Regions of Massachusetts
- Central Massachusetts includes Worcester County and far northwestern Middlesex County
- Blackstone Valley
- Montachusett-North County
- South County
- Eastern Massachusetts includes Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, most of Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk Counties
- Central Eastern Massachusetts:
- Greater Boston
- MetroWest
- Northern Eastern Massachusetts:
- Cape Ann
- Merrimack Valley
- North Shore
- Southern Eastern Massachusetts:
- Cape Cod
- The Islands
- South Shore
- Southeastern Massachusetts (a locally named region that does not encompass the entire southeastern geographical area of the state)
- South Coast
- Central Eastern Massachusetts:
- Western Massachusetts includes Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties
- The Berkshires
- Pioneer Valley
- Quabbin Valley
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