Oak Bluffs
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town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Dukes
- Incorporated
- February 17, 1880
- Name change
- January 25, 1907
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Deborah Potter
- Total
- 25.9 sq mi (67.2 km )
- Land
- 7.4 sq mi (19.1 km )
- Water
- 18.6 sq mi (48.1 km )
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Density
- 724/sq mi (280/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02557 (Oak Bluffs), 02568 ( Vineyard Haven )
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-50390
- Gnis feature id
- 0619442
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Oak Bluffs
- Population
- 4527
- Area
- 67.2
- Elevation
- 9
- Official website
- www.oakbluffsma.gov
- Image
- OakBluffs1.jpg
- Households
- 1873
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- Commons category
- Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02557
- inception
- 1642-00-00
- native label
- Ogkeshkuppe
- per capita income
- 45852
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Oak Bluffs is a town on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The population was 5,341 at the 2020 United States census. The town contains the census-designated place of the same name. It is one of the island's principal points of arrival for summer tourists, and is noted for its "gingerbread cottages" and other well-preserved mid- to late-nineteenth-century buildings. The town has been a historically important center of African American culture since the 18th century.
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1642 establishments in the Thirteen ColoniesAfrican-American history of MassachusettsAfrican-American resortsAfrican-American upper classOak Bluffs, MassachusettsPopulated coastal places in MassachusettsPopulated places established in 1642Source attributionTowns in Dukes County, MassachusettsTowns in Massachusetts