Nantucket

By The Numbers

Sources: nantucketchamber.org, nha.org

Nantucket was founded in the mid 1600 s by a group of proprietors.

THE FIRST 10 WERE:

Tristam Co n Sr. | Peter Co n | Thomas Macy | Richard Swain

John Swain | Thomas Barnard | Christopher Hussey

Stephen Greenleaf | William Pile | Thomas Mayhew

Summer Population: OVER 80,000 Year - round population: 14,255

Nantucket is a TOWN, A COUNTY, and an ISLAND.

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STOPLIGHTS on Nantucket

LAST COMMUNITY in MA to lift ban on AUTOMOBILES

82 SQUARE MILES in NANTUCKET

From the mid 1700s to the late 1830s, Nantucket was the WHALING CAPITAL of the world, with nearly

150 SHIPS making port in Nantucket during its peak

The Milestone Cranberry Bog is one of the world’s largest. The land,

OVER 260 ACRES, is owned by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation

BRANT POINT LIGHTHOUSE is the SECOND OLDEST in the country, first constructed in 1746

14 MILES LONG

1686 the year Jethro Coffin House was built, arguably the oldest house on Nantucket

800 structures and buildings built before the Civil War that are in existence today Originally called SHERBURNE, the name of the island was changed to Nantucket in 1795

Over 700 SHIPWRECKS surrounding Nantucket from PIRATE SHIPS to WHALING SHIPS

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