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| | alphabetic list of towns and counties - Nason and Varney's 1890 Massachusetts Gazetteer |
 | | The towns embraced in this county — six in number — are Chilmark, Cottage City, Edgartown, Gay Head, and Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard, and Gosnold, comprising the Elizabeth Islands. |
 | | The towns are Abington, Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman. |
 | | The county consists of the cities of Boston and Chelsea, and the towns of Revere and Winthrop —; the first mentioned city being the capital of the county and of the State. |
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