Braintree 

• Braintree, Essex - a town in the county of Essex, in the United Kingdom
• Braintree, Massachusetts - incorporated in 1640, on land which is now part of Braintree, Randolph[?], Holbrook[?], the City of Quincy, and part of Milton[?].
• New Braintree, Massachusetts - a town located in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States
• Braintree, Vermont - a town located in Orange County, Vermont, in the United States

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