellingham. 24. Walpole. 26. Stoughton. 38. Chelsea. 65. Sharon. 70. Cohasset. 78. Franklin. Foxborough. 84. Dover.
Essex. C. incorporated 1643. 29. Salem. 34. Ipswich. 35. Newbury. 37. Lynn. 39. Gloucester. Rowley. Salisbury. 41. Haverhill. S. 43. Wenham. 45. Manchester. 46. Andover. 49. Marblehead. 50. Topsfield. 68. Monsbury. Beverley. 75. Bradford. 85. Boxford. 25. [Methuin?] . 28. Middletown. 52. Danvers. 64. Newburyport. 82. Lynnfield.
Middlesex. C. incorporated 1643. 29. Charlestown. 30. Watertown. 33. Cambridge. 35. Concord. 39. Sudbury. 42. Woburn. 44. Reading. 49. Malden. 55. Billerica. Chelmsford. Groton. 60. Marlborough. 73. Dunstable. 74. Sherburne. 83. Stow. 84. Medford. 91. Newton. 1700. Framingham. 1. Dracut. 12. Lexington. Weston. 15. Littleton. Hopkinton. 24. Holliston. 25. Stoneham. 29. Westford. Bedford. 30. Wilmington. 32. Townsend. 34. Tewksbury. 35. Acton. 37. Waltham. 53. Shirley. Pepperell. 54. Lincoln. Carlisle. 62. Natick. 67. Ashby. 80. East Sudbury. 83. Boxborough. 89. Tyngsborough.
Worcester. C. incorporated 1731. 53. Lancaster. 67. Mendon. 73. Brookfield. 84. Worcester. 13. Leicester. Rutland. Oxford. 14. Sutton. 17. Westborough. 27. Uxbridge. Southborough. Shrewsbury. 28. Lunenburgh. 31. Dudley. 32. Harvard. 35. Grafton. Upton. 40. Holden. Leominster. 38. Hardwick. Sturbridge. Bolton. 41. Western. 46. Douglass. 51. New Braintree. 53. Spencer. 54. Petersham. Charlton. 59. Westminster. Princeton. 62. Templeton. Athol. Oakham. 64. Fitchburgh. Winchendon. 65. Paxton. Royalston. Ashburnham. 66. Northborough. 67. Hubbardston. 72. Northbridge. 74. Barre. 78. Ward. 80. Milford. 81. Sterling. 84. Berlin. 85. Gardner. 86. Boylston. Gerry.
Hampshire. C. incorporated 1662. East side of Connecticut river. 36. Springfield. S. 1645 incorporated. 61. Hadley. 13. Northfield. Sunderland. 31. Brimfield. 42. Pelham. 52. Palmer. 53. South Hadley. New Salem. Montague. 54. Greenwich. 59. Amherst. 60. Monson. 61. Belcherton. Shutesbury. Ware. 62. South Brimfield. 63. Warwick. Wilbraham. 68. Granby. 74. Ludlow. 81. Wendell. 83. Long Meadow. Orange. 85. Holland.
Hampshire. C. incorporated 1662. West side of Connecticut river. 54. Northampton. 69. Westfield. 70. Hatfield. 82. Deerfield. 41. Blandford. 53. Southampton. Greenfield. 54. Granville. 61. Colrain. 62. Bernardston. Chesterfield. 65. Charlemont. Ashfield. Chester. 67. Conway. 68. Shelburne. Worthington. 70. Southwick. 71. Whately. Williamsburgh. 73. Norwich. 74. West Springfield. 78. Westhampton. 79. Buckland. Cummington. 80. Montgomery. 81. Goshen. 83. Middlefield. 84. Leyden. 85. Rowe. Heath. Plainfield. Easthampton.
Berkshire. C. incorporated 1761. 33. Sheffield. 39. Stockbridge. 59. New Marlborough. 60. Egremont. 61. Pittsfield. Great Barrington. 62. Tyringham. Landisfield. 65. Lanesborough. Williamston. Richmond. Becket. 67. Lenox. 71. Windsor. Patridgefield. 73. Alford. Loudon. 74. West Stockbridge. 76. Hancock. 77. Washington. Lee. 78. Adams. 79. Mount Washington. 81. New Ashford. 84. Dalton. 89. Bethleham.
York. C. incorporated 1653. 53. York. Kittery. Wells. 13. Berwick. 18. Biddeford. 19. Arundell. 62. Pepperelborough. 67. Lebanon. 68. Sanford. 72. Buxton. 77. Fryeburgh. 78. Coxhall. 85. Shapleigh. Parsonfield. 87. Limerick. Waterborough.
Cumberland. C. incorporated 1760. 58. Falmouth. Scarborough. 13. North Yarmouth. 38. Brunswick. 58. Harpswell. 62. Windham. 64. Gorham. 65. Cape Elizabeth. 74. New Gloucester. 78. Gray. 85. Standish. 86. Portland. Turner. 89. Freeport. Durham.
Lincoln. C. incorporated 1760. 16. Georgetown. 53. Newcastle. 59. Woolwich. 60. [Pownalborough?] . 62. Bowdoinham. 64. Topsham. Boothbury. 65. Bristol. 71. Hallowel. Winthrop. Winslow. Vassalborough. 73. Waldoborough. 74. Edgcombe. 76. Warren. 77. Thomaston. 79. Pittston. 81. Bath. 86. Union. 88. [Bowdoin?] . Fairfield. Cancan. Norridgewock. Greene. Nobleborough. 89. Cushing.
Hancock. C. incorporated 1789. 73. Belfast. 87. Penobscot. 89. Sedgwick. Isleborough. Deer Isle. Blue Hill. Trenton. Sullivan. Gouldsborough. Mount Desert. Orrington. Frankfort. Vinalhaven.
Washington. C. incorporated 1789. 84. Machias
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