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Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, [2] making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable. The terminal for the Steamship Authority ferries to Martha's Vineyard is located in the village of Woods Hole in ...
The county consists of Cape Cod and associated islands (some adjacent islands are in Dukes County and Nantucket County). Barnstable County was formed as part of the Plymouth Colony on June 2, 1685, including the towns of Falmouth, Sandwich, and others to the east and north on Cape Cod.
Route 151 is a 7-mile-long (11 km) east–west state highway in Massachusetts.The route is located on Cape Cod and runs through the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee.. Route 151 essentially acts as a bypass of the busier Route 28 through Falmouth and Mashpee centers.
East Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located at the base of Massachusetts' "fishhook" peninsula (see map at right). The population was 6,038 at the 2010 census, [2] making East Falmouth the most populous of the six CDPs in Falmouth.
The Upper Cape is the part of Cape Cod closest to the mainland, comprising the towns of Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, and Mashpee. Falmouth is the home of the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Marine Biological Laboratory as well as several other research organizations, and is also the most-used ferry connection to Martha's Vineyard.
The town of Falmouth was settled in about 1660, but was not set off from Barnstable until 1686. Its first town center was about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the present green, and the 1756 relocation of the meeting house to this area was the subject of much debate.
West Falmouth is located in the west-central part of the town of Falmouth at (41.599628, -70.637812). [7] It is bordered to the north by North Falmouth, to the east by Massachusetts Route 28, to the south by Little Sippewisset Marsh, and to the west by Buzzards Bay.
English: Location Map specific to (and zoomed to) Cape Cod, made specifically for the "WikiProject Massachusetts - Cape Cod and the Islands" on the English Wikipedia, but it is available to all. For detailed instructions and several examples showing the various ways to use this file, see the documentation page at en:Module:Location map/data/USA ...