Incorporation Dates of Massachusetts Cities and Towns
| Name | Date Settled | Incorporated as a Town/City |
| Plymouth | 1620 | 1620 |
| Salem | 1626 | 1626 /1836 |
| Lynn | 1629 | 1629 /1850 |
| Watertown | 1630 | 1630 |
| Boston | 1625 | 1630 /1822 |
| Roxbury * | 1630 | 1630 /1846 |
| Charlestown * | 1630 | 1630 /1847 |
| Medford | 1630 | 1630 /1892 |
| Dorchester * | 1630 | 1630 /1870 |
| Ipswich | 1633 | 1634 |
| Concord | 1635 | 1635 |
| Hingham | 1633 | 1635 |
| Newbury | 1635 | 1635 |
| Weymouth | 1630 | 1635 |
| Dedham | 1635 | 1636 |
| Scituate | 1630 | 1636 |
| Cambridge | 1630 | 1636 /1846 |
| Springfield | 1636 | 1636 /1852 |
| Duxbury | 1624 | 1637 |
| Barnstable | 1637 | 1638 |
| Rowley | 1638 | 1639 |
| Salisbury | 1638 | 1639 |
| Sandwich | 1630 | 1639 |
| Sudbury | 1638 | 1639 |
| Yarmouth | 1639 | 1639 |
| Taunton | 1638 | 1639 /1864 |
| Braintree | 1634 | 1640 |
| Marshfield | 1632 | 1640 |
| Woburn | 1640 | 1640 |
| Haverhill | 1640 | 1641 /1869 |
| Gloucester | 1623 | 1642 /1873 |
| Wenham | 1635 | 1643 |
| Hull | 1624 | 1644 |
| Reading | 1639 | 1644 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 1629 | 1645 |
| Rehoboth | 1636 | 1645 |
| Andover | 1642 | 1646 |
| Eastham | 1644 | 1646 |
| Marblehead | 1629 | 1649 |
| Malden | 1640 | 1649 /1881 |
| Topsfield | 1635 | 1650 |
| Medfield | 1649 | 1651 |
| Lancaster | 1643 | 1653 |
| Billerica | 1637 | 1655 |
| Chelmsford | 1633 | 1655 |
| Groton | 1655 | 1655 |
| Bridgewater | 1650 | 1656 |
| Northampton | 1654 | 1656 /1883 |
| Marlborough | 1657 | 1660 /1890 |
| Hadley | 1659 | 1661 |
| Milton | 1636 | 1662 |
| Dartmouth | 1650 | 1664 |
| Mendon | 1660 | 1667 |
| Swansea | 1667 | 1667 |
| Amesbury | 1654 | 1668 |
| Beverly | 1626 | 1668 /1894 |
| Middleborough | 1660 | 1669 |
| Westfield | 1660 | 1669 /1920 |
| Hatfield | 1661 | 1670 |
| Edgartown | 1642 | 1671 |
| Nantucket | 1641 | 1671 |
| Tisbury | 1660 | 1671 |
| Dunstable | 1656 | 1673 |
| Wrentham | 1669 | 1673 |
| Sherborn | 1652 | 1674 |
| Deerfield | 1673 | 1677 |
| Freetown | 1675 | 1683 |
| Stow | 1681 | 1683 |
| Worcester | 1673 | 1684 /1848 |
| Boxford | 1645 | 1685 |
| Falmouth | 1660 | 1686 |
| Rochester | 1638 | 1686 |
| Newton | 1639 | 1688 /1873 |
| Harwich | 1670 | 1694 |
| Attleboro | 1634 | 1694 /1914 |
| Framingham | 1650 | 1700 /2018 |
| Dracut | 1664 | 1701 |
| Brookline | 1638 | 1705 |
| Plympton | 1662 | 1707 |
| Truro | 1700 | 1709 |
| Needham | 1680 | 1711 |
| Norton | 1669 | 1711 |
| Abington | 1668 | 1712 |
| Chatham | 1665 | 1712 |
| Dighton | 1678 | 1712 |
| Pembroke | 1650 | 1712 |
| Lexington | 1640 | 1713 |
| Medway | 1657 | 1713 |
| Oxford | 1687 | 1713 |
| Rutland | 1686 | 1713 |
| Weston | 1642 | 1713 |
| Chilmark | 1671 | 1714 |
| Leicester | 1713 | 1714 |
| Sutton | 1704 | 1714 |
| Hopkinton | 1715 | 1715 |
| Littleton | 1686 | 1715 |
| Westborough | 1675 | 1717 |
| Brookfield | 1664 | 1718 |
| Sunderland | 1673 | 1718 |
| Bellingham | 1713 | 1719 |
| Northfield | 1673 | 1723 |
| Holliston | 1659 | 1724 |
| Walpole | 1659 | 1724 |
| Easton | 1694 | 1725 |
| Methuen | 1642 | 1725 |
| Stoneham | 1645 | 1725 |
| Kingston | 1620 | 1726 |
| Stoughton | 1713 | 1726 |
| Hanover | 1649 | 1727 |
| Provincetown | 1700 | 1727 |
| Shrewsbury | 1722 | 1727 |
| Southborough | 1660 | 1727 |
| Uxbridge | 1662 | 1727 |
| Lunenburg | 1721 | 1728 |
| Middleton | 1659 | 1728 |
| Bedford | 1640 | 1729 |
| Westford | 1635 | 1729 |
| Wilmington | 1639 | 1730 |
| Brimfield | 1706 | 1731 |
| Raynham | 1652 | 1731 |
| Dudley | 1714 | 1732 |
| Harvard | 1704 | 1732 |
| Townsend | 1676 | 1732 |
| Sheffield | 1726 | 1733 |
| Halifax | 1670 | 1734 |
| Tewksbury | 1637 | 1734 |
| Acton | 1680 | 1735 |
| Berkley | 1638 | 1735 |
| Grafton | 1718 | 1735 |
| Shutesbury | Franklin | 1735 |
| Upton | 1728 | 1735 |
| Bolton | 1682 | 1738 |
| Sturbridge | 1729 | 1738 |
| Waltham | 1634 | 1738 /1884 |
| Hardwick | 1737 | 1739 |
| Stockbridge | 1734 | 1739 |
| Wareham | 1678 | 1739 |
| Chelsea | 1624 | 1739 /1857 |
| Leominster | 1653 | 1740 /1915 |
| Blandford | 1735 | 1741 |
| Holden | 1723 | 1741 |
| Warren | 1664 | 1742 |
| Pelham | 1738 | 1743 |
| Lincoln | 1650 | 1754 |
| Petersham | 1733 | 1754 |
| Greenwich ** | 1739 | 1754 |
| Belchertown | 1731 | 1761 |
| Colrain | 1735 | 1761 |
| Great Barrington | 1726 | 1761 |
| Pittsfield | 1752 | 1761 /1891 |
| Athol | 1735 | 1762 |
| Bernardston | 1738 | 1762 |
| Chesterfield | 1760 | 1762 |
| Sandisfield | 1750 | 1762 |
| Templeton | 1751 | 1762 |
| Tyringham | 1735 | 1762 |
| Warwick | 1739 | 1763 |
| Wilbraham | 1730 | 1763 |
| Winchendon | 1753 | 1764 |
| Newburyport | 1635 | 1764 /1851 |
| Fitchburg | 1730 | 1764 /1872 |
| Ashburnham | 1736 | 1765 |
| Ashfield | 1743 | 1765 |
| Becket | 1740 | 1765 |
| Charlemont | 1742 | 1765 |
| Chester | 1760 | 1765 |
| Lanesborough | 1753 | 1765 |
| Richmond | 1760 | 1765 |
| Royalston | 1762 | 1765 |
| Williamstown | 1749 | 1765 |
| Ashby | 1676 | 1767 |
| Granby | 1727 | 1768 |
| Worthington | 1764 | 1768 |
| Westminster | 1737 | 1770 |
| Peru | 1767 | 1771 |
| Princeton | 1743 | 1771 |
| Whately | 1672 | 1771 |
| Williamsburg | 1735 | 1771 |
| Windsor | 1767 | 1771 |
| Alford | 1740 | 1773 |
| Otis | 1735 | 1773 |
| Barre | 1720 | 1774 |
| Leverett | 1713 | 1774 |
| West Springfield | 1660 | 1774 |
| Amherst | 1703 | 1775 |
| Charlton | 1735 | 1775 |
| Cohasset | 1647 | 1775 |
| Conway | 1762 | 1775 |
| Danvers | 1636 | 1775 |
| Douglas | 1721 | 1775 |
| Egremont | 1730 | 1775 |
| Granville | 1736 | 1775 |
| Greenfield | 1686 | 1775 |
| Hubbardston | 1734 | 1775 |
| Huntington | 1769 | 1775 |
| Lenox | 1750 | 1775 |
| Ludlow | 1751 | 1775 |
| Mansfield | 1659 | 1775 |
| Monson | 1715 | 1775 |
| Montague | 1715 | 1775 |
| New Braintree | 1709 | 1775 |
| New Marlborough | 1738 | 1775 |
| New Salem | 1737 | 1775 |
| Northborough | 1672 | 1775 |
| Northbridge | 1704 | 1775 |
| Oakham | 1749 | 1775 |
| Palmer | 1727 | 1775 |
| Paxton | 1749 | 1775 |
| Pepperell | 1720 | 1775 |
| Sharon | 1650 | 1775 |
| Shelburne | 1756 | 1775 |
| Shirley | 1720 | 1775 |
| South Hadley | 1659 | 1775 |
| Southampton | 1732 | 1775 |
| Southwick | 1770 | 1775 |
| Spencer | 1721 | 1775 |
| Wales | 1726 | 1775 |
| Ware | 1717 | 1775 |
| Wellfleet | 1724 | 1775 |
| West Stockbridge | 1766 | 1775 |
| Hancock | 1767 | 1776 |
| Lee | 1760 | 1777 |
| Washington | 1760 | 1777 |
| Adams | 1762 | 1778 |
| Auburn | 1714 | 1778 |
| Foxborough | 1704 | 1778 |
| Franklin | 1660 | 1778 |
| Westhampton | 1762 | 1778 |
| Buckland | 1779 | 1779 |
| Cummington | 1762 | 1779 |
| Mount Washington | 1692 | 1779 |
| Carlisle | 1650 | 1780 |
| Milford | 1662 | 1780 |
| Montgomery | 1767 | 1780 |
| Wayland | 1638 | 1780 |
| Goshen | 1761 | 1781 |
| Natick | 1718 | 1781 |
| Wendell | 1754 | 1781 |
| Sterling | 1720 | |
| Longmeadow | 1644 | 1783 |
| Middlefield | 1780 | 1783 |
| Dalton | 1755 | 1784 |
| Heath | 1765 | 1785 |
| Rowe | 1762 | 1785 |
| Gardner | 1764 | 1785 /1923 |
| Boylston | 1705 | 1786 |
| Phillipston | 1751 | 1786 |
| Westport | 1670 | 1787 |
| New Bedford | 1640 | 1787 /1847 |
| Carver | 1660 | 1790 |
| Somerset | 1677 | 1790 |
| Hawley | 1760 | 1792 |
| Russell | 1782 | 1792 |
| Quincy | 1625 | 1792 /1888 |
| Cheshire | 1766 | 1793 |
| Dennis | 1639 | 1793 |
| Gill | 1776 | 1793 |
| Hamilton | 1638 | 1793 |
| Randolph | 1710 | 1793 |
| Canton | 1630 | 1797 |
| Orleans | 1693 | 1797 |
| Savoy | 1777 | 1797 |
| Clarksburg | 1764 | 1798 |
| Burlington | 1641 | 1799 |
| Dana ** | 1800 | |
| Brewster | 1656 | 1803 |
| Fall River | 1656 | 1803 /1854 |
| Hinsdale | 1763 | 1804 |
| Florida | 1783 | 1805 |
| Brighton | 1630 | 1806/1874 |
| Arlington | 1630 | 1807 |
| Plainfield | 1770 | 1807 |
| West Boylston | 1642 | 1808 |
| Easthampton | 1664 | 1809 |
| Leyden | 1738 | 1809 |
| Tyngsborough | 1661 | 1809 |
| Orange | 1746 | 1810 |
| Tolland | 1750 | 1810 |
| Berlin | 1665 | 1812 |
| Fairhaven | 1670 | 1812 |
| Seekonk | 1636 | 1812 |
| Wakefield | 1639 | 1812 |
| North Brookfield | 1664 | |
| Millbury | 1716 | 1813 |
| Lynnfield | 1638 | 1814 |
| Saugus | 1630 | 1815 |
| Enfield ** | — | 1815 |
| Southbridge | 1730 | 1816 |
| Essex | 1634 | 1819 |
| West Newbury | 1635 | 1819 |
| Hanson | 1632 | 1820 |
| Brockton | 1700 | 1821 /1881 |
| Prescott ** | 1821 | |
| Monroe | 1800 | 1822 |
| West Bridgewater | 1651 | 1822 |
| East Bridgewater | 1649 | 1823 |
| Lowell | 1653 | 1826 /1836 |
| Webster | 1713 | 1832 |
| Boxborough | 1680 | 1835 |
| Holland | 1725 | 1835 |
| New Ashford | 1762 | 1835 |
| Dover | 1635 | 1836 |
| Erving | 1801 | 1838 |
| Georgetown | 1639 | 1838 |
| Rockport | 1623 | 1840 |
| Somerville | 1630 | 1842 /1872 |
| Blackstone | 1662 | 1845 |
| Ashland | 1750 | 1846 |
| Revere | 1630 | 1846 /1914 |
| Monterey | 1739 | 1847 |
| Lawrence | 1655 | 1847 /1853 |
| West Brookfield | 1664 | 1848 |
| Chicopee | 1652 | 1848 /1890 |
| Norwell | 1634 | 1849 |
| Clinton | 1654 | 1850 |
| Groveland | 1639 | 1850 |
| Winchester | 1640 | 1850 |
| Holyoke | 1745 | 1850 /1873 |
| Melrose | 1629 | 1850 /1899 |
| West Roxbury * | 1630 | 1851 1874 |
| Marion | 1679 | 1852 |
| Swampscott | 1629 | 1852 |
| Winthrop | 1635 | 1852 |
| Lakeville | 1717 | 1853 |
| Nahant | 1630 | 1853 |
| North Reading | 1651 | 1853 |
| Agawam | 1635 | 1855 |
| North Andover | 1644 | 1855 |
| Mattapoisett | 1750 | 1857 |
| Belmont | 1636 | 1859 |
| Acushnet | 1659 | 1860 |
| Gosnold | 1641 | 1864 |
| Hudson | 1699 | 1866 |
| Peabody | 1626 | 1868 /1916 |
| Hyde Park * | 1630 | 1868 annexe |
| Aquinnah | 1669 | 1870 |
| Mashpee | 1660 | 1870 |
| Norfolk | 1795 | 1870 |
| Everett | 1630 | 1870 /1892 |
| Ayer | 1668 | 1871 |
| Maynard | 1638 | 1871 |
| Holbrook | 1710 | 1872 |
| Norwood | 1678 | 1872 |
| Rockland | 1673 | 1874 |
| Whitman | 1670 | 1875 |
| Merrimac | 1638 | 1876 |
| Hampden | 1741 | 1878 |
| North Adams | 1737 | 1878 /1895 |
| Oak Bluffs | 1642 | 1880 |
| Wellesley | 1660 | 1881 |
| Bourne | 1640 | 1884 |
| Millis | 1657 | 1885 |
| Hopedale | 1660 | 1886 |
| North Attleborough | 1669 | 1887 |
| Avon | 1700 | 1888 |
| West Tisbury | 1669 | 1892 |
| East Longmeadow | 1740 | 1894 |
| Westwood | 1640 | 1897 |
| Plainville | 1661 | 1905 |
| Millville | 1662 | 1916 |
| East Brookfield | 1664 | 1920 |
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