Maritime History

Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Barnstable County ( BARN-stə-bəl) is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 228,996. The county seat is Barnstable. The county consists of Cape Cod and associated islands (some adjacent islands are in Dukes County and Nantucket County). Barnstable County was formed within the Plymouth Colony on June 2, 1685, including the towns of Falmouth, Sandwich, and others to the east and north on Cape Cod. Plymouth Colony was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691.

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See also

• ▸Commissioners of Irish Lights
• ▸History of malaria
• ▸HMS Blanche (1800)

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