Massachusetts Counties Selection List |
|---|
| County | Date
Formed |
Parent County | County Seat | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable | 1685 | New Plymouth Colony | Barnstable | Ray Sears |
| Berkshire | 1761 | Hampshire | Pittsfield | Dawn Newton |
| Bristol | 1685 | New Plymouth Colony | Taunton | Don Wright |
| Dukes | 1683 | none | Edgartown | Chris Baer |
| Essex | 1643 | none | Lawrence, Newburyport, Salem | John Slaughter Jodi Salerno |
| Franklin | 1811 | Hampshire | Greenfield | Sue Downhill |
| Hampden | 1812 | Hampshire | Springfield | Dawn Newton |
| Hampshire | 1662 | Middlesex | Northampton | Sue Downhill |
| Middlesex | 1643 | none | Cambridge, Lowell | Michael Lewis |
| Nantucket | 1695 | none | Nantucket | David Sylvester |
| Norfolk | 1793 | Suffolk | Dedham | Don Wright |
| Plymouth | 1685 | New Plymouth Colony | Plymouth | Dale H. Cook |
| Suffolk | 1643 | none | Boston | Denise Wells |
| Worcester | 1731 | Suffolk, Middlesex | Worcester | Betty Thomas |
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