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- Admission to Statehood: February 6, 1788
- Area: 10555 sq.mi, 44th Land 7838 sq. mi., 45th Water 2717 sq.mi., 17th
Coastline 192 mi., 10th Shoreline 1,519 mi., 15th
- Area Codes: 50states List
- Biographies: Famous Bay Staters
- Bird: Chickadee 50states List
- Border States: Regional List Connecticut New Hampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont
- Cam World: Live Web Cams
- Climate: Massachusetts
- Colleges, Universities: 50states List
- Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 6th State
- County Profile: Text List 14 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: 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 Fly this Flag
- Flower: Mayflower Epigaea regens
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Rutland, 12 mi. north west of Worcester
- Governor: Jane Swift (R)
- Highest Point: Mt. Greylock; 3491 feet, 31st
- Highway Markers: Massachusetts Resource Manual
- History: Historical History Channel Civil War
- Largest Cities: Boston Worcester Springfield Lowell Cambridge Brockton New Bedford Fall River Lynn Quincy
- Library: Massachusetts
- License Plates: Massachusetts
- Lottery: Massachusetts Lottery
- Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps: 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
- 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: Ired.com - Massachusetts
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Massachusetts
- Soil: Massachusetts - Paxton
- Song: All Hail to Massachusetts 50states List
- words and music by: Arthur Marsh
- Sports: Massachusetts Teams
- State Parks: Massachusetts
- Symbols: Geobop's 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.
- Tourism: Tour Massachusetts
- Tree: American Elm Ulmus americana Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
- Unclaimed Funds: Massachusetts
- Veteran Affairs: Massachusetts VA Military Links
- Vital Records: Massachusetts
- Weather: Boston, Logan International Airport
- Yellow / White Pages:
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