This is a list of villages in
, arranged alphabetically.
In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see
List of municipalities in Massachusetts) which is the smallest official form of government. The terms "community", "district", "neighborhood", and "section" are often used to describe these non-municipal entities, which vary considerably in size and relative geographic isolation.
Boundaries are sometimes ambiguous, though the
United States Census uses the term
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
when it assigns boundaries to these entities (based on local usage) for the purpose of tabulating community demographics. Many villages have
neighborhood associations.
Active
Inactive
The following names are also currently or were formerly used to describe places in Massachusetts:
See also
*
List of municipalities in Massachusetts
*
:Census-designated places in Massachusetts
References
Turners Falls Montague Franklin
External links
Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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