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Yarmouth (/ ˈ j ɑːr m ə θ / YAR-məth) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod. The population was 25,023 at the 2020 census . The town is made up of three major villages: South Yarmouth , West Yarmouth , and Yarmouth Port .
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Stretching along Massachusetts Route 6A from the Barnstable line in the west to White Brook in the east, the district includes almost 300 buildings on 50 acres (20 ha). It includes the two villages of Yarmouth Center and Yarmouthport, which were important 18th and 19th century centers of civic and economic activity. [2]
Chartier, Craig "Archaeology and History at the Taylor–Bray Farm, Yarmouth Port, MA; Historical Society of Old Yarmouth; Smith, Leonard H., Jr. "The Taylor Family of Yarmouth", Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Volume 2 (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.) 1914 ISBN 0-8063-1326-9; The Harmon and Perry Genealogy
Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
The Old King's Highway Historic District encompasses what was historically the principal east–west thoroughfare through Barnstable, Massachusetts. It encompasses Barnstable's entire length of what is now designated Massachusetts Route 6A, called Main Street, between the town lines of Sandwich and Yarmouth. It includes more than 1,000 acres ...
The town of Yarmouth and the Cape Cod Commission presented recommendations Wednesday night for improving safety, congestion and accommodations for all users of the Station Avenue corridor from ...
The Thomas Bray Farm is a historic farmstead in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.It includes a house that is one of the oldest houses in Yarmouth, as well as a number of early 20th century outbuildings, located on about 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land adjoining Mill Pond in central Yarmouth.