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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countys_in_Massachusetts" title="Countys in Massachusetts – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Countys in Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista_de_comtats_de_Massachusetts" title="Llista de comtats de Massachusetts – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llista de comtats de Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhestr_o_Siroedd_Massachusetts" title="Rhestr o Siroedd Massachusetts – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rhestr o Siroedd Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Countys_in_Massachusetts" title="Liste der Countys in Massachusetts – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Countys in Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Condados_de_Massachusetts" title="Anexo:Condados de Massachusetts – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Condados de Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_de_kantonoj_de_Masa%C4%89useco" title="Listo de kantonoj de Masaĉuseco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Listo de kantonoj de Masaĉuseco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="فهرست شهرستان‌های ماساچوست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست شهرستان‌های ماساچوست" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9s_du_Commonwealth_du_Massachusetts" title="Comtés du Commonwealth du Massachusetts – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comtés du Commonwealth du Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaetha_in_Massachusetts" title="Contaetha in Massachusetts – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contaetha in Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condados_de_Massachusetts" title="Condados de Massachusetts – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condados de Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A4%EC%82%AC%EC%B6%94%EC%84%B8%EC%B8%A0%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%B0_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="매사추세츠주의 군 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="매사추세츠주의 군 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BDslur_%C3%AD_Massachusetts" title="Sýslur í Massachusetts – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sýslur í Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contee_del_Massachusetts" title="Contee del Massachusetts – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contee del Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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fylker i Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_hrabstw_w_stanie_Massachusetts" title="Lista hrabstw w stanie Massachusetts – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lista hrabstw w stanie Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_condados_de_Massachusetts" title="Lista de condados de Massachusetts – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de condados de Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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alt="Barnstable County" title="Barnstable County" /></map><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">14,444 (<a href="/wiki/Nantucket_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket County">Nantucket</a>) – 1,623,952 (<a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">48 square miles (120 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Nantucket_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket County">Nantucket</a>) – 1,513 square miles (3,920 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_government" class="mw-redirect" title="County government">County government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>cities, towns, villages, unincorporated communities, <a href="/wiki/Census_designated_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Census designated place">census designated place</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> has 14 <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>, though eight<sup id="cite_ref-Abolition_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abolition-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol</a>, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (<a href="/wiki/Nantucket_County,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket County, Massachusetts">Nantucket County</a>) consolidated city-county government.<sup id="cite_ref-naco_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naco-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three counties (Hampshire, Barnstable, and Franklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abolitions_of_some_county_governments">Abolitions of some county governments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Abolitions of some county governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg/220px-Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg/330px-Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg/440px-Map_of_Massachusetts_Counties_by_Local_County_Government.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="1819" /></a><figcaption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> County government abolished or disincorporated</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink; color:black;"> </span> County government role operated by a municipality (other than city-county consolidation)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span> Current county government</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FCC201; color:black;"> </span> County regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance</div> </figcaption></figure> <p>Mismanagement<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex County</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County_Hospital" title="Middlesex County Hospital">public hospital</a> in the mid-1990s left that county on the brink of insolvency, and in 1997 the Massachusetts legislature stepped in by assuming all assets and obligations of the county. The government of Middlesex County was officially abolished on July 11, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Abolition_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abolition-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin County, Massachusetts">Franklin County</a> Commission voted itself out of existence. The law abolishing Middlesex County also provided for the elimination of <a href="/wiki/Hampden_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampden County, Massachusetts">Hampden County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester County</a> on July 1, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-Abolition_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abolition-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This law was later amended to abolish <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire County</a> on January 1, 1999; <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk County</a> on July 1 of that same year; and <a href="/wiki/Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Berkshire County, Massachusetts">Berkshire County</a> on July 1, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Abolition_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abolition-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State law allows other counties either to abolish themselves, or to reorganize as a "regional council of governments",<sup id="cite_ref-Abolition_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abolition-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin County, Massachusetts">Franklin</a> Counties have done. The governments of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk</a> Counties remain substantially unchanged. <a href="/wiki/Barnstable_County,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable County, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_Massachusetts" title="Dukes County, Massachusetts">Dukes</a> Counties have adopted modern county charters, enabling them to act as efficient regional governments. Dukes County in particular has a strong regional planning agency known as the Martha's Vineyard Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_Attorneys">District Attorneys</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: District Attorneys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jurisdictional areas for District Attorneys are created by state law and while some follow traditional county boundaries, names and geographic areas covered are often different. Criminal matters in Essex County are handled by the District Attorney for the Eastern District; in Middlesex County by the District Attorney for the Northern District; in Worcester County by the District Attorney for the Middle District; in Dukes, Barnstable and Nantucket counties by the District Attorney for the Cape and Islands District and in Franklin and Hampshire counties by the District Attorney for the Northwestern District. The districts for the counties of Berkshire, Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk are the same in geography and nomenclature as the respective counties,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the District Attorneys for the Eastern, Middle, and Northern Districts are commonly known as the Essex County,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Worcester County,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Middlesex County District Attorneys,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_counties">Historical counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eleven other historical counties have existed in Massachusetts, most becoming defunct when their lands were absorbed into the colony of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> or the state of <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, both of which were created out of territory originally claimed by Massachusetts colonists. The oldest counties still in Massachusetts are <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk County</a>, created in 1643 with the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts_Colony" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony">original Norfolk County</a> which was absorbed by New Hampshire and bears no relation to the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">modern Norfolk County</a>. When these counties were created, they were a part of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, which would remain separate from the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a> and that colony's counties until 1691. <a href="/wiki/Hampden_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampden County, Massachusetts">Hampden County</a>, created in 1812, is the most recently created county still in Massachusetts, although <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine" title="Penobscot County, Maine">Penobscot County, Maine</a> bore that distinction <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">until Maine broke off from Massachusetts in 1820</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of Massachusetts counties are named in honor of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> place names, reflecting Massachusetts' colonial heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-origins_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shire_town">Shire town</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shire town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>shire town</i> is the statutory term for the Massachusetts town having a county court and administration offices; a county can have multiple shire towns.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>County seat</i> is the standard term used in general communications by the Massachusetts government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FIPS_code">FIPS code</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: FIPS code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">Federal Information Processing Standard</a> (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Massachusetts the codes start with 25 and are completed with the three-digit county code. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for that county.<sup id="cite_ref-epa_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epa-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_current_counties">List of current counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of current counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">County<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width:75px;"><abbr title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</abbr> code<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_(all_codes_start_with_025)_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS_(all_codes_start_with_025)-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;">Origin<sup id="cite_ref-hist_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" class="unsortable">Etymology<sup id="cite_ref-origins_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">Population<sup id="cite_ref-Census_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 150px;" class="unsortable">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Barnstable_County,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable County, Massachusetts">Barnstable County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25001,00">001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a></td> <td>1685</td> <td>One of three original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a></td> <td>After its county seat of <a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a>, which is named after the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> town of <a href="/wiki/Barnstaple" title="Barnstaple">Barnstaple</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005231735000000000♠">231,735</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002396000000000000♠">396</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003102600000000000♠">1,026</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Barnstable County"><img alt="State map highlighting Barnstable County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Barnstable_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Berkshire County, Massachusetts">Berkshire County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25003,00">003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Massachusetts" title="Pittsfield, Massachusetts">Pittsfield</a></td> <td>1761</td> <td>From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005126818000000000♠">126,818</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002931000000000000♠">931</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003241100000000000♠">2,411</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Berkshire County"><img alt="State map highlighting Berkshire County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Berkshire_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25005,00">005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></td> <td>1685</td> <td>One of three original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a></td> <td>For its original county seat of <a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol, Massachusetts</a>, which is named for the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> port city of <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> – when the Town of Bristol joined <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, the name of the county was kept </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005581841000000000♠">581,841</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002556000000000000♠">556</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003144000000000000♠">1,440</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Bristol County"><img alt="State map highlighting Bristol County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Bristol_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_Massachusetts" title="Dukes County, Massachusetts">Dukes County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25007,00">007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgartown,_Massachusetts" title="Edgartown, Massachusetts">Edgartown</a></td> <td>1695</td> <td>From Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands, which had been part of Dukes County, New York until Massachusetts gained it in 1691</td> <td>Formerly a part of <a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes County, New York">Dukes County, New York</a> until 1691, the land at one time was the possession of the <a href="/wiki/James_VII_and_II" class="mw-redirect" title="James VII and II">Duke of York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004208190000000000♠">20,819</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002104000000000000♠">104</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002269000000000000♠">269</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Dukes County"><img alt="State map highlighting Dukes County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Dukes_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25009,00">009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></td> <td>1643</td> <td>One of four original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. Government abolished in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005810089000000000♠">810,089</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002498000000000000♠">498</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003129000000000000♠">1,290</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Essex County"><img alt="State map highlighting Essex County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Essex_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin County, Massachusetts">Franklin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25011,00">011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Massachusetts" title="Greenfield, Massachusetts">Greenfield</a></td> <td>1811</td> <td>From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> <small>(1706–1790)</small>, early American scientist, diplomat, and politician </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004708360000000000♠">70,836</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002702000000000000♠">702</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003181800000000000♠">1,818</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Franklin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Franklin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hampden_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampden County, Massachusetts">Hampden County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25013,00">013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a></td> <td>1812</td> <td>From part of Hampshire County. Government abolished in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hampden" title="John Hampden">John Hampden</a> <small>(1595—1643)</small>, the famous 17th century English parliamentarian </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005460291000000000♠">460,291</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002618000000000000♠">618</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003160100000000000♠">1,601</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hampden County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hampden County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampden_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25015,00">015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts" title="Northampton, Massachusetts">Northampton</a></td> <td>1662</td> <td>From unorganized territory in the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. Government abolished 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005162502000000000♠">162,502</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002529000000000000♠">529</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003137000000000000♠">1,370</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hampshire County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hampshire County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Hampshire_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25017,00">017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></td> <td>1643</td> <td>One of four original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. Government abolished in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006162395200000000♠">1,623,952</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002824000000000000♠">824</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003213400000000000♠">2,134</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Middlesex County"><img alt="State map highlighting Middlesex County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Middlesex_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nantucket_County,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket County, Massachusetts">Nantucket County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25019,00">019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nantucket,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket, Massachusetts">Nantucket</a></td> <td>1695</td> <td>From Nantucket Island which had been part of <a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes County, New York">Dukes County, New York</a> until Massachusetts gained it in 1691.</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Nantucket,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Nantucket, Massachusetts">Town of Nantucket</a>, itself derived from a <a href="/wiki/Wampanoag" title="Wampanoag">Wampanoag</a> word meaning "place of peace" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004144440000000000♠">14,444</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001480000000000000♠">48</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002124000000000000♠">124</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Nantucket County"><img alt="State map highlighting Nantucket County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Nantucket_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25021,00">021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a></td> <td>1793</td> <td>From part of Suffolk County.</td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005727473000000000♠">727,473</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002400000000000000♠">400</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003103600000000000♠">1,036</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Norfolk County"><img alt="State map highlighting Norfolk County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Norfolk_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25023,00">023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a></td> <td>1685</td> <td>One of three original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a>.</td> <td>For its seat of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a>, which is named for the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> port city of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005535308000000000♠">535,308</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002661000000000000♠">661</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003171200000000000♠">1,712</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Plymouth County"><img alt="State map highlighting Plymouth County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Plymouth_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25025,00">025</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a></td> <td>1643</td> <td>One of four original counties created in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. Government abolished in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005768425000000000♠">768,425</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001580000000000000♠">58</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002150000000000000♠">150</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Suffolk County"><img alt="State map highlighting Suffolk County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Suffolk_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/25027,00">027</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></td> <td>1731</td> <td>From parts of Hampshire County, Middlesex County and Suffolk County. Government abolished in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-sec-state_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-state-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>For its county seat of <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>, which is named in honor of the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> and the English Civil War <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Worcester" title="Battle of Worcester">Battle of Worcester</a> in 1651, a <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliamentarian</a> victory </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005866866000000000♠">866,866</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003151300000000000♠">1,513</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003391900000000000♠">3,919</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Worcester County"><img alt="State map highlighting Worcester County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Massachusetts_highlighting_Worcester_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_counties">Former counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>County<br /> </th> <th>Created<br /><sup id="cite_ref-hist_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Abolished<br /><sup id="cite_ref-hist_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Fate<br /><sup id="cite_ref-hist_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland County</a> </td> <td>1760 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_County,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonshire County, Massachusetts">Devonshire County</a> </td> <td>1674 </td> <td>1675 </td> <td>Abolished and then absorbed into Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Maine" title="Hancock County, Maine">Hancock County</a> </td> <td>1789 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennebec_County,_Maine" title="Kennebec County, Maine">Kennebec County</a> </td> <td>1799 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Maine" title="Lincoln County, Maine">Lincoln County</a> </td> <td>1760 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts_Colony" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony">Norfolk County</a> </td> <td>1643 </td> <td>1679 </td> <td>Abolished – most of its territory was absorbed into <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>; towns remaining in Massachusetts were absorbed into Essex County. One of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford_County,_Maine" title="Oxford County, Maine">Oxford County</a> </td> <td>1805 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine" title="Penobscot County, Maine">Penobscot County</a> </td> <td>1816 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maine" title="Somerset County, Maine">Somerset County</a> </td> <td>1809 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maine" title="Washington County, Maine">Washington County</a> </td> <td>1789 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York County</a> </td> <td>1652 </td> <td>1820 </td> <td>Transferred to Maine – there were two periods when York County was abolished, 1664 to 1668 and 1680 to 1691 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Massachusetts" title="Administrative divisions of Massachusetts">Administrative divisions of Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Massachusetts" title="Government of Massachusetts">Government of Massachusetts</a> – section on local government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_counties" title="List of former United States counties">List of former United States counties</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBohl2023" class="citation news cs1">Bohl, Chloe Courtney (December 12, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boston.com/news/wickedpedia/2023/12/12/massachusetts-county-governments-abolished/">"Why did half of Massachusetts's counties abolish their governments in the '90s"</a>. <i>Boston Media Partners</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attleboro,_Massachusetts" title="Attleboro, Massachusetts">Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstable,_Massachusetts" title="Barnstable, Massachusetts">Barnstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts" title="Braintree, Massachusetts">Braintree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="Bridgewater, Massachusetts">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockton,_Massachusetts" title="Brockton, Massachusetts">Brockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicopee,_Massachusetts" title="Chicopee, Massachusetts">Chicopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Longmeadow,_Massachusetts" title="East Longmeadow, Massachusetts">East Longmeadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easthampton,_Massachusetts" title="Easthampton, Massachusetts">Easthampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts" title="Gardner, Massachusetts">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Massachusetts" title="Greenfield, Massachusetts">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Massachusetts" title="Holyoke, Massachusetts">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leominster,_Massachusetts" title="Leominster, Massachusetts">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts" title="Lowell, Massachusetts">Lowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a 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title="Randolph, Massachusetts">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Southbridge, Massachusetts">Southbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield,_Massachusetts" title="Westfield, Massachusetts">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="West Springfield, 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