Archaic Names
Many municipalities have changed names.
Old name | Modern name | County | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Acushena | Dartmouth | Bristol | |
Agawam | Dartmouth | Bristol | Different from Agawam in Hampden County |
Andrewstown | Chesterfield | Hampshire | |
Apponegansett | Dartmouth | Bristol | |
Ashuelot Equivalent | Dalton | Berkshire | |
Attleborough | Attleboro | Bristol | The -ugh was dropped when the city was re-incorporated in 1914 |
Barnardstone's Grant | Florida | Berkshire | |
Basse River | Beverly | Essex | |
Belcher’s Town | Belchertown | Hampshire | |
Berkshire Equivalent | Florida | Berkshire | |
Billirikey | Billerica | Middlesex | |
Blue Hill Lands | Braintree | Norfolk | |
Boggestow | Sherborn | Middlesex | |
Boston Township Number One | Charlemont | Franklin | |
Boston Township Number Two | Colrain | Franklin | |
Bullock's Grant | Florida | Berkshire | |
Bullocks Grant | Clarksburg | Berkshire | |
Cabotville | Chicopee | Hampden | |
Cambridge Farms | Lexington | Middlesex | |
Cambridge South Parish | Brighton | Suffolk | |
Cape Ann | Gloucester | Essex | Different from the modern definition of Cape Ann, which includes Gloucester, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport |
Chabakongomum | Dudley | Worcester | |
Chabanagungamug | Dudley | Worcester | |
Chappequiddick | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Charley Mount | Charlemont | Franklin | |
Charlton | Charlestown | Suffolk | |
Chebacco | Essex | Essex | |
Chequocket | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Chuckomug | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Coa | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Cochickawick | Andover | Essex | |
Cochituit | Andover | Essex | |
Cokachoise | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Cold Spring | Belchertown | Hampshire | |
Colechester | Salisbury | Essex | |
Conahasset | Cohasset | Norfolk | |
Concord Village | Acton | Middlesex | |
Contentment | Dedham | Norfolk | |
Cotachesett | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Cottage City | Oak Bluffs | Dukes | |
Danforth's Farms | Framingham | Middlesex | |
District of Carlisle | Carlisle | Middlesex | |
Dorchester Village | Canton | Norfolk | |
Dorchester-Canada Plantation | Ashburnham | Worcester | |
Ducksburrow | Duxbury | Plymouth | |
Duxburrow Plantation | Bridgewater | Plymouth | |
East Hoosuck Plantation | Adams | Berkshire | |
East Sudbury | Wayland | Middlesex | |
Edgar Towne | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Emesbury | Amesbury | Essex | |
Erving's Grant | Enfield | Hampshire | |
Fair Haven Village | Fairhaven | Bristol | |
Falls Fight | Bernardston | Franklin | |
Falltown Plantation | Bernardston | Franklin | |
Five Pound Island | Gloucester | Essex | |
Foords Farm | Bridgewater | Plymouth | |
Fort Massachusetts | Adams | Berkshire | |
Freeman's Purchase | Fall River | Bristol | |
Freemens Land | Freetown | Bristol | |
Gageborough | Windsor | Berkshire | |
Gay Head | Aquinnah | Dukes | |
Gay Head Indian District | Aquinnah | Dukes | |
Gerry | Phillipston | Worcester | |
Glasgow | Blandford | Hampden | |
Gloscester | Gloucester | Essex | |
Great Harbour | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Green Harbor | Duxbury | Plymouth | |
Greenwich | Enfield | Hampshire | |
Hack's Grant | Enfield | Hampshire | |
Hadley Third Precinct | Amherst | Hampshire | |
Hockamock | Easton | Bristol | |
Hockomock | Bridgewater | Plymouth | |
Housatonic Township Number Four | Becket | Berkshire | |
Huntstown Plantation | Ashfield | Franklin | |
Hutchinson | Barre | Worcester | |
Ipswich Eighth Parish | Essex | Essex | |
Iron Work Farm | Acton | Middlesex | |
Ketiticut | Bridgewater | Plymouth | |
Kokachoise | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Litchfield | Dunstable | Middlesex | |
Little Cambridge | Brighton | Suffolk | |
Little Salisbury | Amesbury | Essex | |
Lyttleton | Littleton | Middlesex | |
Manamoiet | Chatham | Barnstable | |
Manamoit Village | Chatham | Barnstable | |
Manamooskeagin | Abington | Plymouth | |
Manchaug | Sutton | Worcester | |
Manor of Tisbury | Chilmark | Dukes | |
Mattakeeset | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Mattakeeset | Duxbury | Plymouth | |
Mattapan | Dorchester | Suffolk | Section of Boston |
Mennems Moone | Dorchester | Suffolk | |
Menotomy | Arlington | Middlesex | |
Merry Mount | Merrymount | Norfolk | Neighborhood of Quincy |
Middlesex Gore | Dudley | Worcester | |
Mile & Half of Land | Attleboro | Bristol | |
Minot's Grant | Cummington | Hampshire | |
Mishawum | Charlestown | Suffolk | |
Mistic | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Mohootset | Carver | Plymouth | |
Monatiquot | Braintree | Norfolk | |
Monomoy | Chatham | Barnstable | |
Monument Village | Bourne | Barnstable | |
Moskeehtucketqut | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Mount Dagan | Braintree | Norfolk | |
Mount Wollaston | Merrymount | Norfolk | Neighborhood of Quincy |
Muddy River | Brookline | Norfolk | |
Murrayfield | Chester | Hampden | |
Murrayfield Grant | Cummington | Hampshire | |
Musketequid | Concord | Middlesex | |
Namassakeesett | Duxbury | Plymouth | |
Nashowakemmuck | Chilmark | Dukes | |
Nawsett | Eastham | Barnstable | |
New Glasgow | Blandford | Hampden | |
New Grant | Acton | Middlesex | |
New Hingham Plantation | Chesterfield | Hampshire | |
New Providence | Cheshire | Berkshire | |
New Providence Hill | Cheshire | Berkshire | |
New Providence Plantation | Adams | Berkshire | |
New Providence Purchase | Cheshire | Berkshire | |
New Rowley | Georgetown | Essex | |
New Sherburn | Douglas | Worcester | |
Newe Towne | Cambridge | Middlesex | Included modern Newton |
Newtown | Cambridge | Middlesex | Included modern Newton |
No Town Plantation | Buckland | Franklin | |
Nobscusset | Dennis | Barnstable | |
Noman's Land | Chilmark | Dukes | |
Noodles Island | Boston | Suffolk | |
North Bridgewater | Brockton | Plymouth | |
North Purchase | Attleboro | Bristol | |
North Sandwich | Bourne | Barnstable | |
North Wrentham | Norfolk | Norfolk | |
Nossett | Eastham | Barnstable | |
Noticock | Dunstable | Middlesex | |
Nottingham | Dunstable | Middlesex | |
Number Thirteen | Chelsea | Suffolk | |
Nunketest | Bridgewater | Plymouth | |
Nunnepog | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Passacomuck | Easthampton | Hampshire | |
Pawtucket | Chelmsford | Middlesex | |
Pawtucket | Dracut | Middlesex | |
Payquage Plantation | Athol | Worcester | |
Peymechit | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Plantation Chickleystown | Charlemont | Franklin | |
Plantation Number Five (1762 Township) | Cummington | Hampshire | |
Plantation Number Four | Becket | Berkshire | |
Plantation Number Nine (1762 Township) | Chester | Hampden | |
Plantation Number One (Western Township of 1762) | Chesterfield | Hampshire | |
Plantation Number One | Adams | Berkshire | |
Pocomtuck | Deerfield | Franklin | |
Podunke | Alford | Berkshire | |
Podunkville | Alford | Berkshire | |
Poguaige | Athol | Worcester | |
Pompositicut | Stow | Middlesex | |
Provincetown on Mills River | Athol | Worcester | |
Pullen Poynte | Chelsea | Suffolk | |
Pullin Point | Chelsea | Suffolk | |
Punkapoag | Canton | Norfolk | |
Quabaug Territory | Brookfield | Worcester | |
Quabaug Territory | East Brookfield | Worcester | |
Quaboag | Brookfield | Worcester | |
Quequechan Region | Fall River | Bristol | |
Quichickichick | Andover | Essex | |
Quinsigamond | Worcester | Worcester | |
Quobauge | Brookfield | Worcester | |
Rowley Village | Boxford | Essex | |
Rumney Marsh | Chelsea | Suffolk | |
Rutland District | Barre | Worcester | |
Sacconeesett | Falmouth | Barnstable | |
Salem Farms | Danvers | Essex | |
Salem Middle Parish | Danvers | Essex | |
Salem Village Parish | Danvers | Essex | |
Salisbury-new-toune | Amesbury | Essex | |
Santuite | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Satucket | Brewster | Barnstable | |
Satuite | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Sawkatucket | Brewster | Barnstable | |
Scipuiszet | Falmouth | Barnstable | |
Sconticut | Fairhaven | Bristol | |
Seipuiszet | Falmouth | Barnstable | |
Sepoese | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Sepuit | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Sesuet | Dennis | Barnstable | |
Shawanon | Egremont | Berkshire | |
Shawanon Purchase | Alford | Berkshire | |
Shawmut | Boston | Suffolk | |
Shawshinnock | Billerica | Middlesex | |
Shawsin | Billerica | Middlesex | |
Sipnesset | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Skonkonet | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Skunkamug | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Slacksville | Plainville | Norfolk | |
South Malden | Everett | Middlesex | |
South Parish | Enfield | Hampshire | |
South Purchase | Dighton | Bristol | |
South Reading | Wakefield | Middlesex | |
South Redding | Wakefield | Middlesex | |
Springfield Parish | Dover | Norfolk | |
Squantums Neck | Quincy | Norfolk | Annexed to Dorchester 1641, annexed to Quincy 1792 |
Suckanesset | Falmouth | Barnstable | |
Sudbury | Wayland | Middlesex | |
Suffield Equivalent Lands | Blandford | Hampden | |
Tamahappaseeacon | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Taunton | Dighton | Bristol | Different from modern Taunton |
Taunton North Purchase | Easton | Bristol | |
Tiverton | Freetown | Bristol | Different from modern Tiverton, Rhode Island |
Tragabigzanda | Gloucester | Essex | |
Tremont | Boston | Suffolk | |
Trimountaine | Boston | Suffolk | |
Troy | Fall River | Bristol | |
Turkey Hill | Fitchburg | Worcester | |
Vinson's Cove | Gloucester | Essex | |
Wameset | Chelmsford | Middlesex | |
Waqua | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Ward | Auburn | Worcester | |
Washqua | Edgartown | Dukes | |
Waskotussoo | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
Watatick Hill | Ashburnham | Worcester | |
Wattuppa | Freetown | Bristol | |
Weguasset | Chatham | Barnstable | |
Wellington | Dighton | Bristol | |
Wequaquet | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
West Cambridge | Arlington | Middlesex | |
West Hoosuck | Williamstown | Berkshire | |
West Sandwich | Bourne | Barnstable | |
Weymouth Canada | Ashfield | Franklin | |
Willard’s Farm | Acton | Middlesex | |
Winnissimet | Chelsea | Suffolk | |
Wyngaersheek | Gloucester | Essex | |
Yanno's Land | Barnstable | Barnstable | |
York | Egremont | Berkshire |
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