List of New England towns

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This is called a List of New England Towns, but also includes municipalities incorporated as cities or organized as plantations with those types indicated as such.

Contents

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Barnstable County

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[edit] Berkshire County

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[edit] Bristol County

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[edit] Dukes County

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[edit] Essex County

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[edit] Franklin County

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[edit] Hampden County

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[edit] Hampshire County

Hampshire County formerly contained three additional towns, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott, which were disincorporated in 1938 due to the construction of Quabbin Reservoir. The former territory of the three, and of the former town of Dana in Worcester County (which was disincorporated at the same time for the same reason), was annexed to neighboring towns, although much of it is either underwater or closed to development.

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[edit] Middlesex County

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[edit] Nantucket County

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[edit] Norfolk County

Norfolk County formerly contained an additional town, Hyde Park, which was annexed by the City of Boston (in neighboring Suffolk County) in 1912. Upon its annexation, Hyde Park's former territory became part of Suffolk County.

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[edit] Plymouth County

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[edit] Suffolk County

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[edit] Worcester County

Worcester County formerly contained an additional town, Dana, which was disincorporated in 1938 due to the construction of Quabbin Reservoir. The former territory of Dana, and of three additional towns in Hampshire County that were disincorporated at the same time for the same reason, was annexed to neighboring towns (although much of it is either underwater or closed to development).

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[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] Bristol County

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[edit] Kent County

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[edit] Newport County

Newport County formerly contained an additional town, New Shoreham, which switched to Washington County in 1963.

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[edit] Providence County

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[edit] Washington County

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[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Fairfield County

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[edit] Hartford County

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[edit] Litchfield County

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[edit] Middlesex County

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[edit] New Haven County

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[edit] New London County

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[edit] Tolland County

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[edit] Windham County

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[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] Belknap County

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[edit] Carroll County

Carroll County also contains a very small amount of territory that is not part of any incorporated municipality (Hale's Location). This is the only remaining unincorporated gore-like entity in New Hampshire anywhere outside of Coos County. It is also the only territory in New Hamsphire outside of Coos County which has never been incorporated.

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[edit] Cheshire County

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[edit] Coos County

Coos County also contains a significant amount of territory that is not part of any incorporated municipality, encompassing the bulk of all such territory in New Hampshire. The unincorporated territory covers about 30% of the county's area, but has fewer than 200 residents. This includes six unincorporated townships (Cambridge, Dixville, Kilkenny, Millsfield, Odell and Success), eight grants, six purchases, and three locations (one of which, Wentworth's Location, was incorporated as a town at one time).

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[edit] Grafton County

Grafton County formerly contained an additional town, Livermore, which disincorporated in 1951 due to population loss. When Livermore disincorporated, it reverted to unorganized territory. It is the only territory in Grafton County that is not currently incorporated; prior to 1951, Grafton County was entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Hillsborough County

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[edit] Merrimack County

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[edit] Rockingham County

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[edit] Strafford County

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[edit] Sullivan County

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[edit] Vermont

[edit] Addison County

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[edit] Bennington County

Bennington County formerly contained an additional town, Glastenbury, which disincorporated in 1937 due to population loss. When Glastenbury disincorporated, it reverted to unorganized territory. It is the only territory in Bennington County that is not currently incorporated; prior to 1937, Bennington County was entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Caledonia County

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[edit] Chittenden County

Chittenden County also contains a very small amount of territory that is not part of any incorporated municipality (Buel's Gore). This is the only remaining gore-like entity in Vermont anywhere outside of Essex County. It is also the only territory in Vermont outside of Essex County which has never been incorporated.

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[edit] Essex County

Essex County also contains a significant amount of territory that is not part of any incorporated municipality, encompassing the bulk of all such territory in Vermont. The unincorporated territory covers about 25% of the county's area, but only has about 50 residents. This includes three unincorporated townships (Averill, Ferdinand and Lewis), two gores and one grant.

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[edit] Franklin County

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[edit] Grand Isle County

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[edit] Lamoille County

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[edit] Orange County

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[edit] Orleans County

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[edit] Rutland County

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[edit] Washington County

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[edit] Windham County

Windham County formerly contained an additional town, Somerset, which disincorporated in 1937 due to population loss. When Somerset disincorporated, it reverted to unorganized territory. It is the only territory in Somerset County that is not currently incorporated; prior to 1937, Windham County was entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Windsor County

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[edit] Maine

[edit] Androscoggin County

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[edit] Aroostook County

Aroostook County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

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[edit] Cumberland County

Cumberland County formerly contained an additional town, Otisfield, which switched to Oxford County in 1978.

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[edit] Franklin County

Franklin County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality. Much of the northern part of the county has never been organized or incorporated, and there are some unincorporated areas in the central and southern parts of the county as well. Since the 1930s, three towns in Franklin County (Freeman, Madrid and Salem) have dissolved and reverted to unorganized territory. Between the 1890s and 1930s, at least four plantations also dissolved, with three of the four reverting to unorganized territory (Lang Plantation, which dissolved in 1935, is the only plantation known to have dissolved any later than the first decade of the 20th century).

Note: Madrid was in existence as of the most recent U.S. Census in 2000, but is no longer a town, now an unorganized township.

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[edit] Hancock County

Hancock County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

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[edit] Kennebec County

Kennebec County also contains a small amount of unorganized territory that is not part of any municipality (the former Unity Plantation, territory which was originally a gore). Prior to Unity Plantation's surrender of organization in 1942, Kennebec County was entirely organized, although it has never been entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Knox County

Knox County also contains a small amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality (the former Criehaven Plantation, a small group of offshore islands which surrendered its organization in 1925). Two additional municipalities in Knox County also dissolved in the early 20th century (the former town of Hurricane Isle and the former Muscle Ridge Plantation, both of whose former territories were eventually annexed to other municipalities). For a time in the late 19th century and early 20th century, prior to the above municipal dissolutions, Knox County was entirely organized, but it has never been entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Lincoln County

Lincoln County also contains a very small amount of territory that is not part of any municipality (Hibberts Gore). This is one of only a few remaining gore-like entities in Maine outside of the sparsely-settled northern and interior parts of the state.

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[edit] Oxford County

Oxford County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality. Much of the northern part of the county has never been organized or incorporated, and there are some unincorporated areas in the southern part of the county as well. Between 1919 and 1945, three towns in Oxford County dissolved and reverted to unorganized territory (Albany, Grafton and Mason), as did one plantation (Milton).

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[edit] Penobscot County

Penobscot County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

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[edit] Piscataquis County

Piscataquis County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

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[edit] Sagadahoc County

Sagadahoc County formerly contained an additional town, Perkins, which disincorporated in 1918. Perkins consisted of a small island in the Kennebec River, also known as Swan Island. When Perkins disincorporated, it reverted to unorganized territory. It is the only territory in Sagadahoc County that is not currently incorporated; prior to 1918, Sagadahoc County was entirely incorporated.

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[edit] Somerset County

Somerset County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

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[edit] Waldo County

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[edit] Washington County

Washington County also contains a significant amount of unincorporated territory that is not part of any municipality.

Note: Centerville was in existence as of the most recent U.S. Census in 2000, but has since disincorporated.

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[edit] York County

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[edit] Notes

The following criteria were used in the above list:

  • In Connecticut, coextensive towns/cities are listed as cities. Towns which include a city within, but not coextensive with, the town, are shown as towns.
  • In Massachusetts, only those municipalities which title themselves as cities are shown as cities. Those municipalities which are considered to be legal cities by the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office but which title themselves as towns are shown as towns.
  • If a county includes any unincorporated territory, this is noted following the list of municipalities in the county.

[edit] Trivia

The only municipality name that is found in all six New England states is Warren. The Warren in Rhode Island is the largest of the six.

There are several municipality names that can be found in five of the six New England states. These include Andover, Bridgewater, Bristol, Chester, Franklin, Lincoln, Plymouth, Richmond, Salisbury, Sharon, Washington and Windsor. Manchester also exists in five states if the Manchester-by-the-Sea in Massachusetts is counted (prior to the early 1990s, the Massachusetts community used to be just "Manchester", like the others). In most of the above cases, the missing state is Rhode Island, although in a few it is Connecticut (Lincoln, Richmond) or Massachusetts (Bristol).

There are at least three other place names that existed as municipality names in five of the six states in the 19th century, but lost this status due to one of more of the communities disincorporating or being annexed. Most notably, there were once municipalities named Roxbury in every New England state except Rhode Island, but the one in Massachusetts was annexed by Boston in the 1860s. "Roxbury" is still commonly used as a place name for the neighborhood in question, however, and is even recognized by the U.S. Postal Service as acceptable for addressing mail. Towns named Salem and Berlin could also once be found in five of the six New England states.