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Judge of Probate and Insolvency-George White (R), Wellesley, $2,800.
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Jonathan Cobb (R), Dedham, $2,300.
Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency-John D. Cobb (R), Dedham. $1,200.
Sheriff and Master House of Correction-Samuel H. Capen (D-R), Ded- bam, $1,200.
Special Sheriff (appointed by the sheriff)-Howard Colburn, Dedham.
Deputy Sheriff's (appointed by the sheriff)-D. Edward Beede, Brookline;
The County Commissioners of Middlesex county have jurisdiction over Revere and Winthrop Suffolk county.
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MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.
Norfolk County-Continued.
Oscar D. Capen, Canton; Edward E. Wentworth, Cohasset; Howard Col- burn, Dedham; Jerome B. Fitzpatrick, Franklin; Charles E. Jenny, Hyde Park; William Wragg, Needham: George H. Fleld, Quincy; Thomas Farrell, Randolph; George W. Conant, Weymouth; Charles C. Henry, Wellesley.
Clerk of Courts-Louis A. Cook (R), Weymouth, $2,800.
County Treasurer-Charles H. Smith (R), Dedham, $2,000.
Register of Deeds-John H. Burdakin, Dedham, $3,000.
Assistant Register of Deeds-Edward L. Burdaken, Dedham, $1,600.
County Commissioners (compensation, $4,200, divided)-Thomas Blanchard (R), Stoughton; James Hewins (R), Medfield; Edwin D. Wadsworth (R), Milton. Meetings-At Dedham on the 3d Tuesday of April, 4th Tues- day of June and September, and last Wednesday of December.
Special Commissioners-John Everett, Canton; Lewis R. Whitaker
(R), Franklin.
Masters in Chancery-Henry B. Terry (R), Hyde Park; Chester A. Reed (D), Dedham; James E. Tirrell, Quincy; William T. Way, Stoughton.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Inc. 1865. Pop. 101,498. Shire Town, Plymouth.
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Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Benjamin W. Harris (R), East Bridge- water, $2,000.
Register of Probate and Insolvency-John C. Sullivan (R), Middleboro, $1,800.
Sheriff-Alpheus K. Harmon (R), Plymouth, $900.
Special Sheriff (appointed by the sheriff)-Willard Torrey, Norwell.
Deputy Sheriffs (appointed by the sheriff)-Josiah Cushman, Abington; Henry S. Porter and George A. Wheeler, Brockton; William L. Alden, Dux- bury; Charles Spring, Hingham; James Cole and Everett T. Lincoln, Middleboro; James B. Collingwood, Plymouth; James W. Hurley, Wareham; George E. Hussey, Whitman.
Clerk of Courts-Edward E. Hobart (D), Plymouth, $2,000.
County Treasurer-Albert Davis (R), Whitman, $1,200.
Register of Deeds-William S. Danforth (R), Plymouth, $2,600.
County Commissioners (compensation $2,700, divided)-Walter H. Faunce (R), Kingston; William Rankin (R), Brockton; Jedediah Dwelley (R), Han- over. Meetings-At Plymouth on the 1st Tuesday of January and August, and the 3d Tuesday of March.
Special Commissioners-Ezeklel R. Studley (R), Rockland; Albert T. Sprague (R), Marshfield.
Masters in Chancery-Joseph O. Burdett, Hingham; Frank M. Reynolds, Hull.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Inc. 1643. Pop. 539,799. Shire Town, Boston.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency-John W. MeKim (R), Boston, $5,000; Robert Grant (D), Boston, $5,000.
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Elljah George (D), Boston, $5,000.
Assistant Register-Eugene Tappan, Boston, $2,800.
Sheriff-John B. O'Brien (R), Boston, $3,000.
Special Sheriff (appointed by the sheriff)-Fred H. Seavey, Boston.
Master of House of Correctlon-John P. Whiton, Boston.
Deputy Sheriff's (appointed by the sheriff)-John F. Kelley, Joseph P. Siisby. Jr., Robert E. Maguire, Franels Martin, Jeremiah G. Fennessey, Albert C. Tilden, all at office, Court House, Pemberton square, Boston.
Clerk of Supreme Judlelal Court-John Noble, Boston, $6,500.
Assistant Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court-Clarence H. Cooper, Boston, $2,500.
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.COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk of Superior Court (civil session)-Joseph A. Willard (R), Boston, $6,500.
Clerk of Superior Court (criminal session)-John P. Manning (D), Boston, $6,000.
County Treasurer-Alfred T. Turner (R), Boston. (Treasurer of the city of Boston.)
County Auditor-James H. Dodge (R), Boston. (Auditor of the city of Bos- *on.)
Register of Deeds-Thomas F. Temple (R), Boston, $5,500.
Masters in Chancery-Henry H. Smith, Hyde Park; John H. Sherburne, Henry S. Dewey, James F. Farley, Edward J. Jones, Edwin H. Darling, David Benshlmol, Charles E. Grinnell, David H. Coolidge, Andrew Fiske, William M. Butler, Boston.
NOTE .- In the city of Boston the Board of Aldermen have all the powers and duties of County Commissioners, except in relation to trials by jury and re- covery of damages in such trials, in cases of laying out and discontinuing highways and appeals from assessors for abatement of taxes.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Inc. 1731. Pop. 306,445. Shire Towns, Worcester and Fitchburg.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency-William T. Forbes (R), Westboro, $3,500. Register of Probate and Insolvency-George H. Harlow (R), Worcester, $3.000.
Assistant Register-Frederick H. Chamberlain, Worcester, $1,800.
Sheriff-Robert H. Chamberlain (R), Worcester, $2,500.
Special Sheriff (appointed by the sheriff)-Benjamin D. Dwinnell, Fitch- burg.
Deputy Sheriffs (appointed by the sheriff)-William H. Richardson, Ash- burnham; Roswell L. Doane, Athol; Sylvester Bothwell, Barre; John Nugent, Blackstone; Charles A. Bartlett, Clinton; Edwin P. Heath, Douglas; Warren E. Tarbell, East Brookfield; John P. Ranger, North Brookfield; Benj. D. Dwin- nell (at Fitchburg jail), John J. Sheehan, Horace IN. Gove and Henry G. Greene, Fitchburg; Henry A. Turner, Gardner; Geo. F. Hillman, Furnace, Hardwick; Edward W. Merrick, Holden; Nathan E. Metcalf, Leominster; Abbott A. Jenkins and Henry C. Snell, Milford; Hamilton Boyd, Northbridge; F. D. Newton (P. O. Fayville), Southboro; Franklin Jacobs, Southbridge; Henry P. Draper, Spencer; Edmund O. Bacon, Uxbridge, Walter A. Putnam, War- ren; Maurice P. Clare, Webster; William Magner, Westboro; Emory A. Ba- con and F. H. Baldwin, West Boylston; Robert Callahan, Winchendon; James M. Drennan, Charles Sibley (at court), James Early, David H. Hayter, James Hunt, William W. Scott and W. Ansel Washburn (at Worcester jail), Worcester.
Clerk of Courts-Thecdore S. Johnson (R), Worcester, $5,200.
County Treasurer-Edward A. Brown (R), Worcester, $2,200.
Registers of Deeds-Worcester District, Harvey B. Wilder (R), Worcester, $3,000; Northern District, David H. Merriam (R), Fitchburg, $1,800.
County Commissioners (compensation. $4,950, divided)-George W. Cook (R), Barre; Henry G. Taft (R), Uxbridge; Emerson Stone (R), Spencer. Meet- Ings-At Worcester every Tuesday; at Fitchburg the last Wednesday of each month.
Special Commissioners-Howard M. Lane (R), Leominster; S. Augustus Howe (R), Gardner.
Masters in Chancery-George M. Woodward, Frederick B. Harlow, Charles R. Jolinson, Charles T. Tatman, all of Worcester.
Trial Justices-Chauncey W. Carter, Leominster; Sylvander Bothwell, North Brookfield; Denis Healey, Hardwick; Henry E. Cottle, Brookfield; Frank B. Spalter, Winchendon; Albert W. Curtis, Spencer; John W. Tyler. Warren; Horace W. Bush, West Brookfield; Matthew Walker, Barre; Harry C. Bascom, Leominster.
TABLES OF AGGREGATES.
Showing the Area, Population, Polls, Registered Voters, Valuation, Tax Rate and vote on Liquor License question of each Town and City in the Commonwealth.
TOWNS AND CITIES.
Area. Square Miles.
Pop. 1890, U. S. Pop. 1895, State Census. Census.
No. Polis.
Reg. Voters, State Elect'n.
Valuation.
Tax Rate, 1898.
License Vote, 1899.
Abington, .
10.2
4,260
4,207
1,428
1,069
$2,321,961 $21.70
No.
Acton,
20.0
1,897
1,978
672
471
1,538,050|
11.00
No.
Acushnet, .
17.4
1,027
1,115
277
256
637,970|
14.00
No.
Adams,
23.4
9,213
7,837
2.342
1,514
4,612,182
19.50
Yes.
Agawam, .
24.9
2,352
2,408
694
471
1,339,820| 13.80
Yes.
Alford,
11.1
297
280
80
66
167,926|
10.00
No.
Amesbury,
12.9
9,798
9,986
2,633
1,762
5,132,066
14.00
No.
Amherst, .
26.9
4,512
4,785
1,137
986
3,220.764
16.00
No.
Andover,
32.4
6,142
6,145
1,327
1,211
4,854.677|
15.00
No.
Arlington, .
5.2
5,629
6.515
2,251
1,354
8.372.350
17.90
No.
Ashburnham,
41.6
2,074
2,148
520
399
1.021,575
17.50
No.
Ashby,
23.3
825
804
264
236
466,180
15.00
No.
Ashland,
12.5
2,532
2,090
523
387
1,133,718
17.90
No.
Athol,
34.4
6,319
7,364
2,092
1,490
4,055,925
19.20
Yes.
Attleboro, .
27.6
7.577
8,288
2,628
1,493
5,992,992
18.50
No.
Auburn,
16.5
1,532
1,598
359
227
562,408.
14.80
No.
Avon, .
4.5
1,384
1.626
497
423
819,435
18.40
No.
Ayer. .
9.4
2,148
2,101
681
436
1,450,329|
15.40|
. Yes.
Barnstable,
74.0
4,023
4.055
1,15:2
1.105
3,937,090
11.00
No.
Becket,
51.4
946
888
302
209
428.729
16.00
No.
Bedford,
14.1
1,092
1,169
305
503
864,925
16.00
No.
Bellingham.
17.8
1,334
1,481
414
.250
749,570
14.20
No.
Belmont, .
4.6
2,098
2,843
938
516
4,870,455
15.00
No.
Berkley,
17.1
894
955
281
207
391,250
12.00!
No.
Berlin,
13.6
884
897
259
216
482.285
9.50
No.
Bernardston,
22.1
770
778
223
191
393.333
14.50
No.
BEVERLY, .
16.8
10,821
11.806
3.677
2,545
15,299,775
15.00
No.
Billerica,
26 0
2.380
2,577
662
578
1,841.914
16.80
No.
Blackstone,
16.8
6,138
6,039
1,483
1,035
2,660,380
16,80
Yes.
Blandford,
52.9
871
849
232
442,490
15.50
No. No.
BOSTON,
38.2
448.477|496,920 161,164
97,238
1,036,099,418
13:60
Yes.
Bourne,
41.4
1,442
1,580
503
434
1,996,200
13.20
No.
Boxboro,
11.8
3:25
307
94
229,913
12.50
No.
Boxford,
25.4
865
727
216
178
726.236
8.90
No.
Boylston, .
18.9
770
729
142
374,361|
10.20
No.
Braintree, .
13.3
4,848
5,311
1,544
1,150
4,557.4:25
18.20
No.
Brewster, .
26.1
1.003
901
248
249
529,415
14.00
Yes.
Brimfield, .
35.2
1.096
962
2,80
207
406,598
17.00
No.
BROCKTON,
20.2
27,294
33.165
11,085
7,314
26,085.853
20.20
No.
Brookfield,
27.7
3,352
3.279
892
684
1.384,153
18.60
Yes.
Brookline,
6.8
12.103
16,164
5,090
3,228
66,527,000
11.80
No.
Buckland, .
20.1
1,570
1,548
459
386
557,150
20.00
No.
Burlington.
12.4
617
574
202
135
504.867
32.00!
No.
CAMBRIDGE,
6.4
70.028
81,643
21,824
12,703
89,551,090
16.40
No.
Canton,
19.2
4,538
4,636
1,333
992
3,927,058
16.00
Yes.
Carlisle,
16.1
481
492
180
124
319,237
13.00
No.
Carver,
41.5
994
1,016
250
202
843.940
9,25
No.
Charlemont,
26.4
972
1,041
294
340,929
22.00
No.
Charlton, .
43.8
1,847
1,877
557
417
887,630
12.40
No.
Chatham. .
16.2
1,954
1.809
574
535
838.275
17.00
No.
-
1,068.674|
15.50
No.
Belchertown,
55.1
2,120
2.161
551
250
516,721
18.00
No.
Ashfield,
39.7
1,025
1,013
628
-
1,445,845
13.00
No.
Barre,
45.7
2,239
2.278
238
177
495.793
14.00
Bolton,
19.8
827
797
Bridgewater,
28.1
4.219
4,686
1,165
854
2,396,965
16.30
No.
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TABLES OF AGGREGATES.
Area.
TOWNS AND CITIES.
Square Miles.
Pop. 1890, U. S. C'ensus.
Pop. 1895, State Census.
No. Polls.
Reg. Voters. State Elect'n.
Valuation.
Tax Rate, 1898.
License Vote, 1899.
Chelmsford,
23.3
2,695
3,162
1,049
728
$2,360,055 $11.00
No.
CHELSEA, .
2.3
27,909
31,264
9,319
5,975
23,292,408
17.40
No.
Cheshire, .
28.6
1,308
1,176
350
285
672,221
15.50
No.
Chester,
35.9
1,295
1,429
418
319
573,859
19.00
No.
Chesterfield,
32.4
608
589
180
173
279,603,
18.00
No.
CHICOPEE,
25.7
14,050
16,420
4,737
2,404
9,311,940
18.10
Yes.
Chilmark, .
19.4
353
304
107
-
216,210
8.20
No.
Clarksburg, Clinton, .
7.5 --
10,424
11,497
3,536
2,633
7,263,598|
18.20
Yes.
Cohasset, .
9.6
2,418
2.474
630
512
4.797,620
9.85
No.
Colrain,
32.0
1,671
1,610
448
315
585,606
22.00
Yes. No.
Concord,
25.2
4,427
5,175
1,257
785
3,839,970
13.33
Conway,
37.7
1,451
1,304
384
306
666,494
19.00
No.
Cottage City.
7.9
1,080
1,038
288
235
1,674,600
16.30
Yes.
Cummington,
22.8
787
750
199
207
285,580
18.00
No.
Dalton,
21.6
2,885
3,210
747
675
2,456,113|
15.00
No. Yes.
Dana,
19.6
700
717
237
170
314.041
14.40
Danvers,
13.8
7.454
8,181
2,184
1,630
4,976,575
19.20
No.
Dartmouth,
75.6
3,122
3,107
925
716
2,465,550
12.00
No.
Dedham,
6.0
7,123
7,211
2,057
1,476
8,268,373
16.80
No.
Deerfield, .
35.2
2,899
2,545
708
660
1,058,347
15.00
No.
Dighton,
22.8
1,889
1.797
496
396
796,089
15.80
No.
Douglas,
37.7
1.908
2,026
613
403
1,058,861
17.50
Yes.
Dover,
14.5
727
668
167
131
8:24,374
9,20
No.
Dracut,
21.3
1,996
2,443
778
474
2.066,720|
10.25
No.
Dudley,
22.3
2,944
3,203
780
466
1,021.529
19.40
Yes.
Duxbury,
25.5
1,908
1,966
565
419
1.562,667
14.00
No.
East Bridgewater,
17.5
2,911
2,894
879
614
1,418,560
16.80
No.
East Longmeadow,
13.4
1,591
413
218
626,185 310,318
9.60
No.
Easthampton,
14.3
4,395
4,790
1,140
922
2,908.522
15.50
Yes.
Easton,
29.3
4,493
4,452
1,315
984
4,631,504
9.00
No.
Edgartown,
29.7
1,156
1,125|
370
311
. 717,178
16.10|
No.
Egremont,
19.1
845
836
226
200
436,039
12.50
No.
Enfield,
17.5
952
990
308
230
613,900
10.00
No.
Erving.
14.4
972
964
273
-201
394.537
21.00
Yes.
Essex,
15.3
1,713
1,587
508
435
979,934|
15.60
No.
EVERETT, .
3.4
11,068
18,573
6,192
3,319
15,644,400|
17.00
No.
Fairhaven.
13.2
2,919
3.338
1,018
650
2.954,772|
17.00
Yes.
Falmouth,
28.0
2,567
2,655
853
742
6,664,785
8.15
No.
Florida,
24.1
436
425
113
75
151,814|
22.00
No.
Foxboro,
19.9
2,933
3.219
848
708
2,018,008
15.40
No.
Framingham,
25.4
9,239
9,512
2,959
2,348
8,341,370
15.00
No.
Franklin, .
27.3
4,831
5,136
1,267
852
2,927.695
16.00
No.
Freetown .
36.2
1,417
1,405
345
288
828,051
11.00
No.
Gardner,
23.1
8,424
9,1822
3,225
1,877
5,192,981
22.00
Yes.
Gay Head,
5.2
139
169
37
30
25,863,
10.00
No.
Georgetown,
14.0
2.117
2,050
583
526
1,015,405
16.60
No.
Gill,
14.6
960
1,082
233
182
482.415
11.00
No.
GLOUCESTER,
27.1
24,651
28,211
6,852
4,466
15,587,326
17.60
Yes.
Goshen.
17.1
297
304
82
69
136,635
21.00
No.
Gosnold,
13.2
135
140
43
224,876
5.18
No.
Grafton,
22.7
5,002
5,101
1,262
801
2,398,457
17.00
Yes.
Granby,
27.5
1765
748
220
164
431,223
14.30
No.
Granville, .
45.3
1,061
1,005
251
219
356,654|
24.00
No.
Great Barrington,
48.7
4,612
4,794
1,578 2,304
1,644|
5,878,070
18.00
Yes.
Greenwich,
20.0
526
481
150
122
250,690
15.00
No.
Groton,
33.7
2,057
2,192
533
407
3,021,218
7.00
No.
Groveland,
8.7
2,191
2,333
682
554
973,193
17.50
No.
Hadley,
.
24.8
1,669
1,704
539
357
960,895
16.50
Yes.
No.
FALL RIVER,
37.8
74,398
89,203
25,532
13,064
70,941,286
17.80
No.
FITCHBURG,
28.5
22,037
26,409
8,441
4,834
22,418,118
18.60
Dunstable,
16.8
416
400
131
291,136
15.00
No.
Eastham, .
16.1
602
476
164
139
12.75
No.
2,910
3,007
1,298,110;
11.50
No.
Dennis,
21.8
881
1,009
183
234,587
20.00
No.
Greenfield,
20.0
5.252
6.2229
1,125
3,418,954
12.50
No.
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12.4
168
MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.
Tables of Aggregates-Continued.
TOWNS AND CITIES.
Square Miles.
Pop. 1800. U. S. Census.
Pop. 1835, State C'ensus.
No. Polls.
Reg. Voters. State Elect'n.
Valuation.
Tax Rate, 1898.
License Vote, 1899.
Halifax,
17.1
562
497
157
106
$270,080 $14.20
No.
Hamilton, .
14.9
961
1,356
342
262
1.910,155
7.30
No.
Hampden, .
18.9
831
743
227
159
393,512
11.75
No.
Hancock, .
37.7
506
511
126
100
298,697
10.50
No.
Hanover, .
- 13.4
2.093
2,051
579
500
1.203,995
15.50
No.
Hanson,
16.1
1,267
1,380
395
301
672,188
16.30
No.
Hardwick,
39.9
2,9:22
2,655
741
394
1,523,885
14.00
Yes.
Harvard,
25.8
+1,095
1.162
318
248
927,120
9.90
No.
Harwich,
22.5
2,734
2.532
707
659
1,098,840;
14.50
No.
Hatfield,
17.3
1,246
1,262
468
289
1,027,449
13 00
No.
HAVERHILL.
34.2
27,412
30,209
10,858
7,077
25,502,483
17.80
Yes.
Hawley,
30.8
515
468
141
136
142,506
22.00
No.
Heath,
25.0
503
476
1:28
116
152,293
18.50
No.
Hingham,
24.8
4,564
4.819
1,239
970
4,021,732
14.50
No.
Hinsdale, .
21.4
1,739
1,650
401
2298
559,780
17.30
No.
Holbrook, .
7.6
2,474
2,298
655
577
1.172,959
20.00
No.
Holden,
37.1
2,623
2.602
656
385
1,201,504
17.30
No.
Holland,
13.5
201
199
46
41
87,439
10.20
No.
Holliston, .
19.4
· 2,619
2,718
829
615
1,486,614
19.90
Yes.
HOLYOKE,
16.8
35,637
40,322
11,122
6,217
36,415,800
14.40
Yes.
Hopedale, .
5.7
1,176
1,377
479
335
3,268,260
10.00
No.
Hopkinton,
27.2
4.088
2,984
825
788
1.823,490
15.75
No.
Hudson,
12.2
4,670
5.308
1,587
1,081
2,903.242
18.60
Yes.
Huntington,
27.2
1,385
1.450
312
292
510,627
19.00
Yes.
Hyde Park,
4.6
0,193
11,826
3,200
2,445
9.966.615
17.00
Yes.
Kingston, .
19.3
1,659
1,746
513
416
1,389,235
10.00!
No.
Lakeville, .
36.1
935
870
255
188
159.803
11.25
Yes.
Lancaster,
28.3
2,201
2,180
535
356
3,095,438
12.10
No.
Lanesboro,
29.4
1,018
848
255
208
464,231
15.00
No.
LAWRENCE,
7.2
44,654
52.164
16,128
10,056
37,576.798
15.60
Yes.
Lee,
25.4
3,785
4,066
1,048
9:28
1.731,005
19.50
No.
Leicester, .
24.9
3.120
3,239
9-29
660
2.197,332
16.40
No.
Lenox,
24.0
2,889
2.872
78221
567
3.623.690
15.40
Yes.
Leominster,
29.4
7,269
9.211
3.093
1,974
6,527.549
22.50
No.
Leverett, .
23.8
702
744
218
161
275.621
15.20
No.
Lexington,
16.0
3,197
3,498
1,110
709
4.863.380
17.50
No.
Leyden,
28.5
407
363
105
104
191,180
18.00
No.
Lincoln,
14.8
987
1.111
3:21
183
1.971,310;
11.00
No.
Longmeadow,
11.2
2.183
*620
175
148
705.590
9.50
No.
LOWELL,
12.3
77,696
84.367
24.317
15.017
70.941.243
18.00
No.
Ludlow,
28.2
1,939
2,562
691
3:24
1.305,441
12.10
No.
Lunenburg,
29.1
1,146
1,237
367
251
774,277
14.50
No.
LYNN.
11.4
55.727
62 354
18.922
11.782
50,966,389|
17.60
Yes.
Lynnfield, .
10.0
787
818
247
185
653,646
14.00
No.
MALDEN, .
4.9
23.031
29,708
9.167
5,628
26.147,660
16.50
No.
Manchester.
6.8
1.789
1,876
555
426
7.531,420
8.00
No.
Mansfield, .
20.4
3.432
3,722
1,000
744
1.922,406
21.00
No.
Marblehead,
4.1
8,202
7,671
2,430
2.006|
5.640,290!
19.20
No.
Marion,
14.6
871
759
282
234
1.041,750
12.00;
No.
MARLBORO,
21.6
13.805
14.977
4.219
3,027
8,975.248
19.00
No.
Marshfield,
30.1
1,713
1,760
529
456
1.363,380
18.70
No.
Mashpee, .
28.0
298
330
89
90)
199.760
12.30
No.
Mattapoisett,
17.5
1,148
1,032
285
292
1.490,766
8.00
No.
Maynard, .
5.7
2,700
3,090
997
600!
2.232,984
14.60
Yes.
Medfield,
19.1
1.493
1,872
537
360
1.311,568
11.50
No.
MEDFORD,
7.1
11,079;
14,474
4,7722
3.016
18,936,050
17.80
No.
Medway,
13.8
2.985
2,913
790
641
1.382,335
20,50
Yes.
Melrose,
.5.1
8,519
11,965
3.689|
2.458
12.475,144|
16.70
No.
Mendon,
18.1
919
889
260
2207
539,680
13 001
No.
Merrimac, .
8.4
2,633
2,301
671
515
1.300,829
18.001
No.
Methuen, .
22.6
4.814
5,690
1,839
1,276
4.104.108
16.80
No.
.
35.5
4,439
4,720
1.171
869
3,054,356
14.00
No.
Hubbardston,
42.2
1,346
1,274
358
277
640,555
16.00
Yes.
Hull, .
2.2
989
1,044
317
247
3,799.939
17.20
No.
Ipswich,
Littleton, .
17.4
1,025
1,136
370
255
878.325
13.33
No.
.
* East Longmeadow set off in 1894.
Area.
TABLES OF AGGREGATES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Area. Square Miles.
l'op. 1890, U. S. Census.
Pop. 1895, State Census.
No. l'olls.
Reg. Voters, State Elect'n.
Valuation.
Tax Rate. 1898.
License Vote, 1899.
Middleboro,
72.1
6,065
6,689
1,983
1,526
$3,788.098 $19.00
No
Middlefield,
24.2
455
386
110
70
188,539
15.00
No.
Middleton,
14.9
924
838
240
172
545.060
14.50
No.
Milford,
15.0
8.780
8,959
3,021
2,097
5.499.275
17.50
Yes.
Millbury,
16.8
4,4:28
5,922
1,207
669
2.266,301
19.00
Yes.
Millis,
12.7
786
1,006
256
150
753.415
16.60
No.
Milton,
12.9
4.278
5,518
1,607
1,284
19,722,490
9.00
No.
Monroe
,
47.8
3,650
3,746
1,015
755
1,733,103.
16.50
No.
Montague, .
30.4
6,296
6,058
1,710
1.167
3,737,756
20.20|
No.
Monterey, .
28.2
495
464
129
97
230,092
16.67
No.
Montgomery,
15.0
266
275
80
141,210
10.00
No.
Mt. Washington.
22.5
148
136
31
26
82,136
15.00
Yes.
Nahant,
1.0
880
865
271
256
4,835,958
8,00
Yes.
Nantucket,
52.0
3,268
3,016
867
794
3.362,996
12.60
Yes.
Natick,
16.1
9,118
8,814
2,925
2,471
5,781.200
22.40
Yes.
Needham, .
12.7
3,035
3,511
1,123
717
3,296,700
15.80
No
New Ashford,
13.0
125
116
41
33
56.370|
19.40
No.
NEW BEDFORD,
20.1
40,733
55,251
15,472
8.280
57,352,126
19.20
Yes.
New Braintree,
21.4
573
54:2
177
108
410,450
11.70
No.
New Marlboro,
48.4
1,305
1,288
375
295
494.197
16.00|
No.
New Salem,
30.1
856
869
214
174
277,380
19.00
No.
Newbury, .
24.4
1,427
1,489
417
378
1.304,712
10.50
No.
NEWBURYPORT.
8.5
13,947
14,552
3,748
2,782
· 9,690,990
16.10
Yes.
NEWTON, .
27.5
24,379
27,590
9,0:29
4,938
55,296,300
16.20
No.
Norfolk,
14.8
913
88:2
256
166
530,331
14.40
No.
NORTH ADAMS,
18.9
16.074
19,135
5,555
3,446
9.390,675
21.80
Yes.
North Andover,
27.5
3,743
3.569
1,174
868
3,010,095
15.00
No
North Attleboro.
19.4
6,7:27
6,576
1,802
1,264
3,819.860
21.40
No.
North Brookfield,
22.2
3,871
4,635
1,357
971
1,832,578
22.50
No.
North Reading,
13.5
874
835
238
186
498.961
16.00
No.
NORTHAMPTON,
40.5
14,990
16,746
4,144
2,883
11,634,921
15.50
Yes.
Northboro,
18.6
1,952
1,940
585
360
1.235,715
17.00
No.
Northbridge,
19.0
3,871
4,635
1,673
8:28
3,198,566
12.40
No.
Northfield,
35.6
1,869
1,851
504
396
916,262
13.50
No.
Norton,
29.3
1,785
1,614
438
364
826,375
15.20
No.
Norwell,
21.0
1,635
1,540
499
396
860,457
13.50
No.
Norwood, .
10.0
3,733
4,574
1,495
994
4,000,012
19.30
No.
Oakham,
21.5
738
605
193
167
309,760
10.70
No.
Orange,
36.6
4,568
5,361
1,673
1,221
2,858,850
20.00
Yes.
Orleans,
20.8
1,219
1,198
306
290
562,187
14.00
No.
Otis,
37.8
583
518
150
133
203,012
15.00
Yes.
Oxford,
27.6
2,616
2.390
746
592
1,256,100
17.20
No.
Palmer,
32.5
6,520
6,858
1,906
1,222
2,726,691
19.10
Yes.
Paxton.
15.8
445
426
138
286,394
16.00
No.
Peabody, .
17.0
10,158
10,507
3,280
7,583.900
17.40
No.
Pelham,
25 4
486
486
125
107
180,087
17.00
No.
Pembroke,
24.8
1,320
1,223
368
299
631,455
18.50
No.
Pepperell, .
22.6
3,127
3,321
1,181
761
2,155,589
13.00
,Yes.
Peru, .
27.1
305
305
87
70
114,822
12.25
No.
Petersham,
38.2
1,050
952
264
220
620,411
12.60
No.
Phillipston.
24.1
502
460
136
96
268,030
17.20
No.
PITTSFIELD,
42.1
17,281
20,461
6.195
4,529
14,791,746
17.80
Yes.
Plainfield, .
21.8
435
450
126
116
155,795
15.00
No.
Plymouth,
109.3
7,314
7,957
2,456
1,718
6,942,225
17.20|
No.
Plympton,
15.0
597
549
154
138
316,538
12.30
No.
Prescott.
18 3
376
401
126
90
163,008
1.40
No.
Princeton,
36.5
98:2
952
310
216
832,868
12.00
No.
Provincetown, .
9.4
4,6-12
4,555
1,175
690
1,857,571
18.00
No.
QUINCY.
16.5
16,723
20,712
6,236
4,025
19,236,832
18.00
No.
Randolph, .
10.0
3.946
3,694
1,180
977
1,875,450
19.80
No.
Raynham, .
19.9
1,340
1,518
369
306
761.271
13.10|
No.
Reading.
10.1
4,088
4.717
1,444
1,101
4,044,439
18.00
No.
Rehoboth, .
45.1
1,786
1,810
456
307
702.714
16.80
No.
Revere,
5.9
5,668
7,4223
2,669
1,748
9.955,025
16.40
No.
.
11.1
282
298
102
60
137.797
21.00
No.
Monson,
111 2,411
.
169
170
MASSACHUSETTS YEAR BOOK.
Tables of Aggregates-Continued.
TOWNS AND CITIES.
Square Miles.
Pop. 1835, State Census. Census.
No. Polls.
Reg. Voters, State Elect'n.
Valuation.
Tax Rate. 1898.
License Vote, 183.
Richmond,
18.4
796
701
160
139
$324,542 $18.90
No ..
Rochester,
35.8
1,012
1,021
260
203
469,311|
16.00
No.
Rockland, .
10.1
5,213
5,523
1.689
1,484
2.986,226|
22.30
No.
Rockport, .
7.0
4,087
5,289
1,217
951
2,706,690
18.50
No.
Rowe, .
24.1
541
498
201
106
171,9851
16.50|
No.
Rowley,
18.2
1,248
1,272
404
344
662,8111
15.00
No.
Royalston,
43.7
1.030
890
255
208
464,353
15.00
No.
Russell,
18.9
879
816
171
151
481.415:
15.50
Yes.
Rutland,
33.3
980
978
281
197
574.821
16.50
No.
SALEM,
8.2
30,801
34,473
9,779
6,211
28.388,205
16.80
No.
Salisbury, .
20.3
1.316
1,300
400
368
650,660
12.20
Yes.
Sandisfield,
53.1
807
802
197
191
336,062
21.70
Yes.
Sandwich, .
69.8
1,819
1,580
385
396
919,250
14.00
No.
Saugus,
11.2
3,673
4,497
1,438
1,063
3,548,211
20.50.
No.
Savoy,
39.3
569
504
160
136
154,365
23.00
No.
Scituate,
17.8
2,318
2,246
689
6:27
2,529,226|
13.00
Yes.
Seekonk, .
17.9
1,317
1,465
346
239
926.405
11.50
No.
Sharon,
24.2
1,634
1,717
504
384:
1.810,575
12.00
No.
Sheffield,
50.7
1,954
1,897
462
405
860.423
17.40.
Yes.
Shelburne,
23.6
1.553
1,560
443
391
886,876
22.00
No.
Sherborn. .
17.6
1,381
1,446
304:
238
791,090;
12.60
No.
Shirley,
15.8
1,191
1,399
375
292
756,4461
14.50
No.
Shrewsbury,
21:6
1,449
1,524
426
330
1.140,501|
15.00
No.
Shutesbury,
26.6
453
444
110
101
164,110|
20.00
No.
Somerset, .
10.4
2,106
1,983
510
404
1.012.9861
14.00'
No.
SOMERVILLE,
5.5
40,152
52,200
16,321
8,492
50,681.425
17.90
No.
South Hadley, .
18.5
4.261
4,443
1,084
710
494,2921
15.00
No.
Southboro,
15.4
2,114
2,223
534
364
1.472.917
11.40
No.
Southbridge,
20.8
7,655
8,250
1.635
1,393
3,698.190
19.00
Yes.
South wick,
23.1
914
961
283
261
486.375
18.00
Yes.
Spencer,
34.1
8,747
7,614
1,993
1.419
3,547,651
19.00
Yes.
SPRINGFIELD, . Sterling,
31.3
1.244
1.218
419
306
863.2351
12.60
No.
Stockbridge,
22.1
2.132
2,077
517
442
3.143.696
11.40
No.
Stoneham,
6.6
6,155
6,284
1,946
1.513
5,067.925
19.80
No.
Stoughton,
16.4
4.852
5,272
1,499
1,129
2.954.849: 20.00
No.
Stow, . Sturbridge,
39.8
2,074
1.910
478
310
915,250
16.00
Yes.
Sudbury,
25.4
1.197
1,141
380
253
1,166,349
13.50
No.
Sunderland,
13.9
663
696
244
169
439,265
12.00
No.
Sutton,
34.3
3,180
3.420
738
452
1,213.749
14.00
Yes.
Swampscott,
3.1
3,198
3,259
1,021
976
5,454,173
14.00
No.
Swansea, .
24.0
1,456
1.6:27
497
343
889,110.
15.40
No.
TAUNTON, .
46.4
25.448
27.115
8,082
5,331
20,308,410:
18.60
Yes.
Templeton,
32.5
2.999
2.915!
1.021
655
1.266,562
20.60
No
Tewksbury,
22.2
2.515
3.379
583
378
1,688,562
13.00
No.
Tisbury,
7.1
*1.506
1.002
315
945,170
12.60
No.
Tolland,
31.3
393
309
81
66
141,170
20.00
No.
Topsfield, .
12.9
1.022
1,033
2731
241
777,580
14.00
No.
Townsend,
32.2
1,750
1.780
545
437
1,119,763;
15.00
No.
Truro,
22.6
919
815
233
153
328,525
16.00
No.
Tyngsboro,
17.9
662
635
204
136
397,178:
16.10
No
Tyringham,
18.9
413
363
109
100
217,391
13.00
No.
Upton.
20.8
1,878
2.150
612
463
1,024,999
17.50
No.
Uxbridge, .
30.2
3,408
3.546
1,067
702
2,239.915:
17.40
No.
Wakefield,
7.6
6,982
8,304
2,672
1,904
7.530.936
17.00
No.
Wales,
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