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Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]
The Provincetown CDP comprises the densely populated main settlement within the town of Provincetown. [4] The CDP is bounded by U.S. Route 6 to the north, by the western extension of Massachusetts Route 6A (Province Lands Road) to the southwest, by Provincetown Harbor to the south, and by the Truro town line to the east.
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Massachusetts is a 117.952-mile-long (189.825 km) portion of the cross-country route connecting Providence, Rhode Island, to Fall River, New Bedford, and Cape Cod.
This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s. When the settlers decided to leave Long Point, they took most of their houses with them – about 30 structures in all – by floating them across the harbor.
Including the 102-room Provincetown Inn, Linchris owns around 370 hotel rooms in Provincetown, according to Lang. As of 2022, the total number of licensed rooms in Provincetown was 1,380 with a ...
It is located in the West End neighborhood of Provincetown. The Long Point Light Station is located east-southeast of Telegraph Hill, across the southern part of Provincetown Harbor . References
Nauset Light, oil house and lightkeeper's home on the Cape Cod National Seashore. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 25.7 square miles (66.6 km 2), of which 14.0 square miles (36.2 km 2) is land and 11.7 square miles (30.4 km 2), or 45.68%, is water. [4]
Provincetown Municipal Airport (IATA: PVC, ICAO: KPVC, FAA LID: PVC) is a public airport located at the end of Cape Cod, two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Provincetown, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.