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Place Name
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Barnstable
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Barnstable County
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Population
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40,949 (1990)
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Location
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Barnstable County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°40'N
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Longitude
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70°21'W
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Barnstable
, town (1990 pop. 40,949),  Barnstable co., SE
Mass., 26 mi/42 km SE of Plymouth; 41°40'N
70°21'W. Resort town on Cape Cod. Industries are tourism, fishing,
and cranberry farming. Barnstable comprises 7 villages, including
Hyannis. Points of interest include the home of the Revolutionary War
patriot James Otis, in West Barnstable; the John F. Kennedy Memorial,
in Hyannis; the Sturgis Lib., the oldest public lib. bldg. in the U.S.
(1644); and several 18th-cent. bldgs. Sandy Neck Beach and lighthouse.
From colonial times until the middle of the 19th cent., Barnstable had
a prosperous coastal and overseas shipping trade. Includes villages of
Centerville (1990 pop. 9,190); Cotuit (1990 pop. 2,364), resort town
which used to have fishing and shellfishing industries; Cummington;
Marston Mills (1990 pop. 8,017); Osterville (1990 pop. 2,911); Santuit;
West Barnstable (1990 pop. 1,508), site of historic West Parish
Meetinghouse; and Wianno, resort area. Inc. 1639.
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