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Capital City: Boston
City Guides: Massachusetts City Guides
Location: 42.336N, 71.017W
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Admission to Statehood: February 6, 1788
Ancestry and Genealogy: Massachusetts State Database
Area: 10555 sq.mi., 44th Land 7838 sq.mi., 45th Water 2717 sq.mi., 17th Coastline 192 mi., 10th Shoreline 1,519 mi., 15th
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Biographies: Famous Bay Staters
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Border States: Regional List Connecticut New Hampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont
Cam World: Live Web Cams
City Guides: Massachusetts City Guides
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Climate: Massachusetts
Colleges, Universities: Massachusetts Colleges, Massachusetts Business Schools, Massachusetts Art Schools
Community and Technical Colleges: Massachusetts Community Colleges
Community Pages: 50states List
Constitution: 6th State
County Profile: County Map 14 Counties
Courts: Judicial System
Current Events: Massachusetts News Headlines
Department of: Education Certification
Driving: RMV
Economy:
- Agriculture: Seafood, nursery stock, dairy products, cranberries, vegetables.
- Industry: Machinery, electric equipment, scientific instruments, printing and publishing, tourism.
Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
Fast Facts: 50states List
Flag:
On a white field is a blue shield emblazoned with the image of a Native American, Massachuset. He holds a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. The arrow is pointing downward representing peace. The white star represents Massachusetts as one of the original thirteen states. Around the shield is a blue ribbon with the motto: "By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty". Above the shield is a arm and sword, representing the first part of the motto. Flag adopted 1915, amended 1971. Get this Flag
Flower: Mayflower Epigaea regens
Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Rutland, 12 mi. north west of Worcester
- Governor: Office of Governor
- Highest Point: Mt. Greylock; 3,491 feet, 31st
- Highway Markers: Massachusetts Resource Manual
- History: Historical Civil War
- Internet Service Providers: Massachusetts
- Largest Cities: Boston Worcester Springfield Lowell Cambridge Brockton New Bedford Fall River Lynn Quincy
- Library: Massachusetts Massachusetts Libraries
- License Plates: Massachusetts
- Local Resources: Massachusetts Courts Massachusetts Fire Departments Massachusetts Counseling Services Massachusetts Police Departments Massachusetts Government Offices
- Lottery: Massachusetts Lottery
- Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps: Rand McNally DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
- Media: Radio TV
- Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
  - By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- Newspapers: Massachusetts
- Nickname: Bay State
- Nursing Schools: Massachusetts
- Origin of state's name: Named after local Indian tribe whose name means "a large hill place"
- Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: Quick facts 6,349,097; 13th, 12/00
- Presidental Birthplace:
  - John Adams, 1797-1801 {2nd}
  - Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
  - John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 {6th}
  - Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
  - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963 {35th}
  - Born: May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts
  - George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 {41st}
  - Born: June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts
- Public Records: Massachusetts
- Real Estate: Massachusetts Real Estate
- Representatives:
  - US House: 110th Congress
  - US Senate: 110th Congress
  - Massachusetts House: Members
  - Massachusetts Senate: Members
- Road Side America: Massachusetts
- School Directory: Massachusetts Schools Public Schools Private Schools
- Soil: Massachusetts - Paxton
- Song: All Hail to Massachusetts 50states List Sheet Music
  - words and music by: Arthur Marsh
- Sports: Massachusetts Teams
- State Parks: Massachusetts
- State Quarters: Massachusetts
- Symbols: MA Symbols
- Topography: Image Jagged indented coast around Cape Cod; flatland yields to stony upland pastures near central region and gentle hill country in west; land in west is rocky, sandy and not fertile.
- Travel: Massachusetts Travel
- Tree: American Elm Ulmus americana
- Unclaimed Funds: Massachusetts
- Veteran Affairs: Massachusetts VA Military Links
- Vital Records: Massachusetts Vital Records
- Weather: Boston, Logan International Airport
- White Pages: Massachusetts White Pages
- Yellow Pages: Massachusetts Yellow Pages
- Zip Codes: Massachusetts Zip Codes