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Norton Plympton tt le A O There are 14 Counties, with 39 cities and 312 towns. EBOR ATTL Middleborough TAUNTON* Plymouth* There are fourteen communities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government, though they wish to Carver Nantucket Sound Oak Bluffs Dukes West Tisbury Aquinnah Chilmark * wn rto ga Ed Nantucket Martha’s Vineyard Nantucket* Updated 6/18/2020 (population figures are based on the 2010 Census)