Barnstable County, MA

Headnote
BARNSTABLE COUNTY, situated at the extreme easterly part of Massachusetts, comprising the whole of the peninsula of Cape Cod and the Elizabeth island, with the Atlantic ocean on the south and east, Cape Cod bay on the north, and Buzzard bay on the west.... The surface is generally flat, the soil naturally sandy and barren, but covered in some places with forests of oak and pine. Courts are held at Barnstable. Pop. in 1820, 24,046; in 1830, 15,310; in 1840, 32,548; in 1850, 35,276. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Massachusetts

Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BARNSTABLE COUNTY, situated at the extreme easterly part of Massachusetts, comprising the whole of the peninsula of Cape Cod and the Elizabeth island, with the Atlantic ocean on the south and east, Cape Cod bay on the north, and Buzzard bay on the west. Length, 65 miles; mean width, 5; with an area of 325 square miles. The surface is generally flat, the soil naturally sandy and barren, but covered in some places with forests of oak and pine. Courts are held at Barnstable. Pop. in 1820, 24,046; in 1830, 15,310; in 1840, 32,548; in 1850, 35,276.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 34-35.

Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Barnstable County, Ms. c. h. at Barnstable. This county includes the whole of Cape Cod. The whole length of the cape is 65 miles, and the average breadth about 5 miles.  Below the town of Barnstable the county is quite sandy, so much so that the people are generally dependent on Boston and other towns for a large proportion of their meats and breadstuffs. This deficit is amply compensated by the unrivalled privileges enjoyed, and well improred by them, in the cod, mackerel, and other fisheries. This county has but little wood, but it is well stored with peat, and an abundance of pure, soft water.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 279.
Name Type
Barnstable, MA City or Town
Cape Cod, MA Location or Site
Harwich, MA City or Town
Hyannis, MA City or Town
Sandwich, MA City or Town
Yarmouth, MA City or Town
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