The Town of Braintree is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 33,828 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Metro Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line but is considered by some to be part of the South Shore (Massachusetts) as a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission's South Shore Coalition. The mayor is Joseph Sullivan (Mayor).

History
Braintree was founded on land first colonized in 1625 by Captain Wollaston, and initially named Mount Wollaston. Under the rule of Thomas Morton it was renamed Merry Mount. In 1640 the area was resettled and incorporated as the town of Braintree,...

The Town of Braintree is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 33,828 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Metro Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line but is considered by some to be part of the South Shore (Massachusetts) as a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission's South Shore Coalition. The mayor is Joseph Sullivan (Mayor).

History
Braintree was founded on land first colonized in 1625 by Captain Wollaston, and initially named Mount Wollaston. Under the rule of Thomas Morton it was renamed Merry Mount. In 1640 the area was resettled and incorporated as the town of Braintree, named after the English town of Braintree, Essex, on land which was further split into the settlements of Randolph, Massachusetts, Holbrook, Massachusetts, the city of Quincy, Massachusetts, and part of Milton, Massachusetts. Braintree is the birthplace to Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as statesman John Hancock and General Sylvanus Thayer, the 'Father of West Point'.

Braintree is also the site of the infamous Sacco and Vanzetti murders as well as the retirement home of the co-inventor of the telephone Thomas A. Watson (See Watson Park).

In January 2008 Braintree converted from a representative town meeting form of government to a mayor-council government.

Geography
Braintree is located at (42.209555, -70.999683).