List of Massachusetts county seats

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This is a complete list of Massachusetts county seats[1]

  1. Barnstable County - Barnstable
  2. Berkshire County - Pittsfield
  3. Bristol County - Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton
  4. Dukes County - Edgartown
  5. Essex County - Lawrence, Newburyport, Salem
  6. Franklin County - Greenfield
  7. Hampden County - Springfield
  8. Hampshire County - Northampton
  9. Middlesex County - Cambridge, Lowell
  10. Nantucket County - Nantucket
  11. Norfolk County - Dedham
  12. Plymouth County - Brockton, Plymouth
  13. Suffolk County - Boston
  14. Worcester County - Fitchburg, Worcester

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 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.