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Chatham is located at the southeastern tip of Cape Cod and has historically been a fishing community. First settled by the English in 1664, the township was originally called Monomoit based on the indigenous population's term for the region. [1] Chatham was incorporated as a town on June 11, 1712, and has become a summer resort area.
Map of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge area. Monomoy Lighthouse is located on Monomoy Island. Monomoy Island is an 8-mile-long (13-kilometre) spit of sand extending southwest from Chatham, Cape Cod off the Massachusetts mainland. Because of shifting sands and water levels, it is often connected to the mainland, and at other times is separated ...
The South Chatham Village is a largely linear area extending along Main Street (Massachusetts Route 28) between the Harwich line to the west, and Cockle Cove Road to the east. The area contains an architecturally diverse collection of residential, civic, and commercial buildings dating from the 18th to 20th centuries.
USGS Chatham Cannon Hill is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts . It is located .6 miles (0.97 km) east-northeast of Chatham Port in the Town of Chatham .
Chatham is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Chatham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,421 at the 2010 census, [ 2 ] out of 6,125 in the entire town of Chatham.
Great Hill is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located .6 miles (0.97 km) southwest of Chatham Port in the town of Chatham . Cannon Hill is located northeast of Great Hill.
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
Monomoy Point Light [1] is a historic light in Chatham, Massachusetts. The station was established in 1823. The first light was a wood tower and brick lantern room on top of the keeper's house. The current tower, one of the first made of cast iron, was built in 1849.