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Yarmouth (/ ˈ j ɑːr m ə θ / YAR-məth) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod. The population was 25,023 at the 2020 census . The town is made up of three major villages: South Yarmouth , West Yarmouth , and Yarmouth Port .
Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
South Yarmouth is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,092 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] the highest of the three CDPs in Yarmouth.
West Yarmouth is located in the southwest quarter of the town of Yarmouth at (41.649547, -70.246385). [3] It is bordered to the east by South Yarmouth, to the west by Hyannis in the town of Barnstable, and to the south by Nantucket Sound.
After the dredging for the Cape Cod Canal project was started in 1884, Sagamore Beach became the center of commerce for the town. [1] The population significantly increased in 1905 when the Christian Endeavor Society , a Christianity promoting group, founded a summer colony in the region, and some of the Victorian homes built by the colony ...
Yarmouth Port is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2010 census. [2] Yarmouth Port was home to the original Christmas Tree Shops until its closing in 2007. The town is home to the international headquarters of IFAW.
"The Taylor Family of Yarmouth", Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Volume 2 (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.) 1914 ISBN 0-8063-1326-9 The Harmon and Perry Genealogy Hawes, James W. "Richard Taylor "tailor" and Some of His Descendents" Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Volume 1 (Yarmouthport MA, The "Register ...
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