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  2. List of Massachusetts state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth of Massachusetts; List of Massachusetts-related topics; List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones; Lists of United States state insignia; Sacred Cod; Notes. Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song

  3. University of Massachusetts Amherst - Wikipedia

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    Sam the Minuteman [11] Website. www .umass .edu. The University of Massachusetts Amherst ( UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College.

  4. Massachusetts State Police - Wikipedia

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    The MSP was established by Massachusetts state governor John A. Andrew when he signed a law creating the State Constabulary on May 16, 1865. This legislative act to "establish a State Police Force", founded the first statewide enforcement agency in the nation. The first leader of the State Police was William Sterling King, an American officer ...

  5. Andover, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Official Website of Andover, Massachusetts. Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646. [5] At the 2020 census, the population was 36,569. [6] It is located 20 miles (32 km) north of Boston and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Lawrence.

  6. Charlton, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Charlton was first settled in 1735. [2] It was established as a District separated from Oxford on January 10, 1755, and became a Town on August 23, 1775, by a law that made all Districts into Towns to help for the cause of the Revolutionary War. [3] It was named after Sir Francis Charlton. [4] [5] During the 1800s, farming continued to be the ...

  7. Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. [1] Originally a phrase (the common-wealth or the common wealth – echoed in the modern synonym "public wealth"), it comes from the old ...

  8. Worcester, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Worcester, Massachusetts. /  42.27139°N 71.79889°W  / 42.27139; -71.79889. Worcester ( / ˈwʊstər / ⓘ WUUST-ər, locally [ˈwɪstə] ⓘ) [4] is the 2nd most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States. [a] [5] Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was ...

  9. Lowell, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Lowell ( / ˈloʊəl /) is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, it is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, [3] it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census, and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. [4]