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Eastham town was officially incorporated in 1651. Eastham is the birthplace of Freeman Hatch, who in 1853 set the world record for a single-hull wooden sailing vessel from San Francisco around Cape Horn to Boston at the helm of the clipper ship Northern Light. Fishing and especially farming were early industries in the town, and writers and ...
Topo map: USGS Orleans OE W: ... It is located west-southwest of Orleans in the Town of Eastham, with Robbins Hill is located to its west. References
The advent of the railroad in the 1870s shifted the town's economic and civic heart to the present center. The Old Town district is 40 acres (16 ha) in size, with 42 mainly residential buildings contributing to its significance. The oldest building in the district is the c. 1672 John Knowles House at 191 Locust Road.
North Eastham is located within the northwestern part of the Town of Eastham at (41.851349, −69.999928 It is bordered to the west by Cape Cod Bay, to the north by the town of Wellfleet, to the east by U.S. Route 6 and Great Pond Road, and to the south by Great Pond, Herring Brook Road, and Samoset Road.
Topo map: USGS Orleans: ... It is located northeast of Orleans in the Town of Eastham. Skiff Hill is located north of Fort Hill. References This page was ...
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The Eastham Center Historic District is a historic district encompassing the main village center of Eastham, Massachusetts. This village center grew around the railroad station, which was built in 1870. The arrival of the railroad resulted in a shift of economic and civic activity from the old town center, a short way to the north. Prominent ...
Originally settled as a fishing and whaling community as part of the town of Eastham, Massachusetts, Billingsgate Island was for a long time the site of a lighthouse used as a navigational aid in Cape Cod Bay. Local historians sometimes call it the Atlantis of Cape Cod.