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BARNSTABLE
3221 Route 6A, P.O. Box 156, Barnstable, MA 02630 508-362-2120
BOURNE
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BREWSTER
1990 Main Street, PO Box 2000, Brewster, MA 02631 508-896-7000
CENTERVILLE
1645 Route 28, Bayberry Square 1B, Centerville, MA 02632 508-778-4005
CENTERVILLE EAST
1550 Falmouth Road, Route 28, Centerville, MA 02632 508-775-2121
CHATHAM
856 Main Street, Chatham, MA 02633 508-945-1856
DARTMOUTH
300 Elm Street, Padanaram Village, South Dartmouth, MA 02748 508-992-6479
FALMOUTH
56 Scranton Avenue, Falmouth, MA 02540 508-548-6611
FALMOUTH MAIN STREET 229 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 508-540-9000
HARWICH PORT
476 Route 28, Harwich Port, MA 02646 508-432-8800
MASHPEE
681 Falmouth Road, Suite B 12, Mashpee, MA 02649 508-477-2700
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ONSET
211 Onset Avenue, P.O. Box 625, Onset, MA 02558 508-295-2000
ORLEANS
32 Main Street, Orleans, MA 02653 508-255-3001
OSTERVILLE
4 Wianno Avenue, Osterville, MA 02655 508-420-1130
PLYMOUTH
45 Court Street, Plymouth, MA 02360 508-747-0080
PROVINCETOWN
374 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 508-487-5411
SANDWICH
133 Route 6A, Sandwich, MA 02563 508-833-3333
SOUTH YARMOUTH
909 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 508-775-5200
THE RIDGE CLUB 70 Country Club Road, Sandwich, MA 02563 508-428-2770
TRURO
314 Route 6, Unit 1, PO Box 747, Truro, MA 02666 508-349-2782
WELLFLEET
2548 Route 6, Wellfleet, MA 02667 508-349-9800
YARMOUTH PORT
927 Route 6A, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 508-362-3000
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8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOURNE 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buzzards Bay 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cataumet 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocasset 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sagamore Beach
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FALMOUTH 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Falmouth 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noth Falmouth 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woods Hole
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32.. . . . . . . . . . . . BARNSTABLE 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barnstable Village 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centerville 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cotuit
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42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YARMOUTH 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Yarmouth 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yarmouth Port
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58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HARWICH 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harwich Port
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68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORLEANS 72.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EASTHAM 76.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WELLFLEET 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRURO 84.. . . . . . . PROVINCETOWN
South Coast
90 . . . . . . . . . . . . DARTMOUTH 94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Padanaram
96 . . . . . . . . . MATTAPOISETT 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARION 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROCHESTER 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAREHAM 112.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Onset
South Shore
114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARVER 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DUXBURY 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KINGSTON
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Nausea/Vomiting /Diarrhea
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Cape Cod Cape Cod is a beautiful and bountiful region with much to inspire and enjoy. Each town and timeless village has its own personality, and each area offers a different lifestyle. There is no wonder that it is and has been home to artists, authors, photographers, musicians, historians and nature lovers. The Cape has something for everyone, nature parks, whale watching, sandy beaches and quiet neighborhoods.
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TRURO
W E LLF LE E T
E AST HAM
O R LEANS BR E W ST E R BOUR N E
SAN DW IC H
DENNIS B ARN STA BLE
YA R M O U T H
HARWICH
C H AT HAM
MASH PE E FALMOUT H
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Bourne
Home to both the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, Bourne is the welcome mat to the Cape. The town of about 20,000 residents can be attractive to those who are looking for that Cape lifestyle while avoiding the summer surge. There are ten villages: Bourne Village, Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Gray Gables, Monument Beach, Cape Cod Air Force Station, Pocasset, Sagamore, and Sagamore Beach. Bourne’s sinuous coastline creates a number of quiet harbors and inlets for boating, fishing, and swimming. In the summer, Buzzards Bay warms up faster than Cape Cod Bay, which is a plus for many beachgoers. Some well-known beaches include Gray Gables Beach, Hen Cove, Sagamore
Find fresh vegetables, herbs, flowers, and prepared foods at Bay End Farm, in Buzzards Bay. The farm runs a CSA program from mid-June through the end of October and customers can pick up organic produce weekly from local, sustainable farms.
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BOURNE S TAT S 4 1 °4 4 ’ 2 8 ” N 7 0 ° 3 5 ’ 5 8 ” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting
1884
I N C O R P O R AT E D
19,831
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
8,611
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
Beach, and Monument Beach. Notable eateries include the Lobster Trap, a waterside restaurant with an attached fish market, and the Chart Room, in Cataumet, which offers surf and turf and Red Brook Harbor views.
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Much of the eastern part of Bourne is owned and occupied by Cape Cod Air Force Station. The Massachusetts Maritime Academy, established in 1891, is also located in Bourne and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the country.
The Cape Cod Canal runs right through the town, splitting it into two parts. When the first Cape Cod Canal was finished in 1914, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt was among the attendees of its opening ceremony. However, the initial canal was too narrow and was later widened and reopened in 1940. Today, the waterway is much more than a shortcut for boaters. Along its shores are 1,700 acres of protected land. The Cape Cod Canal Bikeway stretches about seven miles on both sides and popular stop offs include Scusset State Park, Bourne Scenic Park, and Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge. KinlinGrover.com
72.4%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$75,534
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$43,171 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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History
The oldest store in the United States was located in Bourne; Aptucxet Trading Post was established in 1627 by the Plymouth Colony to trade with Wampanoag people and Dutch settlers. The store was abandoned in the 1650s, but through archeological research, the Bourne Historical Society created a replica of the post, which houses the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum.
Arts
The Cataumet Arts Center celebrates the work of over 40 local artists and features exhibitions that range from weaving and fiber arts to oil painting and watercolor. The center invites the community in with regular classes, shows, and a coffee house for live music and events. Also in Bourne, is the country’s oldest glass company, Pairpoint in Sagamore. Open since 1837, the company’s most notable partnerships include Tiffany & Co. and Shreve Crump and Low.
Education
There are four schools in Bourne: Peebles Elementary and Bournedale Elementary (for students in grades one through four), Bourne Middle School, and Bourne High School. Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School is in town as well. Bridgeview Montessori School in Sagamore is a private school for ages 2.9 through 12.
National Marine Life Center, in Buzzards Bay, is an independent nonprofit marine animal hospital and science and education center. The staff rehabilitates and releases stranded marine mammals and sea turtles, and the center has guided tours and activities for families, all aimed at its goal of advancing science and education in marine wildlife health and conservation.
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APTUCXET TRADING POST MUSEUM
CONTINUED
BOURNE S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
96.4%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
Points of Interest Aptucxet Trading Post Museum
Buzzards Bay
Bay View Campgrounds Bourne Scenic Park Campground
Cape Cod Canal Bikeway Cape Cod Railroad Bridge
Butterflies of Cape Cod Buttermilk Bay
Cape Cod Canal
John Gallo Ice Arena
Massachusetts National Cemetery
37.4%
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National Marine Life Center Old Bourne Village Cape Cod Air Force Station
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$16,020
SPENT PER STUDENT
13.4 to 1
B O U R N E R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+41.6% Closed Sales
-61.9%
+49.4%
Average Home Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$1,000,000 Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+2.61% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
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2015
2020
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Buzzards Bay
Buying a home in Buzzards Bay means the ocean is easily accessible. Ponds and bays define neighborhoods like Gibbs Neck, which separates Little Buttermilk Bay from Buttermilk Bay, where locals will find waterfront properties. Since it is protected, Little Buttermilk Bay has calm waters, boat ramp access, and plenty of forest cover. Trace the coast to the north side of Buttermilk Bay and you’ll find homes with private beaches, including Hideaway Village neighborhood association.
The name Buzzards Bay came from the first English settlers who encountered a flock of birds that they called buzzards. Today historians believe that the birds were most likely osprey.
If you’re looking for that neighborhood feeling, the most densely populated section of Buzzards Bay is near Queen Sewell Cove and Queen Sewell Pond. The area is close to the shoreline as well as Route 6. Main Street, which runs parallel to Route 6, has restaurants, businesses, and a few residential properties. The southernmost point of the village is Taylor Point, which is home to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
Buzzards Bay is home to the National Marine Life Center, a marine animal hospital, science, and education center dedicated to rehabilitating for release stranded sea turtles, and seals to advance scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife health and conservation.
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Cataumet
This tiny village is home to around 800 residents and is wedged along the shore of Buzzards Bay between North Falmouth and Pocasset. Quiet and peaceful but still only 20 minutes by car to Falmouth’s active commercial center, Cataumet once served as a hub for the Old Colony Railroad. Cataumet Station opened in 1890 to provide passenger service between Boston and Cape Cod. The original gingerbread structure was destroyed by fire in 1925 and was replaced with the brick building that still stands, unused, in Post Office Square today. The circa-1894 Cataumet Schoolhouse, equipped with period desks, maps, and blackboards, was restored in the 1990s and is now available for educational, cultural, and recreational activities in the community. The first home was built on Scraggy Neck in 1894, the balloon of land that juts out from the rest of Cataumet into Buzzards Bay. By 1927, the Scraggy Neck Recreation Association was formed, and today this residential group helps maintain the quiet and exclusive nature of the area.
Village amenities include the old Cataumet Club, a neighborly and family-friendly recreation organization that is over a century old. The club is situated on Squeteague Harbor and activities for members revolve around tennis, sailing, and social events. The public Squeteague Harbor Beach offers calm water and easy kayak or small boat launching. The Cataumet Art Center on Scraggy Neck Road has gallery talks, exhibitions, classes, working artists’ studios, and other arts and cultural events. There is a small full-service boat yard on Red Brook Harbor. Family run since the early 1960s, Parker’s Boat Yard specializes in sailboat maintenance and repair and provides moorings, slips, and indoor and outdoor boat storage. Nearby is the Cataumet Greenway, 95 acres of protected lands owned and managed by the Bourne Conservation Trust. Wooded trails lead you through wetlands, waterways, over hills, and past a working cranberry bog. Part of the Greenway, Dimmick Waterfront Scenic Vista has a stunning look at the harbor. Homes in Cataumet can feature water views in the Red Brook Harbor area, a quaint village feel near Post Office Square, or exclusivity within the private Scraggy Neck neighborhood.
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Maintained by the Bourne Conversation Trust, the Cataumet Greenway winds through the natural landscapes of the village. Home to numerous species of wild animals and a variety of wildflowers, the Greenway meanders through conservation areas, salt marshes, and fields toward Red Brook Harbor.
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Barlow’s Landing Beach is a popular and spacious beach on Pocasset Harbor with rock jetties, calm water for swimming, and a spectacular view.
Pocasset
One of the nine villages of Bourne, Pocasset is located on Buzzards Bay, not far from the Bourne Bridge. The name comes from the Wampanoag and means “by the small cove.” Both residents and visitors have numerous ways to connect to the water. Barlow’s Landing and Hen’s Cove provide pleasant beach areas for swimming and relaxation, and the public Pocasset River Boat Ramp allows local residents with small boats, kayaks, or paddle boards access to the scenic salt marshes of the Pocasset River, charming Little Bay, and the waters off Wings Neck.
Bassett’s Island is a distinctive Y-shaped island within Pocasset Harbor, and it has approximately 60 acres of woodland, marshland, and beach with only a handful of residences. The island can only be accessed via boat, but the western side of the southern tip provides great swimming and a sandy beach.
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With a population of approximately 3,000 residents, Pocasset retains the feel of a small seaside village with a few shops and cafes, but with Falmouth only nine miles away, the conveniences of a bigger town are easy to access. The Pocasset Golf Club has a reputation as one of the Cape’s finest golf courses. Originally built in 1916 and restored over the past five years, this pristine Donald Ross-designed course features rolling, natural terrain. Wings Neck peninsula is a 400-acre tract of bucolic land that extends into Buzzards Bay. Residents of this exclusive 100-yearold community of lovely older homes enjoy a private beach, tennis courts, an association dock, and moorings. A former U.S. Coast Guard property, the historic and picturesque Wings Neck Lighthouse is now a privately owned vacation rental with unparalleled views of the Buzzards Bay. Prospective homeowners can find properties that range from marshside cottages to historic homes to grand oceanfront estates, all of which enjoy the serene and charming atmosphere of Pocasset village. KinlinGrover.com
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Sagamore Beach
Those who are looking for a quieter seaside lifestyle while still being convenient to Boston and other Cape towns will find it in the village of Sagamore Beach. Located north of the Cape Cod Canal in the town of Bourne, this area has six miles of sandy shoreline that are hardly ever crowded. Charming homes are located throughout restful neighborhoods and many come with sizeable lots and are minutes from the coast. In Sagamore Highlands, residents can find Victorian-style homes on the cliffs overlooking Cape Cod Bay. Some of the homes were built by Christian Endeavor Society at the turn of the 20th century.
Sagamore Beach is Bourne’s only northern beach and from its sandy shoreline beachgoers have views of Cape Cod Bay.
The Sagamore Beach Colony Club connects neighbors and organizes events throughout the year, such as a Fourth of July parade and golf tournament as well as dances and reading circles. In the summer, the club hosts a day camp for the children and grandchildren of members—it has been in operation for over 100 years. While dining options are limited within the village, great shopping and restaurants are a quick ride north to Plymouth’s Cedarville or over the bridge to Bourne, Sandwich, and Falmouth.
“While many of the houses of Sagamore Beach have weathered more than one hundred years, so also have the traditions of family and neighborhood support,” writes the Sagamore Beach Club. The club’s facilities include an assembly hall, tennis courts, and a pavilion, and committee members put together a number of events throughout the year.
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Falmouth
There are 14 harbors and 68 miles of shimmering coastline in Falmouth, which has made this town a favorite destination and a fitting location for some world-renowned marine science institutions. There are eight historic villages, and each has its own personality with a unique mix of shops and restaurants. Falmouth Village is composed of a number of locally owned establishments, like Eight Cousins Bookstore and Pickle Jar Kitchen both on Main Street in downtown Falmouth. Woods Hole is home to Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole Theater Company, and eateries like Pie in the Sky, Captain Kidd’s, and Water Street Kitchen.
The 10.7-mile Shining Sea Bikeway, named for Katharine Lee Bates’ “America the Beautiful”, winds its way passed beaches, over bridges, and through wooded areas and salt marshes. The bike route is a popular spot for families, but also a means of transportation for those who would rather commute to work on two wheels.
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FA LM O UTH S TAT S 41 ° 33’05” N 70 ° 36’55” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting
1686
I N C O R P O R AT E D
30,993
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
13,821
Falmouth has 11 beaches: Bristol, Chapoquoit, Falmouth Heights, Grew’s Pond, Megansett, Menauhant East and West, Old Silver, Stoney, Surf Drive, and Wood Neck. The town staffs ten beaches with lifeguards and also offers swim lessons to children over four. In addition to its sandy shores, Falmouth is home to rivers and more than 30 ponds, including Waquoit Bay, Eel Pond, Bourne’s Pond, Green Pond, Great Pond, Little Pond and Falmouth Inner Harbor. Kayaking, canoeing, and swimming on these calm water gems are some locals’ best-kept secrets. Falmouth is home to a number of marine science institutions, including the Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, and more.
With over 31,000 calling Falmouth home, it is the second largest town on the Cape in terms of population. The community is active year-round. In the summer, beaches and restaurants fill up, and at the end of the season, the Falmouth Road Race takes over, bringing runners from all over the world to compete. In the winter, a holiday stroll closes Main Street to traffic and fills it with activities for adults and kids.
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2.22
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
77.9%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$75,820
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$48,378 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
The connections between art and science are very well-known, so it’s not surprising that the town at the edge of the Cape is filled with both artists and scientists. Local institutions celebrate the arts all year long, such as Highfield Hall and Gardens and Falmouth Arts Center.
Culture
Museums in town tell the stories of Falmouth’s past. Falmouth Museums on the Green (55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth), operated by the Historical Society, includes whaling exhibits and tours of the Francis Wicks House and Conant House. Across the way, the Village Green, which is surrounded by Colonial, Federal, Italianate, and Greek Revival-style homes, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Education
Students from pre-K through fourth grade attend one of four public schools: East Falmouth, Mullen-Hall, North Falmouth and Teaticket. Morse Pond Middle School brings students together for grades five and six. Then students can attend Lawrence Junior High School for seventh and eighth grade, and Falmouth High School for grades 9-12. There are also two private schools in town, including Heritage Christian Academy, which serves grades pre-K through eighth grade, and Falmouth Academy, which teaches students in grades 7-12.
Geography
Falmouth is 54.4 square miles—and 10.3 of those are water! Falmouth boasts more shore and coastline than any other town on the Cape. The town lies in the southwestern portion of Cape Cod and is bordered by Bourne, Sandwich, and Mashpee. To the south, Falmouth meets Vineyard Sound, and residents can see Martha’s Vineyard, which is just over three miles away. (A daily ferry departs for the island from Woods Hole.)
The glow from Nobska Lighthouse can be seen 17 miles out to sea. This scenic spot is a great place to see the sunset as well as Martha’s Vineyard and Elizabeth Islands.
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FA LM O UTH S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
93.9%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
44.8%
HIGHFIELD HALL & GARDENS
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Ashumet Holly and Wildlife Sanctuary The Knob
Nobska Lighthouse
Woods Hole Drawbridge
Old Silver Beach
Woods Hole Historical Museum
Shining Sea Bikeway
Falmouth Museums on the Green
Spohr Gardens The College Light Opera Company
Highfield Hall & Gardens Main Street Downtown Falmouth
Wood Neck Beach
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Science Aquarium
Closed Sales
-70.7%
$18,867
SPENT PER STUDENT
11.3 to 1
F A L M O U T H R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+36.9%
SCHOOL FUNDING **
+68.4%
Average Home Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$1,000,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+4.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
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East Falmouth
East Falmouth has been popular since the mid to late 1800s because of its easy access to the water. Even today, it is the most densely populated village in town with about 6,000 inhabitants. Many homes are situated in neighborhoods that wrap the area’s four ponds, Great Pond, Green Pond, Bourne’s Pond, and Eel Pond. Menauhant Beach is a long and narrow public beach that doesn’t get overly crowded. Fishermen also like this spot because it’s where Bourne’s Pond empties into the sea.
In the case of East Falmouth, more people mean more activities and opportunities for community engagement. Neighborhoods are formed by creeks and ponds, and many have their own associations that maintain recreational facilities and host events. Acapesket borders Great Pond, Green Pond, and Vineyard Sound and is home to the Shorewood Drive Association and the Great Harbors Resident Association. Davisville is a community with direct access to Green Pond and Bourne’s Pond, and it also includes Sea Farms Marsh, where a trail cuts through 87 acres of woodland, field, and marsh. Two other desirable villages include Menauhant, where the public beach and Menauhant Yacht Club are located, and Seacoast Shores, which has over 900 homes and a private beach on Eel Pond.
Route 28 runs through the northern part of East Falmouth, allowing easy access to surrounding towns and villages. The road is also how residents get to Bad Martha Farmer’s Brewery, as well as the nearby Cape Cod Winery.
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North Falmouth
In the top left corner of the town, North Falmouth, a largely residential area, is characterized by quiet, peaceful roads. Also, North Falmouth’s Historic District features the architectural styles of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The district and many of its homes and summer resorts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wing Pond is a welcome excursion just off of Route 28A or the Shining Sea Bikeway. Along the edge of the pond, walkers will find an old mill house as well as a working cranberry bog. There are two miles of wide, sandy trails that run by the scenery before entering the woods and passing Herring Brook.
Boaters and beachgoers will find a lot to love about the area. The Brewer’s Fiddlers Cove Marina is a well-protected cove with easy access to harbors and inlets as well as Martha’s Vineyard. Beaches include New Silver, Sea Scape, and Wild Harbor plus well-known spots like Megansett and Old Silver Beach. Located on Buzzards Bay, the shoreline is known for calm, warm waters and soft waves (although the current can pick up at high tide). The North Falmouth Village Association runs community events throughout the year, including a road race, Halloween parade, Christmas tree lighting and caroling, and more. Restaurants in the village include Bucatino Restaurant and Wine Bar, which cooks up authentic Italian cuisine with fresh local ingredients, and Epic Oyster, where oysters are shucked to order inside this former 1922 dining car. Hosting at your new home? Stop by the North Falmouth Cheese Shop for hors d’oeuvres.
North Falmouth is home to some of Cape Cod’s most beautiful beaches. Old Silver Beach has calming views of Buzzards Bay and some of the best swimming in the area. After Memorial Day Megansett Harbor is filled with boats, especially sailboats. The area is a great place to enjoy the view, beachcomb, or catch the sunset.
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Woods Hole
Woods Hole has become far more than a terminus for the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. The area is teeming with shops, restaurants, and events. At the top of Water Street, Pie in the Sky Bakery roasts organic, fair trade coffee and bakes handmade popovers, croissants, breads and cookies daily. Looking for a cold beverage? Belly up to the 40-foot hand-carved mahogany bar at the Captain Kidd. Three other great eateries include Water Street Kitchen, Quicks Hole Taqueria, and Quicks Hole Tavern. Every summer the Woods Hole Film Festival comes to town and brings daily screenings, workshops, panel discussions, special events, master classes, and more. It is the oldest independent film festival on the Cape and runs from the last week of July through the first weekend in August.
Woods Hole is also where you’ll find the many marine science institutions. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studies marine life, underwater geography, climate change and more. It’s also home to Alvin, the submarine that took photos of the Titanic. Other notable science centers include Woodwell Climate Research Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
The pace is a little slower in Woods Hole and that could have something to do with the human-operated drawbridge on Water Street. Even in the height of summer the bridge goes up, pausing foot and vehicle traffic to let boats in and out of Eel Pond. The bridge has become a beloved local icon as well as a welcome reminder to slow down.
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Sandwich
Sandwich was incorporated in 1639, making it the oldest town on Cape Cod. With permission from the Plymouth Colony, 60 families from Saugus settled in Sandwich. The area was ideal due to its marshes, which provided an abundance of salt hay for livestock. In the 19th century the town became known for its glassmaking production. By the end of the 1840s, the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was one of the largest glass factories in the country. Today, the Sandwich Glass Museum, which is operated by the town historical society, tells this rich story. History is important when considering Sandwich. Many historic homes dot the landscape and are tucked behind trees or located off less traveled roads. There’s a lot of charm to be discovered in this Upper Cape town. In the Sandwich Boardwalk is the pathway to Town Neck Beach, and it passes over marshes and Mill Creek. After Hurricane Bob hit in 1991, the boardwalk was rebuilt with funds from town residents and businesses. Those who donated had the opportunity to engrave their names into the planks and many are still there today.
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SANDWICH S TAT S 4 1 °4 5 ’ 3 2 ” N 7 0 ° 2 9 ’4 0 ” W FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: 5 member part-time Board of Selectmen and a Town Manager; open town meeting; town election
1639
I N C O R P O R AT E D
20,169
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
7,818
center, Shawme Duck Pond is idyllic as it’s typically filled with waterfowl and surrounded by historic homes as well as a working grist mill. Off of 6A, Titcomb’s Bookstore, has been family owned and operated since 1969. The three-story retail space has a wide selection ranging from bestsellers to rare books. At Twin Acres Ice Cream Shoppe you can order homemade ice cream and enjoy it under a few old-growth shade trees.
Shawme-Crowell State Forest has over 700 acres and more than 15 miles of roads and trails that are open to walkers and bikers. There are
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also 285 campsites and a few yurts! EARNINGS
Sandwich is not a top tourist destination compared to other Cape towns, which means its local attractions are often less crowded and easier to take advantage of even during the summer months. Heritage Museum and Gardens is not too far from the town center and throughout the season as flowers bloom, different festivities and events take place. Even in the winter, everything is wrapped in lights in the most magical way during Gardens Aglow. Of course, this coastal town is also home to the spectacular Town Neck Beach, where beachgoers can walk across the town boardwalk. KinlinGrover.com
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$48,625 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
The Sandwich Arts Alliance supports and promotes local artists. They have meetings and events throughout the year supporting visual, literary, and performing arts and more. Collections Gallery and Black Crow Gallery in are both worth stopping in to see their unique works.
Culture
The Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen is run by the Thornton W. Burgess Society. Today visitors can walk the grounds that inspired the author’s many books, including The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. The Jam Kitchen was started by Ida Putnam in 1903. Throughout the year, the live museum offers lessons on making jam the “old-fashioned way.”
Education
The Sandwich public school system includes four schools: Forestdale School, for pre-K through second grade, Oak Ridge School, third through sixth grades, Sandwich STEM, for seventh and eighth grades, and Sandwich High School. The Waldorf School of Cape Cod is located in Sandwich as well and has programs from early childhood through middle school.
History
The oldest Cape town is home to what is believed to be the oldest house in New England continuously occupied by the same family. The Wing Fort House was built in 1641, and the Wing family lived there for over three centuries. Today the home operates as a museum. The Old Town Cemetery is another place that is of interest to many history buffs; the oldest burial is marked at 1683, and most tombstones are from the 1700s.
In addition to its gardens, Heritage Museums and Gardens has 18,000 items in its collections, plus a 1908 hand-carved carousel and a large collection of antique automobiles.
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96.8%
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Points of Interest Dexter Grist Mill
Hoxie House
Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen
Sandwich Marina
Shawme-Crowell State Forest
Sandwich Town Boardwalk
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Scorton Creek
Town Neck Beach
Closed Sales
-75.5%
$18,707
SPENT PER STUDENT
Wing Fort House
12.3 to 1
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Average Home Sale Price $1,000,000
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$750,000
Average Days On the Market $500,000
+3.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
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Mashpee Located in the Upper Cape, Mashpee is bordered on the north by Sandwich, to the east by Barnstable, to the west by Falmouth and on the south by Nantucket Sound, where two breathtaking bays, Popponesset and Waquoit, edge into the land. Three large ponds—Ashumet Pond, John’s Pond, and the combined Mashpee-Wakeby—are excellent for kayaking, fishing, and swimming, and the conservation area of Mashpee River, which begins at Mashpee-Wakeby pond, is a beautiful tidal river that empties into Pirate’s Cove on Popponesset Bay. Waquoit Bay is home to the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, thousands of acres of salt marshes, cranberry bogs, Atlantic white cedar swamps, freshwater marshes, rivers, and vernal pools. Serving as the commercial center for the town, Mashpee Commons, which has won awards for its design, began as the small New Seabury Shopping Center in the 1960s. In the mid-1980s, the property was developed and expanded into a mixed-use commercial and residential community. Today, Mashpee Commons has more than 70 residential units and 100 businesses, including many locally owned retailers. The Commons hosts free year-round events, such as story walks, trivia nights, block parties, live entertainment, and holiday attractions.
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MASHPEE S TAT S 41 ° 38’54” N 70 ° 28’54” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Executive Secretary, Board of Selectmen
1870
I N C O R P O R AT E D
14,229
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
Both freshwater and saltwater fishing enthusiasts will enjoy Mashpee’s waterways. Mashpee/Wakeby pond is stocked annually in the spring and
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fall with brook, brown, and rainbow trout. Fishing in the ponds can also net chain pickerel, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white catfish, and sunfish. On the Nantucket Sound shore at South Cape Beach and the Popponesset inlet, bluefish, striped bass, and sea bass are popular species.
Mashpee has been the home of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for approximately 12,000 years. After English settlers arrived in the area in the mid-1600s, the tribe was restricted to reservation land until 1868. Mashpee was incorporated as a town in 1870, and it remains the headquarters of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, which was finally granted federal tribal recognition in 2007. The town is home to the Mashpee Wampanoag Museum, which has exhibits on the history and culture of the tribe. The tribe also typically holds an annual “People of the First Light” Pow Wow where members celebrate with traditional crafts, dancing, and other activities. The community of New Seabury was started in the 1960s as a group of wooded residential villages, and now has over 1,400 luxury housing units, both single family and townhome style, and a worldclass private golf and country club. Other real estate choices in Mashpee include magnificent waterfront homes, lakeside cottages, and suburban ranch houses. Mashpee Commons, an expansive and award-winning open-air shopping center, with dozens of upscale shops and restaurants, is located near the Mashpee rotary.
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86.6%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$77,019
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$44,176 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Mashpee Commons is home to artist Forrest Pirovano’s studio, the Cosmic Cod, a fine arts and crafts gallery and teaching studio, and Woodruff’s Art Center, which in addition to offering custom framing and art supplies hosts changing art exhibits by an array of established and emerging artists. Students from age three through adult can take dance training in a variety of styles at Harper Dance Studio while Fietek Music offers in person and virtual music lessons on guitar, drums, bass, piano, and more.
Culture
The Mashpee Wampanoag Museum is located near the historic center of town in the 1793 Bourne-Avant house. First created under the guidance of the Mashpee Historical Commission, the museum displays Wampanoag artifacts that chronicle tidal life over thousands of years, including a large diorama depicting a typical scene from an early Wampanoag settlement. The Cape Cod Children’s Museum on Great Neck Road is an interactive and playfocused educational facility with outdoor walking paths, picnic tables, and backyard area. The Mashpee Public Library was first established in 1890 and is now located at 64 Steeple Street in an award-winning, 22,000-square-foot building.
Education
The award-winning Mashpee Public Schools serve students in three schools: Kenneth C. Coombs School for kindergarten through second grade, Quashnet School for grades three through six and Mashpee Middle-High School for grades seven through twelve. With a notable enrollment, Native American students and the Wampanoag Tribal Community greatly enrich the Mashpee Public Schools. The bordering towns of Falmouth and Barnstable each offer private educational opportunities.
Geography
Fourteen percent of Mashpee’s 27.2 square miles is water, including the Mashpee River and the Santuit River, which creates the border between Mashpee and Cotuit. In addition to dozens of smaller ponds and inlets, Mashpee has three significantly sized ponds. Ashumet Pond is a 220-acre natural kettle pond divided between Mashpee and Falmouth, John’s Pond is a good spot for boating and swimming, and Mashpee/Wakeby ponds are two contiguous freshwater ponds with a combined area of 729 acres.
One of more than 500 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1995 to preserve the natural resources of Waquoit Bay for the protection of waterfowl and wildlife. Managed through a partnership of federal and state agencies and private conservation groups, this refuge preserves thousands of acres of salt and freshwater marshes, rivers, Atlantic white cedar swamps, cranberry bogs, and vernal pools.
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Attaquin Park Beach Cape Cod Children’s Museum
97.6%
Heritage Park
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John’s Pond Mashpee Commons
41.4%
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SCHOOL FUNDING **
South Cape Beach
$18,243
Waquoit Bay
SPENT PER STUDENT
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+64.6%
Average Home Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$1,000,000
$750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$500,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
Average Days On the Market
+2.9% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
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Barnstable Cape Cod’s most populous town, Barnstable is made up of seven villages: Barnstable, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, and West Barnstable. The town stretches from Cape Cod Bay in the north to Nantucket Sound in the south with harbors on both sides. Barnstable is bordered on the east by Yarmouth and to the west by Sandwich and Mashpee. The town has numerous ponds and beaches spread throughout its villages. In 1602, Bartholomew Gosnold, an English barrister, explorer, and privateer, led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod and explored the region that is modern day Barnstable. Once settled, the town was named for Barnstaple, England, and was incorporated in 1639, along with its neighboring towns of Yarmouth and Sandwich.
Hyannis Harbor is within walking distance from Main Street Hyannis and offers multiple seafood restaurants, hotels, and inns. There are also seasonal artists “shanties” that feature local craftspeople and artists, a public park with frequent live music open air concerts, and the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, which houses an impressive historic boat collection. Fishing vessels, charter boats, harbor cruises, recreational sailboats, and two ferry companies with service to the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard all use this harbor.
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B A R N S TA B L E S TAT S 41 .7003 ° N , 70. 3002 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Council-manager city
1639
I N C O R P O R AT E D
Barnstable soon became a hub of activity, including salt hay farming and other agriculture, and in 1685 it was designated the county seat. In the eighteenth century, Barnstable was a thriving port town and oyster fishing region, but by the turn of the twentieth century, the local economy began to bend toward tourism and recreation, which continues to be of significant importance for the town and the region. Each of the villages of Barnstable has its own distinctive characteristics, ranging from busy commercial hub to historic village, suburban neighborhood to exclusive coastal enclave. Potential residents have a plethora of options for homeownership, from affordable downtown apartments to oceanfront compounds.
44,477
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
18,796
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.34
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The Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port has three classic white clapboard houses on six acres of waterfront property along Nantucket Sound. The spot has been the summer residence of the Kennedy political family since patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy purchased the first of the three homes
75%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
in 1928. It served as the summer White House for President John F. Kennedy, with his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy often in attendance. Family members continue to enjoy the estate and the serenity it offers.
The largest village in town, Hyannis, is the central business district of Barnstable County. It is home to the Barnstable Municipal Airport and the Hyannis Transportation Center, which serves travelers on local CCRTA buses, the CapeFlyer train, and two regional and interstate bus lines. It is also the location of Cape Cod Hospital, the largest healthcare organization on the Cape. KinlinGrover.com
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MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$42,596 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Located in Barnstable Village along Route 6A, the Cape Cod Organic Farm is a certified organic farm that grows organic fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, and native grasses used in land restoration. The farmers sell their produce at farmers’ markets across the Cape, and also have their own small farm stand on site and host a seasonal CSA program.
Arts
Throughout the villages of Barnstable art flourishes. There are the quaint art shanties of the HyArts Cultural District in Hyannis, the renowned Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Cape Symphony Orchestra at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center at Barnstable High School, and fine art galleries along 6A in Barnstable Village and West Barnstable. Many exhibits and events throughout town are coordinated and publicized by Arts Barnstable, the arts and culture division of town government. The town is part of the Mid-Cape Cultural Council, which grants funding to local artists for a wide variety of projects.
Culture
Museums in the town of Barnstable include the John F. Kennedy Museum in downtown Hyannis, the Cape Cod Maritime Museum on Hyannis Harbor, The Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit, the US Coast Guard Heritage Museum in Barnstable Village, and the Osterville and Centerville Historical Museums. Tales of Cape Cod, headquartered in the historic Old Colonial Courthouse on Route 6A, is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and disseminating Cape Cod’s unique history. Each of the seven villages has its own public library and the Cape Cod Baseball League has two teams in Barnstable, the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and the Cotuit Kettleers.
Education
Preschool children in Barnstable can attend Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center for preschool children. There are five elementary schools for kindergarten through third grade: Barnstable/ West Barnstable Elementary, Centerville Elementary School, Barnstable Community Innovation School, Hyannis West Elementary, and West Villages Elementary. Barnstable United Elementary teaches grades four and five, and Barnstable Intermediate School is for students in grades six and seven. Barnstable High School, located in Hyannis, serves students in grades eight through twelve. The Sturgis Charter Public School is also in Hyannis. Students can gain admission to Sturgis, which offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, via a lottery. Private schools in Barnstable include St. John Paul II School, a Hyannis-based Catholic preparatory school educating students in grades five through twelve, Trinity Christian Academy, which teaches faith-based education to children in pre-kindergarten through high school, and the top-ranked Cape Cod Academy, an independent coed college preparatory school for grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Cape Cod Community College, a two-year community college, is located in West Barnstable.
Geography
The town of Barnstable is approximately 70 miles southeast of Boston, located in the Mid-Cape. The town has a total area of just over 76 square miles, with around 22 percent of its acreage being water. According to the town of Barnstable, there are 182 freshwater ponds, 93 of which are one acre or more. Also, 25 of its ponds are greater than 10 acres and are thus considered “great ponds.” The largest of these is Wequaquet Lake in Centerville, from which the Centerville River flows. This central part of town has an abundance of pitch pine and oak woodlands, while the northern edge of Barnstable is defined by the dunes of Sandy Neck along Barnstable Harbor.
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38.6%
CAPE COD MARITIME MUSEUM
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Barnstable Harbor
Cape Cod Organic Farm
HyArts Cultural District
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cape Symphony Orchestra
JFK Museum
Cotuit Center for the Arts
Sandy Neck
Hyannis Harbor
Wequaquet Lake
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$17,103
SPENT PER STUDENT
12.8 to 1
B A R N S TA B L E R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+36.4%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-64.6%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
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$750,000
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Average Days On the Market $500,000
+3.8% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
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Barnstable Village
Historic, charming Barnstable Village is oriented along Route 6A, also known as Old King’s Highway, on the north side of the town of Barnstable. Once the busy center of the colonial economy, the village is now home to the Barnstable County Complex, which includes the First District and Superior Courthouses for the county. Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary is part of Mass Audubon. This sanctuary on Bone Hill Scan with Your Phone Camera App to Watch a Video
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Barnstable Village has several restaurants and shops, a post office, fire station, small grocery store, yoga studio, and hair salon, as well as a pottery gallery and the century-old Barnstable Comedy Club, a small community theater that stages classic plays and musicals seasonally.
Millway Beach is a quaint and quiet residents-only beach situated right next to Barnstable Harbor. Beachgoers have great views of boats coming and going, Sandy Neck Lighthouse, and sunsets over the dunes of Sandy Neck.
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Nearby is Barnstable Harbor, which once was a robust epicenter for commercial fishing, shipping, ice-making and canning. Today, the harbor supports a smaller fishing fleet, plenty of recreational boaters, a popular whale watching vessel, two restaurants and marine services companies. Homes close to the harbor and its adjacent beaches are sought after summer properties. Stately old houses and vintage inns line Route 6A while the shaded side streets between Old King’s Highway and the harbor are filled with pleasant residences from every era. With historic sites such as the circa-1644 Sturgis Library, Crocker Tavern, and the Olde Colonial Courthouse sharing space with modern eateries and busy county offices, Barnstable Village combines the centuries seamlessly. KinlinGrover.com
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Centerville
One of seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Centerville is located on the south side of the town with a long sandy coastline on Nantucket Sound. The area was originally called Chequaquet by the Wampanoag, which means “pleasant harbor,” before it was purchased by Myles Standish in 1648. By the early 1800s the village had grown significantly and was renamed Centreville (the modern spelling of Centerville was instituted soon after). Made famous by a mention from Oprah Winfrey, Centerville Pie Company was founded in 2009 by two long-time friends known as “The Pie Ladies.” The shop features a variety of delicious savory and sweet pies, and it has a successful partnership with a local disabilities-services nonprofit, and employs men and women with special needs.
The Centerville Historic District encompasses forty historically significant buildings, including eighteenth and nineteenth century churches and homes in the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles. The Centerville Historical Museum houses historical and contemporary arts, crafts, and artifacts in an 1850s house on Main Street. The Centerville Public Library, which today has a state-of-the-art facility, was originally started in 1869 as a few shelves in a general store. The much-loved 1856 Country Store still operates as a general store today, and the famous Four Seas Ice Cream shop (a favorite of John and Jackie Kennedy) are part of a long-standing tradition of friendliness in Centerville. Long Beach, Covell’s Beach, and the very popular Craigville Beach make up the town’s beaches, which are all clustered along the sound. Further inland, Wequaquet Lake is a wonderful large pond that is great for boating and swimming, while Bumps River, which creates the western border of the village with Osterville, is a good kayaking spot. Centerville has a wide range of homes from simple cottages near Wequaquet Lake, single-family dwellings in the middle of town, and more luxurious beachside houses. Its name proves its convenient locale as Centerville has easy access to downtown Hyannis, off-Cape destinations, and Route 6 for Outer Cape excursions. KinlinGrover.com
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Centerville Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. This section of Centerville runs primarily along Main Street between Old Stage Road and Church Hill Road and features 40-odd homes and buildings. Some of the more notable ones include the South Congressional Church, the 1856 Country Store, the David Kelley House, which is a Greek Revival built in 1835, the French Second Empire-style Benjamin Childs House, and the Austin Bearse House, which was built between 1689 and 1692 and is privately owned.
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Cotuit
Cotuit is surrounded by water on three sides, and it is the smallest of Barnstable’s seven villages. Don’t let its size fool you, Cotuit has character that packs a punch. Stroll Main Street and see impressively maintained Federal, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne houses—most seem to come with green lawns studded with Adirondack chairs. Waterfront living has its perks, and there are a few beaches in the village including Ropes Beach, Riley Beach, and the Loop Beach. From the shore, be on the lookout for Cotuit skiffs, which are a unique design of racing sailboat that has sailed Cotuit Bay for over a century. The Cotuit Oyster Company, the oldest oyster brand name in the country, harvests oysters from Cotuit Bay. The moderate salinity and sweet finish of their oysters is a combination of saltwater from Nantucket Sound and the freshwaters of nearby streams, marshes, and estuaries. In the late 1800s, many professors, artists, and doctors associated with Harvard University flocked to Cotuit to build houses or spend summer days. The influx of academics earned the village the nickname “Little Harvard.”
Cotuit’s name comes from the Wampanoag term
Cotuit Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993. The well-known center makes art accessible by encouraging artistic development through programs and producing art exhibits, concerts, and theatrical productions throughout the year. Also in the village is the Cahoon Museum of American Art. Housed in an eighteenth century Colonial Georgian home, the museum provides an intimate setting to view nineteenth and early twentieth century American art.
for “place of the council.” In 1648, Myles Standish purchased Cotuit from Paupmunnuck, a leader of the Wampanoag tribe’s Cotachesett village.
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Hyannis
Hyannis is one of Barnstable’s seven villages, and it is the transportation and business hub of the Cape. Ferries depart from its harbor for Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard throughout the year and bring close to one million visitors through town. There’s a little bit of everything in the village, from the stores and restaurants along the stretch of Main Street and inside the Cape Cod Mall, to the busy waterfront and downtown area. Hyannis is also home to Cape Cod Hospital, the Cape’s largest medical facility. The active Hyannis Harbor is the largest recreational boating port on the Cape and the second largest commercial fishing port. The Walkway to the Sea connects Main Street to the waterfront and is punctuated with art by local artists.
Down by the ferry launch, artist “shanties” in Bismore Park feature the work of rotating artists throughout the summer. Concerts take over the village green as well as the Cape Cod Melody Tent. There are a few beaches in town, such as Kalmus Park Beach and Veterans Beach. The village has its own Cape League baseball team, the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. Living in Hyannis means access to convenience as well as a variety of cultural events and institutions.
Most people associate Hyannis and Hyannisport with the Kennedys. President John F. Kennedy learned that he was elected president while he was at Malcolm Cottage. While in office, he famously used his house by the compound as his “Summer White House.” The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum celebrates the legacy of President Kennedy and his relationship with the region.
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Osterville
Osterville is one of seven villages within the town of Barnstable, and it is located on the southern side of the town on Nantucket Sound. The area was originally inhabited by the Cotochese Native People, who regularly harvested the local oysters along the shores of the three sheltered bays. English settlers arrived in 1639, and soon named it Oyster Island Village. By 1648, a negotiation with the Cotochese on behalf of Plymouth Colony turned Oyster Island Village over to the colonists. The name was eventually changed to Oysterville, and then, around 1815, it became known as Osterville. Osterville is a quiet, mostly residential community with a small and charming commercial district. One of its longest-standing businesses is the Crosby Yacht Yard, which dates back to 1850 and still offers a full range of boat and marine services and custom-crafted sailboats. Crosby is known worldwide for its catboats and Wianno sailboats, including the Victura, John F. Kennedy’s 25-foot Wianno Senior sloop. The Osterville Historical Museum is close by with a permanent collection of decorative arts, furniture, ceramics, and full-sized wooden boats, and grounds that include an eighteenth century herbal garden and a nineteenth century ornamental garden. Just off Main Street is Armstrong-Kelley Park, a historic park with a rare tree arboretum, specialty gardens, and hillside trails owned and maintained by the Cape Cod Horticultural Society. Dowses Beach on East Bay has a rock jetty and soft sand and Joshua’s Pond on Tower Hill Road has a residentsonly beach that is perfect for sunning and swimming. Perched on a bluff overlooking Nantucket Sound, the private Wianno Club began in 1916 on site at the Cotocheset House, a shinglestyle hotel built in 1882. The main clubhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of a few surviving nineteenth century hotel buildings in this style of architecture.
The Mass Audubon’s Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary on Bumps River Road is an inland paradise of tree-lined trails, a fragrant Atlantic White Cedar stand, freshwater ponds, vernal pools, American holly trees, and numerous birds, amphibians, and reptiles. Scan with Your Phone Camera App to Watch a Video
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Cape Cod Academy is a top-ranked coed college preparatory school for grades kindergarten through 12. In addition to rigorous academics, this desirable private school offers its students opportunities to participate in a variety of artistic endeavors and engage in numerous sports on extensive fields, courts, indoor gym facilities, and an outdoor swimming pool. 40
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Yarmouth
Incorporated in 1639, Yarmouth is one of the oldest towns on Cape Cod. History defines much of the northern section of town, in the village of Yarmouth Port, where the Historical Society of Yarmouth runs several museums and notable buildings open to visitors, and also maintains a series of beautiful walking trails that meander through hilly woodland and past small ponds. Situated in the middle of the Cape peninsula, Yarmouth’s location makes it convenient to everything the region has to offer. The town borders Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, and Bass River, a tidal estuary that was once an important route for both cargo and passengers. The
At Taylor-Bray Farm families adore visiting the friendly animals, while amateur historians can appreciate the preservation of this circa-1640 farm in Yarmouth Port. The Taylor-Bray Farm has something for every visitor: archaeological evidence of the original Native people who lived here thousands of years ago, colonial and post-revolutionary war era buildings, a collection of chickens, sheep, goats, donkeys, bees, and even a Scottish Highland cow, and a scenic boardwalk into Black Flats Marsh. The farm is open daily, dawn to dusk, with no entrance fee, but donations are appreciated to help support the Taylor-Bray Farm Preservation Association, which also hosts spring, fall and holiday festivals. 42
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1639
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stunningly picturesque Bass Hole boardwalk at Yarmouth Port’s Grays Beach stretches out over salt marshes into Cape Cod Bay, while a series of soft sand beaches on Nantucket Sound offer relaxation and fun on the southern edge of town. The town of Yarmouth has three highly regarded golf courses, numerous freshwater ponds, eight marine-based boat ramps, and four marinas, including Packet Landing Park and Marina on the Bass River near Route 28, which is home to commercial fishing vessels, fishing charters, and recreational boats. Each year, from Memorial Day through midOctober, more than thirty Yarmouth businesses and organizations display a gravity-defying, hand-carved sand sculpture in front of their establishments for the Yarmouth Sand Sculpture Trail. The Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce provides colorful maps for everyone interested in following this free, family-friendly, town-wide trail and hosts a fun photo contest with prizes for most creative, best location, and best sand sculpture selfie. Created by Massachusetts-based Fitzysnowman Sculpting, the sculptures reflect each business or town office in a jocular and artistic way.
Throughout Yarmouth you can find every kind of real estate option: historic houses dating back to the 1700s, affordable starter homes, ease-of-living townhouses, and grand waterfront mansions. Peaceful side streets near the Bass River lead to the busier commercial zone on Route 28 with supermarkets, banks, hotels, and restaurants, as well as tourism-focused entertainment for people of all ages. The esteemed Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth presents year-round events in the visual and performing arts, the colonial era Taylor-Bray Farm in Yarmouth Port is open for public tours, and visitors can observe working cranberry bogs and oyster farms in West Yarmouth. KinlinGrover.com
23,203
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
10,515
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.2
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79.3%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$63,432
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$38,237 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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To travel along the stately Old King’s Highway (Route 6A) is to retreat to another era. Shade trees overhang one particularly serene and curving section of 6A in Yarmouth Port, where you can drive past more than fifty homes once owned by Sea Captains. The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth has awarded each captain’s former abode a distinctive oval, black and gold schooner plaque. While many of these historically significant homes are privately owned, you can visit The Captain Bangs Hallet House museum, located just off 6A on Strawberry Lane, to get an inside look at a nineteenth-century home of a successful, world-navigating mariner. Also on the grounds of the museum is a magnificent weeping beech tree that is more than a century old.
Arts
The award-winning Cultural Center of Cape Cod on Old Main Street opened in 2007 in a renovated old bank building to serve the entire Cape community and visitors to the area with instruction and exhibition in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Also in town is the Yarmouth Art Guild, which provides education, enrichment experiences, and showcase opportunities for its more than 125 community artist members.
Culture
The Edward Gorey House Museum on Yarmouth Port’s common celebrates the life and work of the American author and illustrator, with the nearby Yarmouth New Church, a historic former church, serving as a vibrant center for public benefit and use. The Whydah Pirate Museum on Route 28 is home to thousands of relics from the Whydah, a ship seized by pirates and shipwrecked off Cape Cod in 1717. Since 1978, the Yarmouth Seaside Festival has been creating community spirit each October with live music, a craft fair, kayak and canoe races, children’s events, and a spectacular firework display on Seagull Beach.
Education
Yarmouth is part of the Dennis-Yarmouth school district and has two of its own elementary schools: Station Avenue in South Yarmouth and Marguerite E. Small in West Yarmouth. Yarmouth students in grades four and five attend Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovative School in Dennis, while sixth and seventh graders from both towns go to Mattacheese Middle School in Yarmouth. Also located in Yarmouth is the high school for both Yarmouth and Dennis: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School on Station Avenue, which is the location for the Werner Schmidt Observatory run by the Cape Cod Astronomical Society. Yarmouth teens may also elect to attend the public vocational and technical school in Harwich, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. Yarmouth is home to Cape Cod’s only Pre-K through grade eight Catholic School, St Pius X School, located on Wood Road.
History
Long before 1639, when a land grant to English settlers John Crow, Thomas Howes, and Anthony Thacher transformed “the lands of Mattacheeset” into Yarmouth, generations of Native people lived here. The whole area was known as “Mattacheese,” which meant “old lands by the borders of water.” It was home to different tribes of the collective Wampanoag nation, including the Pawkunnawkuts, who occupied both sides of the southern section of Bass River, the Hokanums, who resided in the northeast section of town, and the Cummaquids who lived in the western part. Today, a traditional Wampanoag structure, known as a Turtle Wetu, has been designed and constructed by a member of the Wampanoag nation on the grounds of the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. 44
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94.7%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E BASS RIVER (SMUGGLERS) BEACH
Points of Interest Bass River (Smugglers) Beach Captain Bangs Hallet House Cultural Center of Cape Cod
HSOY walking trails
Too’noopahs Wetu
Judah Baker Windmill
Werner Schmidt Observatory
Kelley Chapel
Edward Gorey House
Packet Landing Park and Marina
Flax Pond Recreation Area
Parker’s River Beach
Grays Beach/Bass Hole Boardwalk
Seagull Beach
Weeping Beech Tree Winslow Crocker House Whydah Pirate Museum
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-72.4%
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$17,329
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.7 to 1
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YA R M O U T H R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
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36.8%
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+59.9%
Average Home Sale Price $1,000,000
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$750,000
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Average Days On the Market $500,000
+4.1% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
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2015
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South Yarmouth
South Yarmouth is bound by the Bass River to the east and the waters of Nantucket Sound splash against its shores to the south. The river, which flows into Follins Pond, is a popular spot for fishing, swimming, kayaking, and paddleboarding, and the south coast is where residents find popular town beaches. Just as the river widens and empties into the sound is where Bass River (Smuggler’s) Beach is located. Follow the coast west and you’ll hit Thatcher Beach, Seaview Beach, and Parker’s River Beach.
There are three golf courses in Yarmouth and two are in South Yarmouth: Bass River Golf Course and Blue Rock Golf Course. There are also many popular mini golf courses.
On Thursdays and Saturdays, the Bass River Farmers’ Market takes place across the street from the South Yarmouth Public Library, and you can find an assortment of produce, baked goods, and crafts. The Cultural Center of Cape Cod is also located in South Yarmouth. The active nonprofit offers a wide range of events, exhibits, and educational programs with a mission to make the arts accessible to the Cape Cod community. Homes in South Yarmouth range from luxury waterfront to more affordable Capes. Along Parker River, larger homes have docks and bridgeless access to the open waters of Nantucket Sound. Between the coast and Route 28 are tight-knit neighborhoods that are home to a number of adorable capes that are less than a mile away from the ocean.
The Judah Baker Windmill is in South Yarmouth. The structure was built in 1791 in North Dennis before it was moved to where it is today overlooking the Bass River.
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Yarmouth Port
One of the most scenic drives on the Cape is along Route 6A in Yarmouth Port. It’s called the Captain’s Mile because of the more than 50 historic Capes and stately Colonials that were built by wealthy sea captains. Some of the homes date back to the 1600s, and all of them are adorned with a black and gold schooner plaque from the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. Today, many of the homes are private residences, but some are inns and B&Bs and another is a museum. The Edward Gorey House Museum, located on the Yarmouth Port common, celebrates the life and work of the American author and illustrator.
Yarmouth Port is one of three villages in the second oldest town on the Cape. It’s situated on Cape Cod Bay and is home to salt marshes and tidal rivers as well as the popular Grays Beach. Beachgoers pass over the impressive Bass Hole boardwalk that extends over marshes to arrive at the viewing deck that is an ideal spot for sunsets. Residents will treasure the Cape charisma of the area such as the town’s annual sand sculpture contest, Hallet’s ice cream parlor, and King’s Way Golf Course, but they will also appreciate the convenience of the town, which is located in the middle of the peninsula. KinlinGrover.com
At Taylor-Bray Farm families can visit animals at the seventeenth century farm, take in some history about the area, and amble along a scenic boardwalk into Black Flats Marsh. The farms hosts events too, such as a spring sheep festival, fall festival, and holiday festival.
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Dennis
Settled in 1639 by John Crowe, Antony Thatcher and Thomas Howes as part of Yarmouth, Dennis officially separated from its neighbor and incorporated as a town in 1793. Named after the resident minister, Reverend Josiah Dennis, the new municipality continued its agricultural focus, but seafaring soon became a major industry in the town. The Shiverick Shipyard, located near the mouth of Sesuit Creek, was famous as the only shipyard on the Cape to produce large clipper ships, while many smaller shipyards were making fishing vessels or merchant ships that transported goods and materials via the Bass River. Dennis was a prodigious salt manufacturer and by 1803 there were 24 different salt works operating in town. Cranberry growing also flourished in Dennis, and the town once boasted a busy railroad depot and shipping wharves.
The Indian Lands Conservation Area is 25 acres of woodland and marshes and was once the winter home of the Nobscusset Indians. The sheltered peninsulas that jut into the Bass River offered the Native Americans relief from northerly winds, fresh spring water, and plentiful fish and shellfish from the river. Now a town conservation area, Indian Lands is a peaceful spot for hiking and contemplation.
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FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting
1793
I N C O R P O R AT E D
13,871
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
6,862
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.02
On the northern side of Dennis sits Sesuit Harbor, a busy marina and town
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dock, and once home to the Shiverick clipper ship works. The harbor is very easy to enter by boat, with a short, protected channel. Picturesque breakwaters and town beaches bookend the harbor entrance, and the famous Sesuit Harbor Cafe offers lobster rolls and other seafood delights with outdoor dining overlooking the harbor.
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Dennis is home to the Cape Playhouse, founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional summer theaters in America. Sixteen enticing beaches are situated on Nantucket Sound to the south and Cape Cod Bay to the north. Prefer freshwater? Numerous ponds and lakes, including Scargo Lake, a deep fresh-water kettle pond, are carved into the landscape. Dennis has many nature trails, golf courses, shopping areas, restaurants, and scenic historic districts, as well as a convenient central location on the Cape.
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MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$43,840 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Dennis is home to the Cape Cod Museum of Art, which hosts year-round exhibitions, events, and classes and features the work of the Cape’s finest artists. The nearby Cape Playhouse opened in 1927 and actors such as Basil Rathbone, Henry Fonda and Bette Davis made their acting debuts there. The seasonal theater shares grounds with the newly renovated Cape Cinema, which screens independent films and Hollywood releases all year long and features a ceiling mural by renowned artist Rockwell Kent.
Culture
The Dennis Historical Society offers tours of the 1736 Josiah Dennis Manse, the saltbox home of the man for whom the town was named, and the Jericho Historical Center and the 1801 Captain Baker House and Barn. Liberty Hall, which stands at the center of a well-preserved 19th century crossroads, has been a stagecoach stop, dry goods store, millinery outlet, post office, supper hall, and a venue for lectures, dances, and plays. Dennis has a selection of historic cemeteries and libraries and is home to the circa 1855 Bass River Light, which is now part of the Lighthouse Inn in West Dennis.
Education
Public school students in Dennis are served by the DennisYarmouth Regional School District, which it shares with neighboring Yarmouth. The Ezra H. Baker Innovation School teaches Dennis elementary students. Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School is for fourth and fifth graders from both Dennis and Yarmouth while Mattacheese Middle School, located in Yarmouth, serves sixth and seventh grades from both towns. High school students attend Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in Yarmouth, home to the Dolphins, whose athletic teams are often highly ranked in the state.
Geography
The town’s 22.3 square miles stretch from Cape Cod Bay in the north to Nantucket Sound in the south. The Bass River forms the western border with Yarmouth, while to the east lies Harwich on the south side of town and Brewster on the north. With nearly eight percent of its acreage being water, the town has a wealth of ponds and lakes, as well as numerous sand beaches on both the bay and the sound. The town is divided into five villages: Dennis, Dennis Port, East Dennis, South Dennis and West Dennis.
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Points of Interest Borsari Gallery
Corporation Beach
Josiah Dennis Manse
Cape Cinema
Dennis Highlands Golf Course
Mayflower Beach
Cape Cod Museum of Art Cape Playhouse Chapin Memorial Beach Cold Storage Beach
Dennis Pines Golf Course Eden Hand Arts Indian Lands Conservation Area
Scargo Lake and Tower Sesuit Harbor
+63.5%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Monomoy Regional School District
$17,329
West Dennis Beach
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.7 to 1
D E N N I S R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
-64.1%
41.3%
+45.41%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
Average Days On the Market $500,000
+3.8% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
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Dennis Port
Located on the southeastern side of the town of Dennis, Dennis Port has a coastline on Nantucket Sound and is separated from the village of West Dennis by the Swan River. Several of the town’s beaches are here, including Haigis Beach with its high dunes, the good-sized Glendon Road Beach, and Sea Street Beach. Swan Pond is in the northeast part of Dennis Port, close to Harwich, and it is great for kayaking. Swan River is perfect for paddling too, and it flows from the pond to the sound. Swan River (also known as Swan Pond River) is a twisting tidal river that begins in Swan Pond and flows down to Nantucket Sound at South Village beach. The waterway is ideal for kayaking or canoeing, and the river offers a water-level view of salt marshes, shore birds, fish, and shellfish.
SeaView Park is a town-owned park and recreation area, and it is located in a residential area on Lower County Road. Highlights include a well-appointed children’s playground, walking paths, community gardens, picnic tables and benches, and a breathtaking view of Nantucket Sound.
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Shops, coffee cafes, galleries, and restaurants line Main Street (Route 28) in Dennis Port, which has undergone a recent transformation spearheaded by the Dennis Port Revitalization Committee. The Southside Civic Association sponsors a concert series at the refurbished gazebo at the Village Green, which is located close to the public library. Also in Dennis Port is the Sea View Park Recreation area, which has plenty of open space, picnic tables, a great children’s playground, and a pleasant walking path to Nantucket Sound. There are many beach cottages close to Nantucket Sound in Dennis Port, as well as numerous year-round neighborhoods with homes in all price ranges. The village is busy in the summer but takes on a quieter atmosphere in the off-season.
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Brewster
Known as Cape Cod’s “Sea Captains’ Town,” Brewster was originally settled in 1656 as part of Harwich, before separating in 1693 and officially incorporating in 1803. Named in honor of William Brewster, a Mayflower passenger who became the senior elder and religious leader at Plymouth Colony, this quaint and wooded town soon emerged as a hub of early industry when the land near Stony Brook, which had been purchased from the Wampanoag, became the site of a water-powered grist mill. Colonial-era commerce was driven by the mill, which was used to grind local corn, and also served as a fulling mill for homespun woolen cloth. This thriving district eventually became known as Factory Village, the center of the town’s economy, with a tannery, a cobbler’s shop, carding and cotton mills and a dry goods store.
Spring is eagerly welcomed with the annual Brewster in Bloom event, a three-day celebration of art and culture. Held on a weekend in late April or early May, the town-sponsored affair includes self-guided tours of art and crafts galleries, a 5K race, live music, and a festive parade down Route 6A.
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FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting
1803
I N C O R P O R AT E D
9,825
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
Brewster’s rich maritime traditions included robust herring and shore-whaling fisheries in the 18th century and the village became popular with sea captains during the glorious clipper ship era of the mid-1800s. Many of these wealthy mariners’ stately homes are now bed and breakfasts, inns, or museums, and the circa 1799 Captain Elijah Cobb House on Lower Road serves as the home of the Brewster Historical Society.
4,198
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2.27
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The Brewster Flats are an ecological phenomenon created by the ebb and flow of the daily tides. As the waters of Cape Cod Bay recede, they reveal over one mile of sandbars, clam beds, and tidal pools teeming with sea life.
Plentiful history, striking natural beauty, and a vibrant cultural community all combine to make Brewster a charming and engaging municipality. The town has a single post office, the 50,000+ volume Brewster Ladies’ Library, its own police and fire departments and many fine art galleries, historic churches, golf courses, and verdant parks, including the 1,900-acre Nickerson State Park. The Long Pond Medical Center, located just over the Harwich line at the intersection of Routes 6 and 137, serves the medical needs of the residents. Town beaches on Cape Cod Bay and freshwater ponds provide ample opportunity for relaxation and exploration. KinlinGrover.com
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$75,321
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
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Every spring, typically in late March or early April, the waters that pass by the Stony Brook Grist Mill see the energetic migration of thousands of herring (alewife) as they attempt to return to their spawning pond above. This incredible annual fish frenzy attracts visitors both avian and human.
Arts
Brewster is home to The Cape Cod Repertory Theatre, located on a historic property within Nickerson State Park. Founded in 1986, Cape Rep is an artist-driven company committed to providing creative opportunities for the community by producing professional plays and musicals and teaching classes in acting, directing, and playwriting. The town also boasts a wealth of art galleries, including Sydenstricker Glass, whose hand-carved masterpieces can be found in national museums and galleries.
Culture
Museums and cultural sites include the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, the opulent Crosby Mansion, and the historic Windmill Village in Drummer Boy Park which hosts a seasonal farmers’ market and annual antiques fair. The town has a wonderful collection of cafes, antique venues, and gift shops, such as the eclectic array of boutiques at Lemon Tree Village and the iconic Brewster Store standing guard in the heart of town. The Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League play at Stony Brook Field and the team often sports future MLB stars.
Education
Brewster is part of the Nauset Regional School District, which also includes Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet. Stony Brook Elementary School teaches students in kindergarten through second grade, while Eddy Elementary School covers grades three through five. Middle school-aged children from Brewster can attend the public Nauset Middle School in Orleans or enter an admissions lottery for The Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, a Commonwealth Charter School in Harwich. Both Nauset Regional High School in Eastham and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich are public school options for Brewster students. Two private institutions for early childhood and elementary education, The Family School and The Laurel School, are both located in Brewster.
Geography
Brewster has a total area of 25.4 square miles, of which 22.9 square miles is land and 2.5 square miles is water. Brewster is bordered on the north by Cape Cod Bay, on the west by Dennis, on the south by Harwich, and on the east by Orleans. The town features extensive tidal sand flats along the shores of Cape Cod Bay, and the largest pond on Cape Cod, Long Pond, which it shares with the neighboring town of Harwich. Brewster is home to Nickerson State Park, the site of many glacier-formed kettle ponds, and the Cape Cod Rail Trail, a 25-mile paved walking and biking path on the route of former train tracks.
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BREWSTER S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
96.9%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
49%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Eddy and Stony Brook Elementary
OLD HIGGINS FARM WINDMILL AT DRUMMER BOY PARK
$21,006
Points of Interest Brewster Historical Society Museum at Cobb House Museum Brewster Ladies’ Library The Brewster Store Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Cape Rep Theatre Captain Freeman Inn The Captains Golf Course Chatham Bars Inn Farm Crosby Landing Beach The Crosby Mansion
Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club
SPENT PER STUDENT
Old Higgins Farm Windmill at Drummer Boy Park Paine’s Creek Stony Brook Grist Mill Museum/Herring Run
$20,917
B R E W S T E R R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-66.7%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Nauset Regional Middle and High Schools
Nickerson State Park
+75.1%
10.7 to 1
SPENT PER STUDENT
+40.9%
10.9 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$500,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
Average Days On the Market
+5.0% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: CCIAOR InfoSPARKS - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Harwich
With miles of rivers and a long coastline of sandy beaches as well as numerous inland marshes, Harwich is a perfect town for spending time on the water. In fact, this relaxed town of 12,000 had a historic maritime industry, with a significant cod fishing fleet throughout the 1800s. By the latter part of the century, local residents switched to cranberry farming, and Harwich is often cited as the birthplace of the commercial cranberry industry. The annual Harwich Cranberry Arts and Music Festival held every September celebrates this pleasing designation.
Cranberry farming has been flourishing throughout Cape Cod for centuries, and Harwich helped introduce the native fruit to the rest of the world by producing the first cranberry crop for commercial sale. Today cranberry bog tours are available in Harwich, and also each September is the Harwich Cranberry Arts and Music Festival, which has entertained and educated thousands of music, food, and art lovers since 1976.
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HARWICH S TAT S 4 1 °4 1 ’ 1 0 ” N 7 0 ° 0 4 ’ 3 5 ” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1694
I N C O R P O R AT E D
12,142
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
5,433
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
The three harbors in town—Allen, Wychmere and Saquatucket—are strung along several miles of coastline in Harwich Port and each had to be carved out of marshland, salt ponds, and small rivers to provide full access to
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Nantucket Sound. Picturesque Wychmere Harbor was even once the site of a horse-cart racing track. Today, the three harbors provide full maritime services for recreational and commercial vessels, and Saquatucket Harbor has a newly renovated and enlarged municipal marina and dockside seafood café. Plus, it is the home port of the Freedom Ferry which offers seasonal daily trips to Nantucket.
84.7%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
Eventually, the local economy turned toward hospitality and the development of resorts for increasing numbers of summer visitors. Today, Harwich is a popular and friendly destination, with many delightful residential neighborhoods. The town offers Cape Cod charm, stunning beaches, historic buildings, and a bustling main street with shops, restaurants, and galleries. Three main harbors provide ample opportunities for recreational boating, fishing excursions, waterside dining, and a convenient ferry to Nantucket.
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$76,822
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$40,234 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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Arts
From the fine art galleries in Harwich Port, to weekly summer concerts by the Town Band in Harwich Center, to the Cape Cod Theatre Company, home of the renowned Harwich Junior Theatre, Harwich fully embraces both visual and performing arts. Summertime events include the weekly “Art in the Park,” featuring works by local artists, Brooks Park Art and Crafts Festivals, TD Bank Monday Night Summer Concert Series at Brooks Park, and the popular Musical Stroll Nights along Route 28 in Harwich Port that take place weekly throughout July and August.
Culture
The Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum features historic document collections and extensive photo archives, a reconstructed barn dedicated to Harwich bird carver A. Elmer Crowell, and Cape Cod’s largest exhibit on the history of cranberry farming. The historical society also hosts a seasonal weekly farmers’ market on its grounds. Brooks Free Library (739 Main St., Harwich) in Harwich Center offer special lectures, book clubs, and story times, while the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League play each summer at the nearby Whitehouse Field (75 Oak St., Harwich).
Education
After merging with neighboring Chatham in 2014 to create the Monomoy School District, Harwich’s public schools include its own Harwich Elementary School for children from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, and the shared Monomoy Regional Middle School in Chatham, and Monomoy Regional High School, located in Harwich. Harwich is also home to the high-rated Lighthouse Charter School, a Commonwealth Charter school for grades six through eight, and the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, which has recently completed construction on a new 220,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building. There is also private Catholic early education available in Harwich at the Holy Trinity Regional.
Geography
Harwich is one of the four Lower Cape towns and it is situated on Nantucket Sound, on the southern side of Cape Cod. Harwich is bordered by Dennis to the west, Chatham to the east, and by Brewster to the north, with which it shares Long Pond, a large and popular freshwater pond with crystal clear water and a sandy bottom.
The Harwich Conservation Trust is dedicated to preserving the town’s land and restoring natural habitats so residents and visitors can explore and enjoy the scenic beauty of Harwich. The trust offers lectures and guided walks and maintains over a dozen trails and wildlife sanctuaries throughout town, which are open to the public and offer a wide range of landscapes to discover.
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HARWICH S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
96.6%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
47.6%
CRANBERRY VALLEY GOLF COURSE
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Allen Harbor
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Harwich Junior Theater
Bank Street Beach
Cranberry Valley Golf Course
Red River Beach
Brooks Academy Museum Brooks Free Library Brooks Park
Harwich Conservation Trust lands
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Monomoy Regional School District
Saquatucket Harbor
$18,340
Whitehouse Field Wychmere Harbor
SPENT PER STUDENT
11.1 to 1
H A R W I C H R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+53% Closed Sales
-61.5%
+25.4%
Average Home Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$1,000,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+4.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: CCIAOR InfoSPARKS - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Harwich Port
Harwich Port is a village in the Town of Harwich, named after the port of Harwich in Essex, England, and situated in the southeastern part of the town, along Nantucket Sound. Lively and attractive, Harwich Port borders Harwich Center, West Harwich, and the town of Chatham. Port Summer Nights is a festive music stroll along Route 28 that takes place every Wednesday night in July and August and draws hundreds of music lovers to Harwich Port’s main drag.
With its easy access to the sound, Harwich Port has had a long history of seafaring. It’s three harbors—Allen, Wychmere and Saquatucket—provide full-marine services, dockage, moorings, with Saquatucket boasting a pair of seafood restaurants and a seasonal ferry to Nantucket.
Saquatucket Municipal Harbor Marina is a newly renovated and expanded full-service marina offering berths for nearly 200 boats of all kinds, as well as slips for short-term visitors. Home to a number of large fishing vessels, there is also a seal-watching cruise to Monomoy Island and ferry service to Nantucket from the harbor. You can grab a bite on the waterfront at the casual Dockside Seafood Shack right at the marina next to the harbormaster’s office.
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Main Street (Route 28) has its share of interesting shops, art galleries, cozy pubs, and a range of eateries from fine-dining restaurants to outdoor sandwich cafes. Throughout the area are historic homes and inns and stately churches of different denominations. There is a charming nine-hole golf course, the Harwich Port Golf Course, within walking distance of the village center. The popular Bank Street Beach is perfect for sunbathing, swimming, and beachcombing, and Merkel Beach, a small public beach, is a beautiful spot not far from Wychmere Harbor, which is itself a perfect vista ready for photographers. Harwich Port was once ranked by Coastal Living Magazine as the second happiest seaside town in America, so it is a much-desired location for both visitors and residents. There are beautifully restored antique properties in the village, as well as Cape Cod ranch houses, summer beach cottages, and multi-million-dollar waterfront properties with expansive grounds and private docks.
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Chatham
With a robust fishing and agricultural history, the town of Chatham has morphed into one of the most pleasing destinations on the Cape for visitors and homeowners. Chatham was settled by the English in 1664 and incorporated in 1712. In addition to fishing and farming, Chatham locals also labored at building ships and making salt, before the town eventually became a sought-after vacation destination. Popular for retirement and second-home ownership, Chatham retains a charming vibrancy, especially at its historic fish pier, where an active, small boat fleet brings in their catch under the curious observation of dozens of visitors each day. The Main Street shopping district is busy throughout the year, with many fine restaurants, clothing boutiques, bookstores, candy, and ice cream
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FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Manager, Board of Selectmen
1712
I N C O R P O R AT E D
5,982
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
2,894
shops, a renovated cinema, and several historic churches. The downtown area has many treelined residential streets that lead off of Main Street, making those neighborhoods conveniently walkable. There are several pleasant beaches in town: Hardings, Ridgevale, and Cockle Cove are on Nantucket Sound, you can swim in the calm waters of Oyster Pond and Pleasant Bay, and the town’s largest beach, Lighthouse, has opportunities for long walks and amazing views of boats entering the harbor. With many interesting residential districts, Chatham can offer choices that range from smaller inland cottages to epically luxurious shorefront estates.
Playing their home games at Veterans Field since the team’s incorporation in 1923, the Chatham Anglers, formerly the Chatham Athletics, are a collegiate baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Popular with locals and visitors, Chatham Anglers’ games are must-do events in the summertime. The team counts more major league alumni than any other CCBL team, and like the other teams, Anglers players are regularly scouted by MLB talent scouts.
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2.02
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
84.3%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$83,839
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$55,791 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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First Night Chatham is a family friendly all day New Year’s Eve gathering. For thirty years, this alcohol-free, town-wide celebration of the arts has been featuring numerous performances and events that end with a midnight firework show over Oyster Pond.
Arts
Main Street Chatham is home to more than a dozen fine art and photography galleries and studios. The Creative Arts Center is a nonprofit organization with year-round classes and workshops in painting, drawing, pottery, and jewelry. The Chatham Drama Guild on Crowell Road presents live performances of dramas, musicals, concerts, and children’s events. The restored and rehabilitated 1916 Chatham Orpheum Theater reopened in 2013 as a modern cinema featuring first-run major motion pictures, art house films, documentaries, and work from local filmmakers. Every summer, the Chatham Merchants Association presents “Chatham Art in the Park” at Kate Gould Park, a display and auction of uniquely shaped wooden pieces painted by local artists.
Culture
Chatham has numerous museums and historic sites, including the Atwood Museum, a historic home with art, artifacts, and decorative arts portraying life on Cape Cod since the seventeenth century. Residents will also find the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, the Chatham Railroad museum, and the Josiah Mayo House on Main Street, a beautifully preserved 1820 home, which serves as the headquarters for the Chatham Conservation Foundation. Also on Main Street is the Renaissance/Romanesque Revivalstyle Eldredge Public Library, a 1894 gift to the people of Chatham from one of its natives, Marcellus Eldredge. The Godfrey Windmill is a historic 1797 windmill located in Chase Park and the iconic Chatham Lighthouse is an active Coast Guard Station, whose beacon continues to guide mariners over the Chatham Bar.
Education
Chatham and its neighboring town of Harwich are both part of the Monomoy Regional School District. Chatham has its own elementary school, Chatham Elementary School on Depot Road for students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. Chatham children grades five through twelve attend Monomoy Regional Middle School, located in Chatham, and Monomoy Regional high School in Harwich. Also in Harwich is Cape Cod Regional Technical School, another public school option for Chatham teens.
Geography
Chatham is located at the elbow of Cape Cod on the southeastern corner of the peninsula. With the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Nantucket Sound to the south, and Pleasant Bay on its northeastern edge, Chatham has only one land neighbor, the town of Harwich, which wraps around its western and northern borders. The eight-mile-long spit of land that is Monomoy Island extends southwest from Chatham and is home to the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Shifting sandbars and eroding barrier beaches are a regular feature of the entrances to Chatham Harbor, and the town is also home to rivers, creeks, and salt and freshwater ponds.
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C H AT H A M S TAT S
RIDGEVALE BEACH
E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
97.3%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
58.8%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Shark Center Atwood House Museum
Cockle Cove Beach Eldredge Public Library Godfrey Windmill
Chatham Fish Pier Chatham Lighthouse Beach Chatham Railroad Museum
Harding’s Beach Kate Gould Park
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Pond
$18,340
Ridgevale Beach Veterans Field
SPENT PER STUDENT
11.1 to 1
C H AT H A M R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+76.1% Closed Sales
-48.1%
+32.8%
Average Home Sale Price
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Monomoy Regional School District
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$1,250,000 Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$1,000,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
Average Days On the Market $750,000
+4.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$500,000
2010
2015
2020
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Orleans
As the only town on Cape Cod without an English or Native American name, Orleans is thusly called in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, in acknowledgement of the assistance France provided the colonies during the American Revolution. Positioned where the Lower Cape bends toward the Outer Cape, Orleans is truly a magical merging of land and sea. The town takes environmental preservation seriously, just as residents and visitors also rejoice in the wide variety of recreational activities available on ponds, in parks, and especially on the scenic stretches of ocean and bay beaches. Snows Home and Garden Center is a family-run store established in 1887 by William and Annie Snow, whose ancestors were one of the original English families that settled Eastham and Orleans. The store originally sold coal, wood, nails, hand tools, and other supplies to local residents. Today, the tradition continues with a large selection of topquality home and garden products, and around the holidays, an elaborate train display, which entertains people of all ages.
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ORLEANS S TAT S 4 1 °4 7 ’ 2 3 ” N 6 9 ° 5 9 ’ 2 5 ” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Secretary, Board of Selectmen.
1797
I N C O R P O R AT E D
5,788
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
2,718
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
From the fun and surf of Nauset Beach on the Atlantic to the stunning sunsets and tidal pools of Skaket Beach on the bay, Orleans is replete with aquatic opportunities. An early economy based around salt and fish has led to a modern-day emphasis on kayaking, paddle boarding, ecotourism, boating, and other water sports. Landlubbers have plenty to relish as well, with acres of forested woodlands, meadows, marshes, and bogs in which to stroll, bike, birdwatch, and relax. Generations of Orleans residents have enjoyed the hidden gem that is the Outer Beach. Accessible only in an approved Over sand vehicle and with a permit from the Town of Orleans, this five-mile stretch of
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south Nauset beach is a rare treat. Families and friends park their 4x4s between ocean and dune to delight in the stunning scenery and pounding surf.
The quiet residential streets of Orleans contain venerable family compounds, cozy cottages, convenient condos, and majestic beachfront estates, and many of the local businesses are small independent shops with personalized services. Commercial hubs include areas on both Route 6A and Route 28, with local seafood markets, a candlepin bowling alley, and a craft brewery among the options for food and fun. KinlinGrover.com
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$73,778
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$45,720 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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History
Orleans has experienced remarkable historic events. In 1897 a Trans-Atlantic cable linking the U.S. to France was installed in Town Cove. Artifacts are housed in the French Cable Station Museum a historic telegraph station. During the war of 1812, the town was attacked by a British Navy landing party and over 100 years later, in 1918, a German U-Boat on a search and destroy mission approached the coast of Orleans and fired toward shore. A passing tugboat was sunk, luckily with no fatalities, and Orleans became the only U.S. site of attack by the Germans in World War I. Another famous vessel can be found each summer in Orleans. Coast Guard Lifeboat CG-36500, which was used to rescue crewmen of the SS Pendleton, which floundered off Chatham during a hazardous winter storm in 1952, is seasonally docked at Rock Harbor where visitors are welcome to come take a look.
Arts
Housed in a unique and historic arena theater in East Orleans, the nonprofit Academy of Performing Arts stages year-round theatrical productions and offers educational opportunities in the performing arts. There is a good selection of fine art galleries throughout town too, including the renowned Addison Art Gallery, which has been featuring emerging artists and established masters for more than 25 years. The seasonal Artist Cottages at the Orleans Market Square are home to Cape Cod-inspired visual artists and artisans.
Culture
Orleans is one of just 32 Massachusetts communities to be officially designated a cultural district by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Encompassing sections of both Route 6A and Main Street, the Orleans Cultural District is filled with art galleries, museums, antique shops, and historic sites, such as the circa-1720 Jonathan Young Windmill. The Orleans Firebirds are a team in the Eastern Division of the celebrated Cape Cod Baseball League, and they play their home games at Eldredge Park.
Education
Orleans is home to Orleans Elementary School, for town children from kindergarten through fifth grade, and Nauset Regional Middle School, which serves sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from Orleans, Brewster, Wellfleet, and Eastham. High school students attend Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, or Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Harwich. The Partnership School is a private elementary school in Orleans for preschool through grade six.
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ORLEANS S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
FRENCH CABLE STATION MUSEUM
Points of Interest Academy of Performing Arts Addison Art Gallery Cape Cod Rail Trail French Cable Station Museum
98.6%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
58.4%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Jonathan Young Windmill Nauset Beach
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Orleans Elementary
Rock Harbor
$24,873
Skaket Beach Town Cove
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.5 to 1 S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
Nauset Regional Middle and High Schools
O R L E A N S R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+88.4%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-51.2%
+73.4%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$500,000
+2.9%
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$250,000
2010
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.9 to 1
Average Days On the Market
Average List Price vs Sale Price
$20,917
2015
2020
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Eastham
Heralded as the gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham is a tranquil town of fewer than 5,000 year-round residents. With ample access to both the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay, miles of walking and bike trails through woods, fields and conversation areas, as well an abundance of freshwater kettle ponds and tidal rivers and creeks, Eastham is a magnet for nature lovers. Classic saltbox homes share quiet roads with newer custom capes, with the commercial part of town mainly centered on Route 6. The nautically themed Field of Dreams playground, built with funding from the Eastham Community Preservation Act, is just behind Town Hall and features rope climbing, baseball diamonds, basketball and pickle ball courts, and soccer fields.
Three Sisters Lighthouses In 1836, Eastham residents urged the Boston Marine Society to recommend to the US Congress to construct three 15-foot-high masonry light towers on their coastline. From the sea, the lights seemed to resemble women in white dresses and black hats, and thus the nickname, “The Three Sisters” was born. Coastal erosion caused the National Lighthouse Board to commission taller wooden towers thirty feet inland from the original masonry ones (which eventually collapsed into the Atlantic). The new towers underwent location moves, changes in technology and ownership, and decommission until they ended up purchased by the National Park Service and placed in their original orientation on a plot of land on Cable Road, where you can visit them today.
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EASTHAM S TAT S 4 1 °4 9 ’4 8 ” N 6 9 ° 5 8 ’ 2 8 ” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1651
I N C O R P O R AT E D
4,906
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
2,396
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.1
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
First Encounter Beach offers calm, warm water, expansive tidal flats, and a panoramic view of Cape Cod Bay. The site also presents a window into the earliest months of the Pilgrims’ arrival on Cape Cod. With the Mayflower anchored off Provincetown, Captain Myles Standish and a small exploration and hunting party took an open boat known as a shallop along the coast of the bay. As they camped here, they were surprised by a group of Nausets, a
91%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, who were seeking to protect their homeland. Arrows flew and musket shots were fired, but no harm resulted from this tense first encounter.
Residents and visitors both relish the proximity of the magnificent Cape Cod National Seashore, which was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This stunning national treasure features cliffs, dunes, salt marshes, and Nauset Light and Coast Guard beaches, which dominate Eastham’s Atlantic Ocean shoreline.
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$72,075
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$46,146 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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History
Eastham was the location for the momentous initial interaction in 1620 between a small Mayflower expedition and the local Nauset people, at what is now called First Encounter Beach. The town of Eastham was officially incorporated in 1651, and industries such as whaling, fishing, salt-making, and farming fueled its early economy. Its windswept coast famously enticed writer Henry Beston to build a lonely beach shack and write The Outermost House, his much-loved 1928 account of a year on Eastham’s wild outer beach.
Arts
The Hands on the Arts Festival is held each June on Windmill Green, whose windmill, built in Plymouth in 1688 and moved to Eastham in 1808, is the Cape’s oldest. Hosted by the Eastham Cultural Council, the free two-day event includes a juried arts and crafts show, plus children’s hands-on art activities, music, dance, puppetry and other performances. The Cultural Council also works to promote excellence, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences via Mass Cultural Council grants.
Culture
Windmill Green is the location for another fun annual Eastham event: Windmill Weekend. Held on the Saturday and Sunday following Labor Day, it features road races, a sand art competition, band concerts, square dancing, a tricycle race, and public recognition of local volunteers. The town has several historic sites and museums, including the 1869 Schoolhouse Museum, The Swift-Daley House, the Captain Penniman House at Fort Hill, and the Dill Beach Camp dune shack. Lower Cape Community Access Television is housed at Nauset Regional High School and offers community members opportunities to learn about TV production. The high school is also the location for the quirky and popular Eastham Turnip Festival, a celebration of the locally grown tuber.
Education
Eastham is one of the four Lower Cape towns that make up the Nauset Regional School District, which shares Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans and Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham, which is situated on the edge of the Cape Cod National Seashore. High school students also have the option of attending Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich. Elementary-aged students attend Eastham Elementary, and while there are no private K-12 schools located in town, nearby towns offer private educational options.
Published in 1928, The Outermost House is a book by naturalist writer Henry Beston, which chronicles living on the dunes of Eastham in all four seasons. Beston had spent time on the Cape for a magazine article about the Coast Guardsmen of the Outer Cape, and his small beach cottage, nicknamed the “Fo’castle,” was located two miles south of the Nauset Coast Guard station. His beach shack was relocated, and then eventually washed away in a winter storm in 1978, but his observations about his life on the beach are considered classics of American nature writing.
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97.9%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
50.6%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER SALT POND VISITOR CENTER
Points of Interest Salt Pond Visitor Center Coast Guard Beach Cape Cod National Seashore Nauset Light
Fort Hill Rural Historic District Eastham Windmill Three Sisters Lighthouses The 1869 Schoolhouse Museum
Captain Penniman House Swift-Daley House Coast Guard Station Red Maple Swamp Trail
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Eastham Elementary
$25,394
SPENT PER STUDENT
9.3 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Nauset Regional Middle and High Schools
$20,917
E A S T H A M R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+82.1%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-56.7%
SPENT PER STUDENT
+42.4%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+3.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
10.9 to 1
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
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Wellfleet
Located on the Outer Cape, north of Eastham and south of Truro, Wellfleet spans several miles between the Atlantic Ocean, where Ocean View Drive sweeps above six miles of steep but magnificent beaches, and Cape Cod Bay, where warmer waters and calmer surf make for family friendly swimming and relaxation. A charming Main Street winds through town to the east of Route 6, filled with boutiques, eateries, bookstores, fish markets, and town buildings, while Commercial Street’s numerous art galleries, restaurants, and small inns lead down to the bustling harbor, with its assemblage of fishing vessels, charters, and recreational boats.
Now a peninsula, Great Island was once an actual island, before silt deposits united it with the mainland in the 1830s. Accessed via Chequessett Neck Road, this strenuous but rewarding hike, the longest of the National Seashore’s trails, provides a comprehensive look at the natural environment of Wellfleet. Pitch pine forests lead to elevated sand dunes and salt marsh embayments with spectacular vistas, including those from Jeremy Point Overlook.
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WELLFLEET S TAT S 41 ° 56’ 15” N 70 ° 02’00” W ’ FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1763
I N C O R P O R AT E D
3,617
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
For many people, Wellfleet is synonymous with oysters. The clear, salty waters and rich tidal flats of Wellfleet Harbor have been producing tasty bivalve treasures for centuries. An important part of the town’s economy from its earliest settlements in the 1600s through today, the Wellfleet oyster— and other locally harvested and farmed shellfish—drives both tourism and the town’s culinary culture. Duck Harbor is one of few bay beaches in town that is not located on Wellfleet Harbor. This usually uncrowded spot has gentle dunes, warm
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AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
water, and a beautiful view of Provincetown. Its rocky sand gets partially covered at high tide, making the beach area smaller at times, but the sunsets are spectacular, as the glowing sun seems to drop right into Cape Cod Bay.
Approximately half of Wellfleet falls within the resplendent Cape Cod National Seashore, and the town is also home to the pristine Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, whose more than 1,000 acres of panoramic salt marsh, sandy barrier beach, and pine woodlands attract hundreds of species of songbirds, shore birds, and other wildlife. Residents of Wellfleet have long embraced conservation efforts to protect hundreds of acres from future development, lending the town a quaint rural character. Home to the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Wellfleet has a significant number of contemporary structures, as well as iconic Cape Cod cottages, historic downtown homes and houses overlooking the bay and ocean. KinlinGrover.com
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$74,639
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$40,837 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Wellfleet is well known as a mecca for artists and art lovers, with over a dozen galleries and studios spread throughout town and supported by the Wellfleet Art Gallery Association. Since 1985, the award-winning Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) has been producing new works, modern classics, and innovative theatrical events in their architecturally unique theatre located on Route 6. The smaller Harbor Stage Company, an ensemble of professional theater artists, has been staging diverse material at an iconic seaside theater since 2012.
Culture
In just ten years, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, a beautifully restored downtown church, has become the year-round hub for art and culture in the community. Also in Wellfleet is the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, which preserves and celebrates the Outer Cape’s exceptional modern architecture. The Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum collects and preserves the story of Wellfleet through exhibits, research archives, and community engagement while the Wellfleet Public Library hosts hundreds of music, dance, poetry, and education events each year. The nonprofit Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting (SPAT) sponsors the extremely popular annual Oyster Fest every October, and Wellfleet Cinemas on Route 6 has the only operational drive-in theater on Cape Cod, which has been screening films since 1957.
Education
Wellfleet Elementary School, located off Route 6, not far from the National Seashore, serves the town’s kindergarten through fifth grade students. Wellfleet is part of the Nauset Regional School District, along with Brewster, Orleans, and Eastham, and middle grade and high school students attend Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans, and the Nauset Regional High School in neighboring Eastham, respectively. High school-aged students may also choose to study at Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Harwich. There is one preschool, My Little Island Preschool, located in South Wellfleet.
History
Native American artifacts discovered in Indian Neck indicate that the Punonakanit people, members of the Wampanoag Federation, had lived in what is present day Wellfleet for thousands of years. Europeans arrived in the early 1600s, and by 1650 Englishmen had settled the area, including a large island in the harbor, naming it all Billingsgate. In 1793, Billingsgate separated into the two towns of Wellfleet and Eastham, and the once-flourishing fishing community on Billingsgate Island was eventually destroyed by erosion in the early 1900s. Now only a shoal exposed at low tide, the former Billingsgate Island serves as a rest area for tired kayakers and a rich fishing ground for anglers. Also noteworthy is Guglielmo Marconi’s historic transatlantic radio transmitter station, built on a coastal bluff in South Wellfleet in 1901 to 1902. The first radio telegraph transmission from America to England was sent from this station on January 18, 1903.
Part of the National Seashore, the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail is a 1.1-mile loop through a swamp canopied by the coastal evergreen conifer. The hike is an easy walk through an unusual landscape. Most of the peaceful, otherworldly trail is on a raised wooden walkway, and on foggy days it can seem mystically beautiful.
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Points of Interest Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Duck Harbor Beach Great Island Trail Marconi Beach Marconi Wireless Station Mayo Beach Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum Wellfleet Preservation Hall Uncle Tim’s Bridge
94.7%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
53.6%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Wellfleet Elementary
$30,656
SPENT PER STUDENT
9.5 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Nauset Regional Schools
$20,917
W E L L F L E E T R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+69.6%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
+24.5%
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.9 to 1 S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
-54.4%
$750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+4.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
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Truro
Positioned nearly at the end of the peninsula, Truro is the least populated town on Cape Cod, with just around 1,200 year-round residents. These homeowners are treated to dramatic natural beauty throughout the seasons, with sandy cliffs that overlook wild ocean beaches, kettle ponds, the Pamet and Little Pamet rivers, salt marshes, and dense oak forests. Much of Truro is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore, including the Highlands Center trail, which is the site of the former North Truro Air Force Station and the Highland Light Station, also known as Cape Cod Light, the oldest working lighthouse on the Cape. The iconic Highland Light, also known as Cape Cod Light, was originally commissioned by George Washington in 1797 as the twentieth light station in the new United States. A replacement brick structure was erected near the original wooden tower in 1831, and the present-day 66-foot-tall brick light tower and Queen Anne-style keeper’s house replaced the previous lighthouse in 1857. Highland Light is undergoing a multi-year renovation that is expected to be completed sometime in 2022.
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TRURO S TAT S 41 ° 59’36” N 70 °03’01” W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
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1709
I N C O R P O R AT E D
1,122
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
601
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
Truro is narrow, stretching only a few miles from its eastern shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean to its western coast on Cape Cod Bay. Condos and cottages along Shore road, expansive modern homes, and a good share of traditional Capes are among the real estate choices in Truro. The town offers laid-back privacy and pastoral charm, but it is also home to the popular winery Truro Vineyards and its new South Hollow Spirits distillery. Also in town is the renowned Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and the Payomet Performing Arts Center, situated at the Highlands Center, which offers seasonal live performances from nationally known talent. A terrific choice for paddling, kayaking or fishing, the four-mile-long Pamet river flows nearly all the way across Truro into Cape Cod Bay. Named for the Pamet Tribe, the river is a tidal estuary with significant salt marsh areas.
Payomet is one of the names the Wampanoag people called the area, which was colonized by the British in the 1690s, who eventually renamed it for the town of Truro in Cornwall, England, in 1709. Today, Truro is an attractive destination for summer visitors and a distinctive location for year-round living. KinlinGrover.com
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OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$68,367
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$44,416 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Nestled in the dunes above Cape Cod Bay is the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, a world class nonprofit arts center that has been offering professional-level workshops in painting, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, writing, jewelry, and photography for more than 48 years. The nonprofit Payomet Performing Arts Center presents top-notch live music, theatre, circus arts, and humanities events under a large tent at Highlands Center during the summer and off-season at venues from the mid-Cape to Provincetown.
Culture
Housed in a former turn-of-the-20th-century summer resort hotel, The Highland House Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the people of Truro over the centuries. Operated by the Truro Historical Society, the museum’s collection includes permanent exhibits about the local Native peoples, the salt mill industry, and the Old Colony Railroad, which had an important depot in Truro. The museum is on the grounds of the historic Highland Lighthouse, and nearby one of Cape Cod’s oldest and most scenic golf courses, Highland Links. The Truro Public Library in North Truro has soaring ceilings, an outdoor reading patio, a children’s garden, and wide collection of books for all ages.
Education
The Truro Central School provides public educational opportunities for children in grades pre-k through sixth. After graduating from Truro Central School, students can attend Nauset Middle School or the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools. High schoolers can go to Nauset Regional High School in Eastham or the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich.
History
When the Pilgrims were anchored temporarily in Provincetown Harbor, exploration parties traveled into Truro and discovered a store of corn buried on a hill. They helped themselves to what was the local native people’s winter supplies, and thanked providence for the bounty. Now known as Corn Hill, the site is commemorated by a plaque that explains the corn allowed the pilgrims to survive their first winter on Cape Cod. In 1900, visiting Bostonians built a series of cottages on Corn Hill as a seaside resort to take advantage of spectacular views. Six of the original cottages remain and are now part of a condo association.
Swedish born opera singer Jenny Lind was a sensation in the mid-1800s and, as the legend goes, she once performed in a Boston auditorium located on the second floor of a railroad depot building. To appease hundreds of fans gathered outside, she supposedly walked out onto a stone turret and sang to the crowd below. Many years later, in 1927, a Boston lawyer who was a big admirer of hers, purchased the tower when the depot was being demolished, and moved it to property he owned in North Truro, where it still sits, incongruously, today.
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89.3%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
48.5%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Truro Central
$32,234
PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Points of Interest
SPENT PER STUDENT
Ballston Beach
Highland Links Golf Course
Head of the Meadow Beach
Jenny Lind Tower
Highland House Museum Highland Light (Cape Cod Light)
Pamet River Payomet Performing Arts Center
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Truro Farmers’ Market Truro Vineyards
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-69.4%
$20,917
SPENT PER STUDENT
+33.5%
10.9 to 1 S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$750,000
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+1.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Nauset Regional Schools
T R U R O R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+176.7%
7.2 to 1
$250,000
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2015
2020
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Provincetown
The first stop for the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in 1620, Provincetown has been embracing its progressive ambiance ever since. Known for its artistic traditions and enthusiastic welcome to the LGBTQ community, Provincetown is also a historic fishing town, and home to two of the most beautiful beaches in the Cape Cod National Seashore—Herring Cove and Race Point. After the Pilgrims sailed across the bay and settled in Plymouth, Provincetown remained notable for its rich fishing grounds and was eventually incorporated as a township in 1727. With the addition of Portuguese immigrants, who initially came to the area to work on fishing boats, early twentieth century American playwrights,
Province Lands Bicycle Trail was the first bike trail to be constructed in a national park, this challenging five-mile loop through the Province Lands passes over sandy dunes, through pine forests, and across low-lying cranberry bogs. There are access points that bring you to Herring Cove Beach, Race Point Beach, and the Beech Forest.
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PROVI NCETOWN S TAT S 42 .0 5 8 ° N 70.1 7 9 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Manager, Board of Selectmen
1727
I N C O R P O R AT E D
2,730
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
actors, and artists enamored of the serene and scenic location, and residents attracted by the open-minded aura, Provincetown has amalgamated into a relaxed yet cosmopolitan town on the outermost end of Cape Cod. Tourism is a major industry in Provincetown with numerous hotels, inns, and bed and breakfasts nestled in among the many art galleries, casual and fine-dining restaurants, bars, boutiques, and souvenir shops on Commercial Street and beyond. In Provincetown’s deep-water harbor is where you find the busy MacMillian Pier, the transportation hub of Provincetown, with high-speed ferries to Boston, fishing vessels, recreational craft and whale-watching boats coming and going regularly. Songbirds abound in Beech Forest Trail, a one-mile
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OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
walking trail that loops through a picturesque beech forest preserve filled with small ponds covered with lilies and lined with reeds and other marsh vegetation.
Waterview apartments, condos, and smaller historic homes are clustered in the commercial district, while more spacious single-family homes can be found on the tree-lined side street neighborhoods. Bustling with visitors from across the country and the world in the summertime, when the clubs and cafes come to life, Provincetown is a much quieter and earnest community in the off-season. KinlinGrover.com
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$58,313
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$58,739 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Home to the venerable Provincetown Players, the avant-garde theater first established in 1915, Provincetown is famous for its wealth of artistic expression. The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) is a nationally recognized, year-round cultural institution that has been presenting exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and events since 1914. The Provincetown Playhouse continues to be the home of many independently produced plays, and the Fine Arts Work Center offers unique residency programs to emerging visual artists and writers. Twenty Summers is a festival of concerts, conversations, artist residencies, and special events that takes place annually from mid-May to mid-June in the historic Hawthorne Barn. The annual Provincetown Film Festival, run by the Provincetown Film Society, celebrates the best in independent film. There are dozens of highly regarded fine art galleries throughout town, as well as plenty of live music venues and cabarets.
Culture
Each June, local fishing boats take part in the Blessing of the Fleet, part of the four-day Provincetown Portuguese Festival, which pays tribute to Portuguese food and culture. Later in the summer, Commercial Street explodes with color and activity during Provincetown Carnival, a weeklong celebration of LGBTQ+ life. In the center of town sits the 252-foot tall Pilgrim Monument, opened in 1910 to honor the first landing in Provincetown. At the base of the tower is the Provincetown Museum, which highlights the arrival of the Mayflower pilgrims, the town’s rich maritime history, the early days of modern American theater in Provincetown, and the building of the monument. The community radio station in Provincetown is WOMR (OuterMost Radio), which plays local, eclectic, entertaining, informative, and educational programming.
Education
Although there are fewer than 200 school-aged children living year-round in Provincetown, the two schools that make up the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools are situated within a rich cultural, scientific, and technological environment. Pre-kindergarten through grade eight students are provided a high academic standard of education at the schools’ facility on Winslow Street. High school students can attend Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, Cape Cod Technical High School in Harwich, or private schools elsewhere on the Cape.
Geography
Located on the very tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown is surrounded by water in every direction except for its narrow land border with Truro. The town itself is 17.5 square miles with more than 20 miles of coastal shoreline. Nearly two-thirds of Provincetown’s land is owned by the National Park Service, which maintains and operates the National Seashore’s Herring Cove and Race Point beaches. Wild, windy, and remote, the Province Lands dunes fill the landscape to the north of downtown, while Cape Cod Bay enters the town’s fishhook-shaped harbor to the south.
Built with granite from Maine, Pilgrim Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. (It is 116 steps to the top!) It was designed by prominent American architect Willard Thomas Sears and was patterned after the Torre Del Mangia in Siena, Italy.
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PROVI NCETOWN S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
95.2%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
55.4%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Provincetown Schools
Points of Interest Beech Forest Center for Coastal Studies Commercial Street Herring Cove Beach Long Point Light MacMillan Wharf
Old Harbor Life-Saving Station Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum Province Lands
$37,975
Provincetown Library
SPENT PER STUDENT
Provincetown Theater
6.8 to 1
Race Point Beach Wood End Lighthouse
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Nauset Regional Schools
$20,917
P R O V I N C E T O W N R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+66.2%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
+65.76%
SPENT PER STUDENT
10.9 to 1 S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
-60.0%
$750,000 Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
Average Days On the Market $500,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
+3.6% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
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Dartmouth The ocean has defined this southeastern Massachusetts town throughout its history. In the eighteenth century, shipbuilding was the area’s main industry then whaling and salt mining brought jobs and wealth to Dartmouth. Federalstyle Colonials, Shingle-style classics, and elaborate Victorians were erected along main streets. Today, Dartmouth’s main attraction is tourism, but many of the historic homes have been restored, sitting proudly in the village of Padanaram, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
There are a number of agricultural farms in Dartmouth. Silverbrook Farm is a sustainable farm in town where locals will find vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, herbs, mushrooms, free-range eggs, and jams. They also have a roadside farmstand and local CSA program. Copicut Farms is a pasture-based livestock farm that specializes in humanely raised poultry and pork.
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DARTMOUTH S TAT S 41 .6130 ° N , 70.9705° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1664
I N C O R P O R AT E D
30,933
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
13,821
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.22
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Apponagansett Park has a sandy beach on calmer bay shores making it a great place for children to play and collect shells. Nearby Arthur F. Dias Town Landing is a public boat launch.
Dartmouth has a variety of parks with sandy beach areas, including Apponagansett Park, which has harbor views and picnic tables, and Jones Park, which also has a bathhouse, playground, and softball fields. Round Hill Beach on Apponagansett Bay is only open to residents. The popular spot is staffed with lifeguards and also has a bathhouse and concession truck during peak season. Boaters will find plenty to explore outside of Padanaram Harbor and Apponagansett Bay, including the Elizabeth Islands and coves and inlets along Buzzards Bay. Nearby the exclusive New Bedford Yacht Club is one of the oldest in the country.
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77.9%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$75,820
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$48,378 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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To access Round Hill Beach you must be a resident of Dartmouth or have a day pass. The scenic shoreline has views of the Elizabeth Islands and the softer waves make it a great place to swim.
Culture
The Dartmouth Cultural Center is located inside the historic Richardsonian Romanesque-style building on Elm Street. The nonprofit’s mission is to preserve the Southworth Library for future generations and also bring programming to the community. The Dartmouth Historic and Arts Society is located in an 1871 schoolhouse and also provides exhibitions and talks throughout the year. A farmers’ market takes over the St. Mary’s Parish Center lawn in Padanaram Village each week, and locals can pick up produce, flowers, meat, eggs, baked goods, and handmade crafts and art.
Education
Dartmouth Public Schools serves over 3,700 students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools include a high school, middle school and four elementary schools—Cushman, DeMello, Potter, and Quinn. Dartmouth is also home to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth.
Geography
With over 64 square miles, Dartmouth is the fifth largest town in Massachusetts. Just about 29,000 call Dartmouth home. The shoreline is shaped by Buzzards Bay and there are a variety of coastal estuaries such as the Slocum River, Little River, Apponagansett River, and Clarks Cove. Further inland, Dartmouth has a number of parks and forests where there are residential properties as well as a number of undeveloped parcels.
History
According to the town of Dartmouth, the area was settled after the following agreement was made between members of the Pokanoket tribe and Wampanoag nation, Massasoit and Wamsutta, and English settlers, John Winslow and John Cooke: “Massasoit and Wamsutta sold to William Bradford, Captain Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Winslow, John Cooke, and their associates, for thirty yards of cloth, eight moose skins, fifteen axes, fifteen hoes, fifteen pairs of breeches, eight blankets, two kettles, one clock, two English Pounds in Wampum, eight pair of shoes, one iron pot, and ten shillings, that land called Dartmouth.” Dartmouth was officially settled in November of 1652. 92
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DARTMOUTH S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
93.9%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
44.8%
PADANARAM HARBOR
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Apponagansett Bay
Dartmouth Regional Park
Paskamansett Landing
Apponagansett Park
Frank Knowles Reserve
Paskamansett Park
Cornell Pond
Jones Park
Round Hill Beach
Dartmouth Community Park
Padanaram
Russells Mills Landing
Dartmouth Cultural Center
Padanaram Harbor
$14,387
SPENT PER STUDENT
13.1 to 1
D A R T M O U T H R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+66.7%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-37.7%
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Monomoy Regional School District
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
+53.6% Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019 ** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$750,000
Average Days On the Market $500,000
+4.3% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Padanaram
The historic village of Padanaram in Dartmouth is located on Buzzards Bay and is surrounded by the Apponagansett River and Padanaram Harbor. The scenic area is a sailor’s paradise with coves and inlets as well as Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cuttyhunk off the coast. This sailing port also has a great collection of interesting shops, galleries, restaurants, and businesses. Early on in its history, shipbuilding was a large part of Padanaram’s economy. Today there are still a few businesses practicing this precise craft, such as Marshall Marine, which builds cat boats and the Sakonnet 23.
The village is on the National Register of Historic Places, and many historic homes are located on Elm, Water, Middle, High, Pleasant, Prospect, Hill, School, Fremont, and Bridge Streets. Cruise the treelined neighborhoods to admire architecture of the past through Greek Revival, Victorian, and Federal-style homes. In addition to its picturesque coastline, the area is part of Southern New England’s Farm Coast, and the Coastal Wine Trail.
Every hour the Buzzards Bay swing bridge opens to let sailboats cruise in and out of the harbor. The event stops traffic, and many have embraced the regular ritual that slows the village down in the bustle of the warmest months.
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Mattapoisett
Mattapoisett is a Wampanoag word that means “place of rest.” The town is well-known for its scenic shoreline on Buzzards Bay. Mattapoisett Harbor is an especially beautiful place and many boaters have found their way here, passing Ned’s Point Lighthouse on their way in and out of the protected bay. Mattapoisett has a total area of 24.2 square miles; 17.4 square miles is land and the rest is water. The Mattapoisett River starts in Rochester and heads through Mattapoisett before emptying into the harbor. Mattapoisett’s population is just over 6,000, which means properties are often accompanied with land and privacy. It also means that residents know each other well. There are
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation has nearly 400 acres of wetlands and forests. Walk through pine, oak, beech, birch, and holly trees, making your way to scenic Nasketucket Bay, where you can beachcomb for whelk, oyster, and clam shells.
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M AT TA P O I S E T T S TAT S 41 .6 61 6 ° N , 70. 8 1 51 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting, Board of Selectmen.
1857
I N C O R P O R AT E D
6,401
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
2,648
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.39
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With a $25 permit, locals can gather shellfish from Mattapoisett’s shores, such as quahogs, clams, oysters, and scallops. There are weekly limitations with recreational permits, but it’s certainly enough for a few seafood dishes.
three district neighborhoods in Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Center, Alms House, and Antassawamock. About half of the town’s homes are in Mattapoisett Center, which is located right on Mattapoisett Harbor and is home to parks, beaches, museums, schools, and much of the town’s industry. Alms House is a residential area that is on Hiller Cove and Aucoot Cove on the east end of town, while Antassawamock, on the town’s west side, is also mostly residential in nature and has Brant Island Cove and Hammonds Cove running right through the middle of it.
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78.7%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$94,360
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$63,331 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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Ned’s Point Lighthouse was built in 1838, and the stone structure remains an active lighthouse today. It is one of the smallest beacons on Buzzards Bay at only 39 feet tall.
Culture Every summer, Harbor Days Festival fills Shipyard Park with a craft fair, lobsterfest, fish fry, triathlon, and pancake breakfast. Mattapoisett Historical Society and Carriage House has permanent and seasonal exhibits on the history of the town from its shipbuilding days to the impact of hurricanes. The society also hosts family events as well as lectures throughout the year. Salty, an iconic sculpture of a seahorse, can be found at Dunseith Gardens, which is a three-acre property with a gazebo, open lawns, and picnic tables.
Education Schools in Mattapoisett are part of the Old Rochester Regional School District, which is shared with Marion and Rochester. There are four schools in Mattapoisett, with Center School handling children through grade three, grades four through six attending Old Hammondtown School, grades seven and eight going to Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, and older students learning at Old Rochester Regional High School.
Geography Mattapoisett is 24.2 square miles, and 6.8 of that is water. The Mattapoisett River flows from Rochester to Mattapoisett Harbor. Along the coast is Ned’s Point Lighthouse, four beaches, and Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, which is 400 acres of protected forests and wetlands. The town is bordered by Fairhaven, Acushnet, Rochester, and Marion.
History Mattapoisett belonged to the Wampanoag people until 1664, when chief Metacomet sold the land to Governor William Brenton. The town wasn’t settled until 1750 and was originally part of the neighboring town of Rochester. It wasn’t until 1857 that Mattapoisett was incorporated. Mattapoisett was best known as a whaling and shipbuilding center, until the decline of the whaling industry led to a change in the direction of the town’s economy. With little industry in Mattapoisett, the town slowly became a summer vacation destination, which is what it remains to this day.
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M AT TA P O I S E T T S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
98.2%
Points of Interest Dunseith Gardens
48.7%
Eel Pond Mattapoisett Harbor Mattapoisett Historical Society and Carriage House Mattapoisett Town Beach Nasketucket Bay State Reservation
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$20,549
SPENT PER STUDENT
Ned’s Point Lighthouse Shipyard Park Town Wharf General Store Wolf Island Road
MATTAPOISETT HARBOR
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
11.9 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Old Rochester Regional High School
$16,507
M AT TA P O I S E T T R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+96.4%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-63.8%
$750,000
SPENT PER STUDENT
+39%
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
Average Days On the Market
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
$500,000
+5.4% Average List Price vs Sale Price
13.1 to 1
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Marion
Marion is a small town with the kind of charm that wraps historic homes in white-picket fences. In the warmer months, Marion comes to life with activity, especially for seafarers. Boaters moor their boats in Sippican Harbor, which is home to the exclusive Beverly Yacht Club. Sailors ride the southwest winds that pick up almost every afternoon. Every June for more than four decades, Marion attracts international acclaim in the sailing world when the Marion-to-Bermuda Yacht Race comes to town.
Founded in 1977, the Marion-to-Bermuda Yacht Race celebrates competitive spirit and good fellowship of Corinthian sailing. Sailing crews navigate from Marion to Bermuda, which is 645 nautical miles, and some use only celestial navigation. Funds raised through the race benefit local sailing programs.
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MARION S TAT S 41 .697 7 ° N , 70.7525° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open Town meeting, Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator
1852
I N C O R P O R AT E D
5,188
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
1,942
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.5
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Silvershell Beach has sandy shores and calm waters along scenic Sippican Harbor. The area also has a playground, basketball court, and grassy park, making it an ideal warm-weather destination for families.
In addition to its rich maritime heritage, Marion is home to the Little Marion Golf Club, a public course, and Kittansett Country Club, a prestigious, private course. Public beaches include the popular Silvershell Beach. Marion’s public schools are included in the Old Rochester school district, and the town is also home to Tabor Academy, an esteemed private school situated on the harbor. A drive down Front Street takes you through Tabor’s beautiful campus and by homes of former sea captains overlooking the waterfront. Front Street leads to the village, where residents will enjoy the charms of the Marion General Store and Marion Elizabeth Taber Library as well as a few shops and eateries like Kate’s Simple Eats.
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80.3%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
EARNINGS
$81,928
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$53,105 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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Arts
At the Marion Art Center locals can attend art exhibits, theater productions, and music concerts, as well as find creative workshops, classes, and clubs. Activities are available for both children and adults. The MAC also sponsors a range of events in town, such as ArtWeek Massachusetts, Art in Bloom, Arts in the Park, and the Marion Halloween Parade.
Culture
Sippican Historical Society has exhibitions and presentations throughout the year. They have also developed a few historic tours through town that include a historic bike ride for children. Elizabeth Taber Library is a Victorian-style building that was built for $4,000 in 1872. Today it is still home to the town’s library collection with a renovated children’s department. On the top floor of the library is the Natural History Museum, where specimens from around the world are on display.
Education
Marion’s public schools are included in the Old Rochester school district. Students in Pre-Kindergarten through grade six attend the Sippican Elementary School. Seventh and eighth grade students attend Old Rochester Regional Junior High and grades nine through twelve enroll at Old Rochester Regional High School. Tabor Academy is a private school for grades nine through twelve.
History
Elizabeth Taber is an important part of the town’s history. Often called the fairy godmother of Marion, she was born Elizabeth Sprague Pitcher in 1791 on South Street. She became a teacher at the age of 14, and then went on to marry Stephen Taber who would later become a wealthy merchant and trader. Later in her life, Elizabeth Taber used her money to build Marion’s first library as well as Tabor Academy.
Bird Island Light marks the entrance to Sippican Harbor. The area surrounding the light is protected because it is home to close to 30 percent of North America’s endangered roseate terns. The lighthouse was constructed in 1819 and then repaired in 1997. Today, the solarpowered light shines every six seconds.
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MARION S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
93.8%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
Points of Interest Bird Island Lighthouse
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Elizabeth Taber Library Kittansett Club
SCHOOL FUNDING **
Marion Art Center
$16,975
Marion Golf Club Marion Music Hall
SPENT PER STUDENT
Natural History Museum
13.3 to 1
Silvershell Beach Sippican Harbor MARION MUSIC HALL
51.4%
Sippican Historical Society
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Old Rochester Regional High School
$16,507
M A R I O N R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+136% Closed Sales
-27.1%
+33.9%
Average Home Sale Price $1,000,000
13.1 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O $750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
Average Days On the Market $500,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
+7.4% Average List Price vs Sale Price
SPENT PER STUDENT
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Rochester
Settled in 1679, Rochester was originally called Sippican and included the areas that are now Marion, Mattapoisett, and Wareham. After it was officially incorporated in 1686, the name changed to Rochester since many of its settlers came from Rochester, England. Rochester was once a dominant player in the shipbuilding industry because it had direct access to Mattapoisett Harbor. However, Marion became its own town in 1852 and Mattapoisett did the same in 1857, leaving the town without access to the water. Rochester soon became a farming community, which it remains to this day.
Cranberry growing is very popular for those who live by bogs. There are a number of private bogs throughout town. To catch a glimpse of a private operation, walk through the trails at Lionberger Woods during the fall.
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ROCHESTER S TAT S 41 .7550 ° N , 70.8 453 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting and board of selectmen
1686
I N C O R P O R AT E D
5,687
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
1,928
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.89
Mary’s Pond is a natural kettlehole carved by retreating glaciers. Today, the
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pond is stocked with trout, which makes it a popular local fishing spot and a great place to teach beginners and kids how to cast a line.
Those who are interested in a small rural town with plenty of space, Rochester might be for you. There are four localities: North Rochester, East Rochester, Bisbee Corner, and Varella Corner. North Rochester is mostly rural with farms, forests, and some residential streets; it is also home to Snipatuit Pond and Great Quittacas Pond. East Rochester borders Marion and West Wareham and is largely characterized by farmland and a few kettle ponds. Many homes are set between and on farmland and thick wooded areas border backyards, offering quiet country living without being too removed from larger commercial areas. Rochester is 10 miles northeast of New Bedford, 40 miles east is Providence, Rhode Island, and 60 miles south of Boston.
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EARNINGS
$104,041
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$47,918 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
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Arts
Nearby, Marion, Mattapoisett, and New Bedford have lively art scenes. Marion Art Center has art exhibits, theater productions, and music concerts, as well as creative workshops, classes, and clubs. New Bedford has the New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford Performing Arts Center, and a number of studios and galleries.
Culture
Farming is important in Rochester. In 2012, Rochester adopted a right-to-farm bylaw which, according to the town, “encourages the pursuit of agriculture, promotes agriculture-based economic opportunities, and protects farmlands within the town of Rochester by allowing agricultural uses and related activities.”
Education
Rochester is part of the Old Rochester school district, which includes Marion and Mattaposiett. Students in kindergarten through grade six attend Rochester Memorial School. Seventh and eighth grade students attend Old Rochester Regional Junior High and grades nine through twelve enroll at Old Rochester Regional High School. High School students can also attend Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in North Rochester.
Geography
Rochester is 36.4 square miles and 33.9 of that is land. The two and a half square miles of water include a variety of kettleponds as well as the Mattapoisett and Sippican rivers. Popular ponds in town are Mary’s Pond, Leonard’s Pond, and Quittica’s Pond. The landscape is defined by open land, forests, cranberry bogs, and farms, such as Cervelli Farm, which has a farmstand, and East Over Farms, which has been a family farm since 1910.
East Over Reservation is a 40-acre property operated by the town of Rochester and the Trustees of Reservations. There are two miles of granite stone walls that trace the landscape and walking paths with opportunities to spot blue-winged warbler, Eastern towhee, and cottontail rabbit. Adjacent to the reservation is East Over Farm, which has been owned and operated by the Hiller family for over a century.
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ROCHESTER S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
93.7%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
47.9%
Points of Interest Cervelli Farm East Over Reservation
SPENT PER STUDENT
Leonard’s Pond
11.6 to 1
Mary’s Pond Quittica’s Pond
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Old Rochester Regional High School
R O C H E S T E R R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+68.4%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-62.6%
+49.7%
SPENT PER STUDENT
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
$750,000
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
$500,000
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
+5.3% $250,000
2010
$16,507 13.1 to 1
Average Days On the Market
Average List Price vs Sale Price
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$20,207
East Over Farm
EAST OVER FARM
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
2015
2020
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Wareham
Wareham is at the head of Buzzards Bay and has 54 miles of coastline, two major river systems, and dozens of protected coves and bays. Locals can enjoy the shoreline at one of many beaches that include Briarwood Beach, Swifts Beach, Little Harbor Beach, Shell Point Beach, and Point Independence Beach. Also on the coast is the village of Onset, which has been a popular destination for over a century, and throughout the summer the area is busy with outdoor concerts and events. Boaters are attracted to the town because it has a variety of full-service marinas. There are also two boatbuilders in town: Cape Cod Shipbuilding and Beetle Cat Boat Shop, which has been building cat boats since 1921.
With a number of coves and rivers, Wareham is an ideal place for paddlers. Nemasket Kayak Center conducts a variety of tours along the various rivers, through Onset at sunset, and also along ponds and streams during the fall when changing leaves turn the landscape into a kaleidoscope of colors.
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WA R E H A M S TAT S 41 .7615° N , 70.7197 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open Town meeting, Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator
1739
I N C O R P O R AT E D
22,745
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
9,497
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
Established in 1819, Wareham’s Tremont Nail Factory is the oldest
2.36
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nail manufacturer in the United States and is still operating today.
Further inland, Wareham becomes more rural, revealing the town’s rich cranberry operations. Today, cranberry growers control over 30 percent of the town’s land. Wareham is also home to A.D. Makepeace Company, the world’s largest cranberry producer and the largest private property owner in eastern Massachusetts. A.D. Makepeace has been harvesting cranberries for over 160 years.
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Arts
In Onset, the Summer of Love concerts bring live music to the village every Wednesday night during the summer. Locals can reserve picnic tables or bring chairs for the lawn. Another seasonal series is Music from Land’s End. This chamber music event features internationally acclaimed artists at venues in Wareham, Marion, and New Bedford.
Culture
The Fearing Tavern Museum is a Georgian Colonial house built by tavern owner Benjamin Fearing in 1765. Inside, period rooms display authentic eighteenth and nineteenth century furnishings, toys, tools, and more. Also in town is the Captain John Kendrick Maritime Museum, which was built in 1745. The collection honors Wareham’s maritime history.
Education
A new elementary school is currently under construction in Wareham with ambitions to open in the fall of 2021. The elementary school will replace the John W. Decas School, which serves students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. Fifth, sixth, and seventh graders attend Wareham Middle School, and grades eight through twelve attend Wareham High School. Students can also choose to go to the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School.
History
Native tribes lived off of the land that is present day Wareham until the late seventeenth century. After King Philip’s War, English settlers moved into what is now Center Park. The oldest homes in town include the Burgess House and others on Great Neck Road as well as houses along Elm Street and Lincoln Hill. During the nineteenth century, the town profited off of iron-related manufacturing and maritime industries, such as shipbuilding, whaling, fishing, and salt production. Summer tourism and cranberry growing emerged as new industries at the turn of the twentieth century and continue today.
The family run water park, Water Wizz, has been in operation since 1982 and features slides, tube rides, and wave pools. The park has also been the backdrop for a few Hollywood movies.
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WA R E H A M S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
91.4%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
24.1%
ONSET VILLAGE
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Points of Interest Briarwood Beach
Minot Forest
Swifts Beach
Little Harbor Beach
Onset Village
Tremont Nail Factory
Nemasket Kayak Center
Point Independence Beach
Wareham River
Makepeace Farm
Shell Point Beach
Water Wizz
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$20,207
SPENT PER STUDENT
11.6 to 1
W A R E H A M R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+51.4%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$750,000
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
+67.4% EARNINGS
-60.2%
$65,825
$500,000
Average Days On the Market
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$35,388
$250,000
+4.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
P E R C A P I TA INCOME
$0
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019
** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
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Onset The Onset Bay Association keeps residents busy with events throughout the year. In the spring there’s an annual Easter egg hunt and kayak poker run, and when the weather heats up, there are fireworks, an illumination night, blues festival, movie nights, the Summer of Love Music Series, and more.
The village of Onset that many know today came to life in the early 1800s when it was first built as a self-sufficient resort community. The Victorian homes that were erected, as well as the waterfront cottages and main street storefronts, remain today. There’s a pride that comes from living in the walkable area that is Onset. Locals know things like the charms of their corner of New England that comes equipped with stores, antique shops, ice cream shops, and cafes and that the best pizza comes from Marc Anthony’s on Onset Avenue. To buy a home in Onset is to be within steps of the coast. The village is also two miles from the Cape Cod Canal and 45 miles south of Boston (on a route that bypasses Cape traffic). The Onset Bay Association hosts events throughout the year such as the Fourth of July fireworks, blues festivals, and art shows. In the summer, the association organizes live music every week in an outdoor amphitheater. Boaters will find a few different marinas in and near the village, and being at the head of Buzzards Bay, there’s lots to explore on the open water. Residents have access to sandy beaches, kayaking, biking, and fishing. Out in Onset Bay is Onset Island, which is only accessible by boat. There are over 50 houses on the island and while most are summer homes, some residents live on the island year-round.
In the mid-1800s, Onset became a major resort area. Tourists flocked to the area by train, sailboat, and steamer, and businesses like casinos, clubs, and hotels were built to accommodate the influx of visitors. Today the town remains a popular summer destination and year-round community.
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Carver
Carver is best-known for its cranberry production and farmland. When the town’s iron industry slowed in the late 1800s, community members began putting local swamps to use for cranberry harvesting. Today, that tradition continues and there are many working bogs, such as Edgewood Bogs, Fresh Meadows, and Flax Pond Farm. Those who are looking to live in Carver are looking for a rural lifestyle with access to acres of land as well as privacy. Just about 12,000 residents are in Carver, which means many properties are spread out throughout the 39.7-mile town.
Carver isn’t on the ocean, but there are sandy beaches along Johns Pond and Sampson Pond. Both areas are also popular for fishing.
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CARVER S TAT S 41 .8834° N , 70.7625° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1790
I N C O R P O R AT E D
11,767
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
At the far northern end of town is North Carver, or Cole Mill, which is home to the Lakenham Historic District, one of the first areas inhabited by settlers from Plymouth. The neighborhood is mostly residential with a few commercial and industrial properties. East Carver, also known as Wenham, shares a border with Plymouth and is characterized by great stretches of farmland as well as the cranberry bogs that turn a lovely crimson during seasonal harvests. South Carver also has farmland and bogs with a few residential sections. Carver Center is where residents will find many of the town’s businesses, including restaurants and shops. This area is where most residents in town live.
In Carver, there are trails throughout the Myles Standish State Forest, a large area that stretches across Plymouth and Carver. There are also bike paths, hunting sections, fishing ponds, and equestrian trails.
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4,489
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.61
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
91.2%
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Shurtleff Park features five acres and hosts the town’s farmers’ market, in addition to concerts and other events throughout the year like yoga camp.
Culture
King Richard’s Faire, the largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire in New England, runs annually from the first weekend in September until the third weekend in October, and it attracts visitors from all over the country. This event takes place on an 80-acre plot of land in the Savery Historic District and features jousting, music, exotic animals, a 16th-century marketplace, and more. In South Carver is Edaville Family Theme Park, an amusement park with something for the entire family. The park features rides, a splash pad, a dinosaur park, live shows, an indoor playground, and a Charles Dickens village.
Education
Carver Elementary School teaches students from pre-k through fifth grade. Carver Middle High School enrolls sixth through twelfth grades. Students can apply to Norfolk County Agricultural High School, which is a private school that provides opportunities to study animal and marine science, plant and environmental science, and diesel and mechanical technology. Students can also apply to Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester.
Geography
Carver is defined by pine and cedar trees as well as a number of small brooks, rivers, and ponds, such as Vaughn and Bates Ponds. The town is famous for its large number of cranberry bogs, and it is 45 miles south of Boston and 38 miles east of Providence. Carver is bordered by Plympton to the north, Kingston to the northeast, Plymouth to the east, Wareham to the south, and Middleborough to the west.
History
Carver was originally inhabited by the Wampanoags or Pokonokets, and many of the routes they used are common roadways today. One of the more common routes used by the Pokonokets was the Nemasket Trail, which ran in the area of presentday Route 44. Carver was formed from the older town of Plympton and was officially incorporated in 1790. The reason for the town’s creation was that many residents lived too far away to attend church in Plympton. Therefore, they built the South Meeting House in 1772, later renamed Bay State Hall, and established their own town, which was named after John Carver, the first governor of Plymouth Colony.
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E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
Points of Interest Edaville Family Theme Park Edgewood Bogs Flax Pond Farm
92.4%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
21.8%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Fresh Meadows Johns Pond Lakenham Historic District King Richard’s Faire Myles Standish State Forest Sampson Pond EDAVILLE FAMILY THEME PARK
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$15,732
Shurtleff Park
SPENT PER STUDENT
12.4 to 1
C A R V E R R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+45.5%
+50%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$750,000
-70.7%
$500,000
EARNINGS
$70,959
Average Days On the Market
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$250,000
$35,367
+5.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Duxbury
A drive through the coastal town of Duxbury will take you passed historic homes with ocean views, neat streets, and manicured lots. It’s a beautiful town to call home. The commute to Boston is under an hour and it’s 30 minutes to the Cape. Many residents work in the city and spend their weekends on the water. Duxbury Beach is a barrier beach that stretches over seven miles and provides sand on both the calm waters of Duxbury Bay and on the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to being scenic, Duxbury Bay is also home to successful aquaculture operations, such as Island Creek Oyster. The company ships oysters from the bay to restaurants all over the country and has an oceanside oyster bar in town that is open in the warmer months.
O’Neil Farm is a 145-acre working dairy farm that has been in operation since the early 1700s. Today the historic property has been permanently protected as one of the oldest and last working farms on the South Shore.
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DUXBURY S TAT S 4 2 ° 0 2 ′ 3 0 ″ N 7 0 °4 0 ′ 2 2 ″ W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
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1637
I N C O R P O R AT E D
About 16,000 people live in Duxbury year-round, and there are a few neighborhoods to check out before considering a move. Cedar Crest offers oceanfront homes that are a stone’s throw away from Duxbury Beach. South Duxbury has a small beach on Duxbury Bay and a boat launch onto Kingston Bay. The area is home to some large residential areas, in addition to a small commercial sector with a few shops, restaurants, and a grocery store. The Tinkertown Neighborhood Association has been preserving its neighborhood’s history for over 50 years. The association also host events for the area of town that’s filled with new and historic homes. The Power Point Bridge permits access to the beach over the Back River. The 2,200-foot wooden bridge was originally constructed in 1892, and today it is a beach portal as well as a popular fishing spot.
Restaurants, such as the Oysterman and the Anchor, can be found in Millbrook along St. George Street. This center also includes a general store, remote working space, and Farfar’s Ice Cream, which has been serving homemade Danish scoops since 1979. Ashdod is in the northwest section of town, and its homes are situated among forests and bogs. This part of town borders both Pembroke and Marshfield and provides easy travel both north and south because it’s right on the Pilgrims Highway, which goes directly to Boston and Cape Cod. South of Ashdod is West Duxbury, another residential community with forests and bogs.
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T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
5,714
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.74
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
88.7%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
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Arts
The Duxbury Art Association was founded in 1917 by Charles Bittenger, John Singer Sargent, and Frank Benson; it is one of the oldest arts organizations in the country. Today the community members can visit the DAA in the Ellison Center for instruction, exhibitions and performances in the visual arts, music, dance and dramatic arts. The Art Complex Museum is home to the impressive collection of the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family and also features rotation contemporary art exhibits. There are also year-round lectures, concerts, classes, education programs, demonstrations, and tea ceremonies that are performed in the Japanese tea hut.
Culture
This nautical town is all about enjoying the saltwater, which is exactly what Duxbury Bay Maritime School is all about. The nonprofit has a variety of educational and recreational programming for kids and adults who are looking to enjoy the bay. Locals can also check out the Alden House Museum, the Duxbury Free Library, and King Caesar House, which is where the wealthy Weston family lived in the 1800s.
Education
Duxbury Public Schools consists of four schools: Chandler School for students in pre-K through grade two, Alden School for students in grades three-five, Duxbury Middle School for students in grades six-eight, and Duxbury High School for students in grades nine-twelve. Two Montessori schools are in town: Bay Farm Montessori Academy, serving students from early childhood through middle school, and Elements Montessori for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.
Geography
Duxbury is primarily a residential community on the Atlantic coast in Plymouth County Massachusetts. It is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the east, Duxbury Bay, Kingston Bay and Plymouth to the southeast, Kingston to the southwest, Pembroke to the west and northwest, and Marshfield to the north. Duxbury’s diverse landscape includes dunes, salt marshes, rivers, lakes, ponds, cranberry bogs, forests, fields and farms.
Snug Harbor is right on Duxbury Bay and it’s where locals find stores like the Snug Harbor Fish Market as well as French Memories, a café serving pastries, classic Parisian sandwiches, coffees, and desserts daily. The Duxbury Maritime School, where many young people in town learn to sail, is in this corner of town too.
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DUXBURY S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
98.8%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
72.5%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER ISLAND CREEK OYSTER COMPANY
Points of Interest Art Complex Museum
John Alden House
Duxbury Beach
King Caesar House
Duxbury Free Library
Island Creek Oyster Company
Duxbury Maritime School Ellison Center for the Arts
Myles Standish Burial Ground
Old Shipbuilder’s Historic District O’Neil Farm Powder Point Bridge Snug Harbor
Closed Sales
-62.7%
Average Home Sale Price
13.4 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
+45.8%
$1,000,000
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$750,000
$61,791
$500,000
P E R C A P I TA INCOME
+5.3% $250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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EARNINGS
$128,173
Average Days On the Market
Average List Price vs Sale Price
$16,517
SPENT PER STUDENT
D U X B U R Y R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+107.6%
SCHOOL FUNDING **
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Kingston
Kingston makes living by the beach on the South Shore accessible. Right in town is the Old Colony commuter rail that reaches South Station in less than an hour. While there are still a small number of professional fishermen and cranberry growers in Kingston, many residents commute to work in Boston, and opt to avoid traffic by hopping on the train. Kingston stretches from Kingston Bay inland to Silver Lake. On one side of town is the shore, where Grays Beach is located. The popular sandy beach also has a sizable green space, covered picnic tables, a playground, a basketball court, and a multisport court. This is also where you’ll find the Rocky Nook neighborhood. The former summer community is now filled with year-round homes that are steps to the coast, providing easy access to sunrises and moonrises throughout the year.
Those who are into hiking can spend time in places like Kingston State Forest, Cranberry Watershed Preserve, and Sampson Forest, all of which have paths through the woods. There’s biking on some of these trails, as well.
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KINGSTON S TAT S 41 .9933 ° N , 70.7285° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1726
I N C O R P O R AT E D
13,863
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
Gray’s Beach Park is a great place to watch the sunrise. On summer days, locals take advantage of the small sandy stretch on Kingston Bay. The park also has covered picnic tables, a playground, a basketball court, and a multisport court.
Away from the coast, the other side of Kingston is defined by large forests and quiet cul-de-sacs. The western side of Kingston is called Wapping, which is mostly residential but has some businesses along Wapping Road. The neighborhood extends south to the town’s border with Plympton. Further north is Silver Lake and while most of the lake is in Pembroke, its southern end and its surrounding neighborhood are in Kingston. Those seeking lakefront properties can find them in this area. The town also includes a number of shops and restaurants including the Kingston Collection a shopping center that includes Target and an indoor trampoline park. Popular eateries include Solstice serving fresh creative American dishes, and Blueberry Muffin, a breakfast spot.
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F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.69
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
81.8%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
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History
Shipbuilding was the industry that got Kingston’s economy going in the 1800s. The community later moved into the ice harvesting business because the former Jones River Pond would freeze in the cold New England winters. Locals eventually renamed the body of water Silver Lake, a marketing strategy to make its ice sound more appealing. The name stuck even though the ice company went out of business.
Culture
Jones River Watershed Association is an environmental nonprofit established to preserve the local maritime history and protect the quality of natural resources on the Jones River and Cape Cod Bay. The organization hosts education and community events throughout the year and allows a spot for members to launch kayaks and canoes into Kingston Bay. Also within the organization is the Mass Bay Maritime Artisans, which is for boaters and boatbuilders, but it also educates the public through boat restoration and building projects.
Geography
Kingston is 20.5 square miles, and 1.9 square miles is water. Kingston is bordered by Pembroke to the north, Duxbury to the northeast, Plymouth to the south, Carver to the southwest, and Plympton to the west. The Jones River runs through town from Silver Lake into Kingston Bay.
Education
Kingston is a member of the Silver Lake Regional School District along with the towns of Halifax and Plympton. Students from sixth grade through eighth grade attend Silver Lake Middle School, and those in ninth through twelfth grade go to Silver Lake High School. Kingston operates its own elementary schools, including the Kingston Elementary School and Kingston Intermediate School. Sacred Heart School is a private school in town and teaches early education through sixth grade.
Another popular spot is AhdeNah Waterfront on the Jones River, where there’s plenty of fishing and shell fishing. AhDeNah is a Native American word meaning “good place to stay” or “good campground.”
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KINGSTON S TAT S CRANBERRY WATERSHED PRESERVE
E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
96.1%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
43.5%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
SCHOOL FUNDING ** Kingston Elementary and Intermediate
$15,465
SPENT PER STUDENT
Points of Interest AhdeNah Waterfront
Jones River
Rocky Nook
Cranberry Watershed Preserve
Kingston Collection
Sampson Forest
Kingston State Forest
Silver Lake
Gray’s Beach
15.6 to 1
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O Silver Lake Middle and High School
$17,046
K I N G S T O N R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+78.4% Closed Sales
-69%
SPENT PER STUDENT
Average Home Sale Price
+41%
$1,000,000
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O $750,000
EARNINGS
Average Days On the Market
$96,104
$500,000
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
+4.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
12.8 to 1
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
$42,418 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Marshfield
Halfway between Boston and Cape Cod, Marshfield is a coastal town that has a rural side. More than 25,000 live in Marshfield year-round, but that number swells in the summer. Homes range from salt-sprayed classics to farmhouses on acres of private land. Three rivers wind through town—North River, South River, and Green Harbor River, and all are ideal for canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boarding. The rivers are dotted with impressive homes with docks for easy access to and from the ocean.
Levitate Music and Arts Festival attracts thousands of people to town every year. The event was founded by a local couple who also own a surf and skate shop in town by the same name.
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MARSHFIELD S TAT S 42.09 17 ° N , 70.7056° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T: Open town meeting, Town Administrator, Board of Selectmen
1640
I N C O R P O R AT E D
25,967
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
There are eight villages in town: Marshfield Hills, Green Harbor, Marshfield Center, Brant Rock, Fieldston, Ocean Bluff, Rexhame, and North Marshfield. Marshfield Hills has a number of striking residences and it is also where you’ll find the beloved Marshfield Hills General Store. The shop is filled with goods from local vendors as well as merchandise from NBC’s The Office, since it is owned by the actor Steve Carell. Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Winslow Cemetery Road, Marshfield) is one of the many walking trails throughout Marshfield. The miles of
9,649
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
2.67
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
trails are maintained by Massachusetts Audubon Society and wind through grasslands, woodlands, and wetlands and are popular for birders.
Along Massachusetts Bay are five miles of public shoreline with an assortment of beaches, including Rexhame, Fieldston, Sunrise, Ocean Bluff, Brant Rock, and Green Harbor. This beach town is also home to the popular Marshfield Fairgrounds. The annual Marshfield Fair and the Levitate Music and Arts Festival fill the 62-acre lot every summer. In the winter, a weekly farmers’ market takes over once a week. KinlinGrover.com
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The Wampanoag occupied southeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years before European settlers arrived. The Wampanoag Commemorative Canoe Passage is a 70-mile water trail that allowed passage from Massachusetts Bay at Marshfield and Scituate to the Taunton River and eventually Narragansett Bay.
Arts
The North River Arts Society brings together and promotes the work of local artists and artisans. Every Memorial Day weekend, the society presents the Annual Festival of the Arts: a block-party-style celebration in Marshfield Hills. Choose from a plethora of local art at reasonable prices and watch as local acts take the stage day and night.
Culture
Every August, the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society puts on the Marshfield Fair. The traditional American fair has been operating for over 150 years and features a music festival, amusement rides, food fair, and farm and agriculture exhibits. Levitate Music and Arts Festival takes over the fairgrounds in July for three days of live music and art shows.
Education
The Marshfield public school system includes four elementary schools: Daniel Webster, Eames Way, Governor Winslow, and Martinson. Students then join for grades six through twelve at Furnace Brook Middle School and Marshfield High School.
History
The Marshfield Historical Society recently published a book, The Life of Peregrine White, who was the first Pilgrim boy born in the Plymouth Colony. He was born on the Mayflower while it was anchored off of Provincetown Harbor on November 20, 1620. He later settled in the town of Marshfield, where he farmed the land near Green Harbor and served as a local selectman. The town has a rich colonial history. In addition to the historical society is the Historic Winslow House Association, headquartered in the Winslow House, and the Marshfield Historic Commission, which operates the Daniel Webster Estate.
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MARSHFIELD S TAT S E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
96.7%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
48%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER SALT MARSH ALONG NORTH RIVER
Points of Interest Brant Rock Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary Green Harbor
Levitate Music and Arts Festival
North River Wildlife Sanctuary
Marshfield Fairgrounds
Rexhame Beach
SCHOOL FUNDING **
$14,582
Marshfield Hills General Store
SPENT PER STUDENT
12.2 to 1
M A R S H F I E L D R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+45.2% Closed Sales
Average Home Sale Price
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
+38.3%
$1,000,000
EARNINGS
-42.6%
$102,560
$750,000
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Average Days On the Market
$48,190
$500,000
+4.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
P E R C A P I TA INCOME
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
DATA SOURCE: MLS PIN - 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2020 run date 6/4/21. Data points are the 12 month running average as of January of each year in the sequence.
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Plymouth
Plymouth is known as America’s hometown, since it was the first colony settled by the Pilgrims in 1620 after the Mayflower voyage. Many sites around town still celebrate this unique heritage such as Plymouth Rock, Plimoth Plantation, the Mayflower II, and more. Since the town is steeped in history, its homes reflect that. Homeowners will find a variety of options to choose from, such as colonialera homes and Federal-style as well as Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival. Of course, there’s more to this 134-square-mile town than history. Over 60,000 people call Plymouth home. Villages include Cedarville, Chiltonville, Ellisville, Halfway Pond, Long Pond, Manomet, Plymouth Beach, Priscilla Beach, South Pond, Vallerville, West Plymouth, West Wind Shores, and White Horse Beach. Plymouth is not a sleepy town, Inside Myles Standish State Park is College Pond, a 53-acre natural kettlehole pond and a favorite place for locals to swim and picnic.
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P LY M O U T H S TAT S 41.9584° N, 70.6673 ° W
FORM OF G O V E R N M E N T:
Representative town meeting, Town Manager, and Board of Selectmen
1620
I N C O R P O R AT E D
61,528
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
23,345
F A M I LY HOUSEHOLDS
but some villages are quieter and have more privacy than others. Cedarville is a largely residential area and it’s rural in character with a number of coastal and wooded gems. West Wind Shore is a small village with two neighborhoods and two recreational ponds, Big Sandy and Wall Pond. Downtown Plymouth is a busy waterfront area filled with shops and restaurants as well as a few galleries and breweries. Mirbeau Inn and Spa is a destination hotel that is perfect for taking in Plymouth’s attractions, or just
2.5
AV E R A G E HOUSEHOLD SIZE
79.7%
OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
for a staycation as the hotel is equipped with quiet rooms, a spa, and restaurant.
While many of the beaches along Plymouth’s coast are private, there are a few public options such as three-milelong Plymouth Long Beach, and parts of White Horse Beach. The Myles Standish State Forest, the second largest state forest, is located in Plymouth and Carver with 16 freshwater lakes and ponds for fishing, swimming, canoeing, and kayaking and numerous trails for biking and hiking. Other freshwater ponds include Fresh Pond Park and Billington Sea Pond. KinlinGrover.com
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$90,279
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$45,995 P E R C A P I TA INCOME
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Arts
Plymouth Center for the Arts is located on North Street in the historic Russell Library. In addition to its annual art show, it offers classes and workshops throughout the year. Greater Plymouth Performing Arts Center is a nonprofit aimed at fueling the local creative economy, especially for performing arts. The organization owns the Spire, which is in a restored church and hosts small concerts (225 seats) throughout the year.
Culture
Plimoth Plantation is a living museum of seventeenth century villages. In the English village, live actors play the roles of the pilgrims and explain the day-to-day lives of the first settlers and what it took to survive the first few years. In the Wampanoag Homesite, visitors learn from native people—some Wampanoag or other native nations—who talk to visitors about life on the coast during growing season in the 1600s. In addition to the plantation, there are a variety of historic homes around Plymouth, including Richard Sparrow House, which was built in 1640 and is now a museum. Jabez Howland House was also built in the 1600s and was occupied by passengers of the Mayflower.
Education
Plymouth has eight elementary schools including Cold Spring, Federal Furnace, Hedge, Indian Brook, Manomet, Nathaniel Morton, South, and West. From there, depending on which district they live in, students go to one of two public middle schools—Plymouth South Middle or Plymouth Community Intermediate—and one of two public high schools—Plymouth North High and Plymouth South High. Plymouth Harbor Academy offers alternative education through a high school diploma program. The town also has a preschool that enrolls up to 200 children each year.
History
Before the Pilgrims came ashore, Plymouth was the site of a Wampanoag village called Patuxet. In 1614 and 1617, two deadly plagues swept through the area killing 90-95 percent of the Wampanoags. When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, they found a number of cleared areas as well as cornfields to occupy. Plymouth is the site of the First Thanksgiving, which occurred between members of the Wampanoag and the first settlers to celebrate their first year of harvest in 1621.
At White Horse Beach, a rock juts out of the water with an American flag painted on it. The flag was painted by a few young men who eventually joined the armed forces to fight in World War I. Today, the annual repainting of the flag has become a local tradition.
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Points of Interest Billington Sea Pond Fresh Pond Park Jabez Howland House Mayflower II Myles Standish State Park National Monument to the Forefathers Plimoth Plantation
E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T
95.3%
HIGH SCHOOL G R A D U AT E
38.4%
B AC H E LO R ’ S D EG R E E , OR HIGHER
Plymouth Center for the Arts Plymouth Harbor
SCHOOL FUNDING **
Richard Sparrow House
MAYFLOWER II
The Spire
$18,403
SPENT PER STUDENT
11.6 to 1
P LY M O U T H R E A L E S TAT E M A R K E T D U R I N G T H E PA S T D E C A D E
+106.3%
+52.7%
Average Home Sale Price
Closed Sales
$1,000,000
-53.0%
$750,000
S T U D E N T/ T E A C H E R R AT I O
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey Program, Estimates for 2019 ** Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2020-2021 school year
Average Days On the Market $500,000
+4.2% Average List Price vs Sale Price
$250,000
2010
2015
2020
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BARNSTABLE
3221 Route 6A, P.O. Box 156 Barnstable, MA 02630 508.362.2120 Jack Driscoll Manager
Kate Paron
Administration
Debbie Blakely Lynda Bryson Ann Marie Burbic Danielle Chaulk Amanda Kundel§ Donna Maloney Kathryn Norton Bob Norton Mark Philie Rick Shechtman Bunky Woodbury
BOURNE
One Trowbridge Road Bourne, MA 02532 508.743.0660 Ralph Grassia Manager
Annette Seppala Administration
Louis Basoli Tracy Berestecky Peter DiFranco Paula Dunn Cheryl Ferrara Christine Gustafson Shannon Heino Ronald Manzone Ashley Pratt Linda Stoll Thomas Taborelli Suzanne Vliet Monique Ward
BREWSTER
1990 Main Street P.O. Box 2000 Brewster, MA 02631 508.896.7000 Annie Blatz Manager
Laura Handville Administration
Wendy Allyson Peter Blatz Craig Bodamer Karen Bradley Betsy David Philip DeNegri Fred Di Maio Jullian Douglass Rich Elliott-Grunes Steven Flynn Trish Graham Amy Harbeck‡ Laurel Hartman Karen Kennedy Kerry Kew
Jessica Krikorian Kathleen MacKenzie Laura Manning Annabel McElroy Raj Nagrath Hayley Nickerson Tracey Oringer Cindy Roth§ Daniel Roth§ Evelyn Salvadore Steve Seaver Linda Stevens Nina Tobin Marcia Toromanian‡ Jim Van Ness Leslie Van Ness Melanie White
CENTERVILLE
Bayberry Square 1B 1645 Route 28 Centerville, MA 02632 508.778.4005 Jack Driscoll Manager
Kate Paron
Administration
Katie Crawford Jonathan Kanter Mary Kanter Bernie Klotz John Loucks Gene Petraglia Lauren Scioletti Dean Wong
CENTERVILLE EAST 1550 Falmouth Road Route 28 Centerville, MA 02632 508.775.2121 Jack Driscoll Manager
Kate Paron
Administration
Arthur Caiado Brian Cobb Katie Fitzsimmons Alessandra Gualberto Scott Manley Carolyn Morin Jeanette Neeven Karen Rozell Kriss Stevens Kathy Terrio
CHATHAM
856 Main Street Chatham, MA 02633 508.945.1856 David Shortsleeve Manager
Carmela DeSantis Administration
Chris Briggs Rhonda Buynak David Doherty
Jane Englert John (Jack) Farrell Marianne Harris Wendy Hatch§ Lori Jurkowski Ella Leavitt Shane Masaschi Gail Rodgers Marcie Smith Kari Wagner
Jane Orchard‡ Jim Redding Marge Redding Susan Rioux Lyn Schad Mary Ellen Sylvia Maro Titus Mark Twichell Bill Wishart
DARTMOUTH
229 Main Street Falmouth, MA 02540 508.540.9000 Jack Driscoll
300 Elm Street Padanaram Village S. Dartmouth, MA 02748 508.992.6479 Ralph Grassia Manager
FALMOUTH MAIN ST.
Manager
Kimberly Santos
Assistant Manager
Candi Englehart
Christina King
Annette Avelar Gallant Dawn Boucher Scott Boucher Michelle Cannon Lisa Cohen Lidia Goodfellow Alexis Green Linda Hopps Rick Hopps Lisa Jedrey Kim Jorgensen-Richard Fernando Mendonca Benita Rose Monteiro Sarah Oliveira John Oliver Kiana Rose David Sylvia Debbie Tougas Vieira
Betsy Adams Richard Cass Susan Chadwick Betty Collins Ray MacMurdo Jean O’Brien Megan O’Connell Marilyn Osborne Kathy Steinberg Joan Walsh
Administration
FALMOUTH
56 Scranton Avenue Falmouth, MA 02540 508.548.6611 Jack Driscoll Manager
Michelle Murray Administration
Blair Anthony Suzette Anthony Lisa Asendorf Aleta Azarian Doug Azarian‡ Kim Bedford Heather Burke Carmen Cilfone David Durfey Beth Dussan Jamie Edwards§ Caron Gregory Sue Gregory Jill Guidi Kristen Hendrick Stacie Kapulka Susan Keleher Susan Lawrence Christopher Lopes Bridget Moylan
Administration
HARWICH PORT
476 Route 28 Harwich Port, MA 02646 508.432.8800 David Shortsleeve Manager
Jean Phillip
Administration
Christopher Arrigo Linda Collins Larissa DaSilva Dana DeCosta Andy Falconio Michele Farren Donna Fitzgerald Patsy Ford Jen Graham Maureen Green Adeline Harrington Chris Jablonski Bob Jones Garrett Kasper Dale Kennedy George Kennedy Martha Knapp Tina LeBeau§ Ronald Longobardi Nancy Morris James Rubel Chris Spear Sandra Tanco Carol Thayer Joni Tuttle Tyler White Kristen Winn
MASHPEE
681 Falmouth Road, B12, Rte 28, Mashpee, MA 02649 508.477.2700 Commercial 508.548.4000 Jack Driscoll Manager
Debby Fisher Administration
Ryan Benoit Susan Brown John Callahan‡ Patricia Callahan Lisa Cannata Cindy Crawford Amanda DeFazio Erin DelVecchio Dan Dutson Denise Dutson Ben Edgar‡ Cooper Gould Pat Holmes Timothy Kandianis Victoria Kuznetsova Christopher Ploszay Lissa Ploszay Christine Richards Jeremy Savlen Stephanie Smith Charles Spilsbury Chris Tarozzi
NORTH FALMOUTH
10 County Road P.O. Box 738 N. Falmouth, MA 02556 508.563.7173 Jack Driscoll Manager
Kimberly Santos
Assistant Manager
Christina King Administration
Josette Adams George Appleton Judi Appleton Cathy Bearce Barbara Bonica Colette Farrell Judi Friedberg Bobbie German Linda Gill Kenneth Heisler Matina Heisler Victoria Kenney Lisa Kenny Kevin Leddy Ann Lynch Trish Lyons Maryellen Mackey§ Nancy Mara Joan Muse Suzanne O’Neil Steve Rudy Cheryl Tormey Michele Travers Christina Wilson
*Measured and independently verified post-transaction customer surveys by Quality Service Certfication, Inc. (QSC). Kinlin Grover is also a recipient of the 2021 Q E Quality Excellence Award and a US top 10 mid-size company for customer service.
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ONSET
211 Onset Avenue P.O. Box 265 Onset, MA 02558 508.295.2000 Ralph Grassia Manager
Candi Englehart Administration
Janet Bessey Norma Bloxson Edie DeBalsi Jennifer Dion Jennifer Dziuba Hugh Harp Jen Hartley Dianne Rossi§ Jennyfer Sordillo John Trott Patricia Waldron
ORLEANS
32 Main Street Orleans, MA 02653 508.255.3001 Commercial 508.240.0334 David Shortsleeve Manager
Ruthann Navas Administration
Jac Augat Matthew Burger Laddie Cook Mark D’Angelo Kristin Dash Gayle DeSimone§ Alec Dixon Sharon Kingman Dixon‡ Reita Donaldson Charles Ellis Harry Ellsworth Barbara Francke Donna Gemborys Liz Holguin Kate Krapivina Kerrin LaFrance D J Layhe Bethany Long Nadine Magazu Eileen Morgan Suzanne Newton Coreen Olson Doug Payson Justin Pechonis Deborah Preston-Burger Evan Rotini‡ Nat Santoro‡ Chris Schneeweiss Michael Shafto Jade Silva Sherri Simms Dee Sullivan Donald Sullivan Lisa Swansey Robert Tucker Sheri Valeri
Lori Walker Grace Watson Caroline Zaglio
OSTERVILLE
4 Wianno Avenue Osterville, MA 02655 508.420.1130 Jack Driscoll Manager
Darlene Murray Administration
Allison Asher Diane Boudreau Karen Breen Christine Bryant Maureen Carven Linda Cirrone Joe Colucci Lucy Cundiff Kim Cuppels Lynda Day-Sampson Deborah DelNegro Maura Ferreira Jessica Field Viola Fish Jonathan Gilmore Steve Gould Sarah Harrington Patty Harvey Sean Holmes Jennifer Jansen Christine Leduc Gary Livingston Pam Loughran Patricia McDonough Ann Meads Ronnie Mulligan Dennis O’Shea Pat Patterson Jan Rodrigues Kyle Rumberger Noreen Seeders Carole Swartz Jeanne Walsh Susan Wheatley Ted Williams Heather Wilson
PLYMOUTH
45 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360 508.747.0080 Ralph Grassia Manager
Maureen Graham Administration
Dawn Beliveau Beth Brouillard Kimberlee Canducci Andrea Catino Elisa Coppleman Donna Fernandes Joyce Gerraughty Dawn Guiney Denise Harrison
Allison Higgins Carol King Michael Lovering Lisa O’Neill Cherie Poirier
PROVINCETOWN
374 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657 508.487.5411 Dan Sheehy Manager
Andrea Candello Donald Hatfield Brett Holmes§ Rose Kennedy‡ Mike Miller Katherine Paddon Melissa Youngblood
RIDGE CLUB
70 Country Club Road Sandwich, MA 02563 508.428.2770 Ralph Grassia Manager
Patricia O’Connor Administration
Jay Cabana Komel Chaudhry Steve Furlani Jack Nicoletti Danny O’Connell Beatriz Prado Michael Solitro Sandy Tompkins Michelle Tompkins-Kurker
SANDWICH
133 Rte 6A Sandwich, MA 02563 508.833.3333 Ralph Grassia Manager
Patricia O’Connor Administration
Maria Cobak Beverly Comeau Kevin Cosgrove Steve Furlani Christina Gagnon Deborah Garner Janet Gosselin Lynne Gourley William Greenwood David Guilderson Lisa Hassler Mason Hickman Kathy Kelly Antonia Kenny‡ Lisa Lauar Hannah McGrath Miriam Marchant Maria Mencarelli Nancy Muccini Joan Powell
Beatriz Prado Karen Rezendes Stacey Ricci Naomi Shea Lisa Sheehan Eben Steele Karen Stefani Cheree Weeks Pamela Wood
SOUTH YARMOUTH
909 Route 28 So. Yarmouth, MA 02664 508.775.5200 Annie Blatz Manager
Pauline Bartley Administration
Jim Augat Regina Augat Peter Bornstein Michelle Collins Denise Delaney Joanna Forbes Janelle Hammond Sue Haugh Tom Haugh Michele Hopkins Sarah Hopkins Jennifer Maloney Kevin McIsaac Richard Montague Bud Nugent Jan Pulit Karen Shortsleeve Betsy Studley Crystal Weinert John Weld
TRURO
314 Rt. 6, P.O. Box 747 Truro, MA 02666 508.349.2782 Dan Sheehy Manager
Noreen Bahring Administration
Frank Capitummino Marianna Kennedy Rose Kennedy‡ Susan McCabe Shelby Zawaduk
WELLFLEET
2548 Route 6 Wellfleet, MA 02667 508.349.9800 Dan Sheehy Manager
Melissa Williams Administration
Jane Booth§ Paige Daigle§ Katy Day Ashley Fawkes Patty Lemme Kaitlyn Logan
Chris Nagle Kathleen Nagle Suzanne Sherlock Gail Stewart Alicia Thomas
YARMOUTH PORT
927 Route 6A Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 508.362.3000 Annie Blatz Manager
Lynn Santoro Samantha Fennell Administration
Lester Allen Allison Atwood Kim Barnocky-Grossman Pat Cavanaugh Nanci Cicchetti Sandy Clarke‡ Ellie Claus Bruce Cook Denise Coolidge Gerry Coughlan Donna Doucette Michael Gambini Roseanne Garner Ben Gordon Terri Gordon John Grady Lisa True Grady Jesse Hagopian‡ Dara Harris Danielle Hayward Alayne Hogan Sandra Hoy Carol Hurley Ernie Johnson Jackie Johnson Ross Joly Donna Lapsley Greg Lapsley Sarah Lapsley Carol Mauro Maureen Loynd James Madru Dory Marchildon‡ Lee Marchildon‡ Marty Martin Cathleen McAbee Cindy Muzyka Amy Naas Ellen Ricciardi Michele Ross Bradley Runyan Jeffrey Senecal Peg Sheridan Steve Titus Karen Ursini Jess Wade Judy Whalen Jim Wisner
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