Place details
Place nameMassachusetts
Other namesMA
CountryUnited States
Latitude42.25
Longitude-71.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Settled by Amerindians by 2nd mill. BC; Norsemen may have landed here in 1003; Europeans fished here in 16th cen.; Plymouth Colony established by English in 1620; played key role in Revolution; was intellectual center of nation until mid-19th cen.