Barnstable | |
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 Location in Barnstable County and the state of Massachusetts. | |
  Barnstable Location in Massachusetts  Barnstable Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°42′00″N 70°18′00″W / 41.70000°N 70.30000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Barnstable County |
| Settled | June 4, 1638 |
| Incorporated (town) | September 3, 1639 |
| Incorporated (city) | April 11, 1989 |
| Named for | Barnstaple, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager city |
| • Town Manager | Mark S. Ells |
| • Town Council | Felicia R. Penn (President), Gordon Starr. Kristin E. Terkelsen, Betty Ludtke, Craig A. Tamash, John R. Crow, Paul C. Neary, Seth W. Burdick, Jeffrey Mendes, Charles R. Bloom, Matthew Levesque, Kris Clark, Paula K. Schnepp |
| • Council administrator | Cindy Lovell |
| Area | |
• Town | 76.47 sq mi (198.05 km2) |
| • Land | 59.93 sq mi (155.22 km2) |
| • Water | 16.54 sq mi (42.83 km2) |
| Elevation | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Town | 48,916 |
| • Density | 816.23/sq mi (315.15/km2) |
| • Urban | 303,269 (US: 133rd)[2] |
| • Urban density | 888.6/sq mi (343.1/km2) |
| • Metro | 228,996 (US: 201st) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP code | 02601 |
| Area code | 508 / 774 |
| FIPS code | 25-03690 |
| Website | town |
Barnstable (/ˈbɑːrnstəbəl/ BARN-stə-bəl) is a town[3][4] in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County.[5] Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod, and is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have been granted city forms of government by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts but wish to retain "the town of" in their official names.[6] At the 2020 census it had a population of 48,916.[7] The town contains several villages (one of which is also named Barnstable) within its boundaries.[8] Its largest village, Hyannis, is the central business district of the county and home to Barnstable Municipal Airport, the airline hub of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Additionally, Barnstable is a 2007 winner of the All-America City Award.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (December 29, 2022). "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register.
- ^ Galvin Francis, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2007) Citizen Information Service, A Listing of Counties and the Cities and Towns Within BARNSTABLE
- ^ Town of Barnstable (2007) Information Systems Department, Official Website of the town of Barnstable Welcome to The Town of Barnstable Archived 2002-09-28 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10/7/2007
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "CIS: Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates".
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Barnstable Town city, Massachusetts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Towns and their Villages". Barnstable County, The regional government of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Archived from the original on March 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-15.