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Barnstable
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town in Massachusetts, United States
Barnstable is a town located in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is one of the oldest towns in the United States and serves as the county seat of Barnstable County.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Barnstable County
- Settled
- June 4, 1638
- Incorporated town
- September 3, 1639
- Incorporated city
- April 11, 1989
- Named after
- Barnstaple , England
- Type
- Council-manager city
- Town manager
- Mark S. Ells
- Town council
- Felicia R. Penn (President), Gordon Starr, Kristin E. Terkelsen, Betty Ludtke, Craig A. Tamash, John R. Crow, Paul C. Neary, Seth W. Burdick, Jeffrey Mendes, Charles R. Bloom, Matthew Levesque, Kris Clark, Paula K. Schnepp
- Council administrator
- Cindy Lovell
- Town
- 76.47 sq mi (198.05 km )
- Land
- 59.93 sq mi (155.22 km )
- Water
- 16.54 sq mi (42.83 km )
- Elevation
- 36 ft (11 m)
- Density
- 816.2/sq mi (315.15/km )
- Urban
- 303,269 ( US: 133rd )
- Urban density
- 889/sq mi (343.1/km )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- New England town
- Named after
- Barnstaple
- Official name
- Barnstable
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Barnstable County
- Population
- 48916
- Area
- 197.725637
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Barnstable County
- Official website
- town.barnstable.ma.us
- Image
- Barnstable County Courthouse, Barnstable MA.jpg
- Households
- 19060
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- twinned administrative body
- Barnstaple
- Commons category
- Barnstable, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Barnstable, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02630
- inception
- 1637-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Barnstable, Massachusetts
- P8168
- Wittstock
- water as percent of area
- 21.6625
- IPA transcription
- /ˈbɑːrnstəbəl/
- per capita income
- 45340
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Barnstable (/ˈbɑːrnstəbəl/ BARN-stə-bəl) is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod, and is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have been granted city forms of government by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts but wish to retain "the town of" in their official names. At the 2020 census it had a population of 48,916. The town contains several villages (one of which is also named Barnstable) within its boundaries. Its largest village, Hyannis, is the central business district of the Cape, and home to Barnstable Municipal Airport, the airline hub of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Additionally, Barnstable is a 2007 winner of the All-America City Award.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barnstable” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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