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5 days ago · Massachusetts, constituent state of the United States of America. It was one of the original 13 states and is one of the 6 New England states, lying in the northeastern corner of the country.
6 days ago · Boston, city, capital of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and seat of Suffolk county, in the northeastern United States. It lies on Massachusetts Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The city proper has an unusually small area for a major city, and more than one-fourth of the total—including part of the Charles River, Boston Harbor ...
6 days ago · The United States is a country in North America that is a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
Sep 29, 2024 · Nantucket, island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S., across Nantucket Sound. It is separated from Martha’s Vineyard (15 miles [24 km] west) by the Muskeget Channel.
The votes of the public determine electors, who formally choose the president through the electoral college. The number of electors a state receives is determined by the combined number of the state’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Oct 4, 2024 · Andover, town (township), Essex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies in the Merrimack River valley just south of Lawrence and 20 miles (32 km) north of Boston. Settled in 1642, it was incorporated in 1646 and named for Andover, England, home of many of the early colonists.
Quincy, city, Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., on Boston Harbor, just southeast of Boston. In 1625 the site, which was settled by Captain Wollaston, was given the name Mount Wollaston, and a short time afterward, under the leadership of Thomas Morton, it was renamed Merry Mount; in 1627
Oct 23, 2024 · Cape Cod, hooked sandy peninsula of glacial origin encompassing most of Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, has a breadth of between 1 and 20 miles (1.6 and 32 km), and is bounded by Cape Cod Bay (north and west), Buzzards Bay.
Barnstable, city, Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It is situated between Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound, on the “biceps” of Cape Cod. It was settled in 1638 by farmers who were attracted to the site by salt hay found in the surrounding marshes, and in 1685 it was designated.
Massachusetts, officially Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State, northeastern U.S. Area: 10,554 sq mi (27,336 sq km). Population: (2020) 7,029,917; (2023 est.) 7,001,399. Capital: Boston. One of the New England states, Massachusetts lies on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered by Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.
