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Visit the Barnstable County, Cape Cod website for county government news, meetings, upcoming events, contact information and more.
Barnstable County is one of the oldest in the country, ranking in the top ten for highest median age (among those with at least 100,000 residents). The median age is 55 years old as of 2020 (whereas the median in the U.S. is 39 years old). It is the only county in the Northeast on the list.
With 228,996 people, Barnstable County is the 9th most populated county in the state of Massachusetts out of 14 counties (2020 U.S. Census). In 2020, Barnstable County had the fourth-highest in migration in the country (U.S. Postal Service).
Barnstable (/ ˈ b ɑːr n s t ə b əl / 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 Barnstable County Registry of Deeds contains the over three centuries of real property ownership history for Cape Cod. In Massachusetts, Registries of Deeds deal only with title to real property.
Barnstable, county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It is bounded by Cape Cod Bay to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Nantucket Sound to the south, Vineyard Sound to the southwest, and Buzzards Bay to the west.
Barnstable, city, Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It is situated between Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound, on the “biceps” of Cape Cod. It was settled in 1638 by farmers who were attracted to the site by salt hay found in the surrounding marshes, and in 1685 it was designated.
