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Nantucket (/ ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t /) is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the Cape Cod peninsula. [1] Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is the southeasternmost ...
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Nantucket: Town Nantucket (seat) Open town meeting 14,255 105.3 sq mi (272.73 km 2) 47.8 sq mi (123.80 km 2) 1671 Uxbridge: Town Worcester Open town meeting 14,162 30.4 sq mi (78.74 km 2) 29.5 sq mi (76.40 km 2) 1727 Wayland: Town Middlesex Open town meeting 13,943 15.9 sq mi (41.18 km 2) 15.2 sq mi (39.37 km 2) 1780 Millbury: Town Worcester ...
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The islands of Massachusetts range from barren, almost completely submerged rocks in Massachusetts Bay (e.g. Abbott Rock, first on the list below) to the large, famous and heavily visited Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The recent history of Massachusetts' islands includes creation by flooding, connection to the mainland and subsumption into ...
Cape Cod Auto Map, 1930s–40s postcard by Tichnor Bros. of Boston. Artist Edward Hopper owned a summer house in Truro and painted numerous Cape scenes including Corn Hill (1930), Highland Light, North Truro (1930), Rich's House (1930), High Road (1931), House on Dune Edge (1931), Cold Storage Plant (1933), and Cottages at North Truro (1936). [54]
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, ICAO: KACK, FAA LID: ACK) is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles (5 km) southeast of the town center. [ 2 ]