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Formed in 1685

Barnstable is located on the "bicep" of the Cape Cod arm. It is bordered by Cape Cod Bay on the north, Nantucket Sound on the south, Sandwich and Mashpee on the west and Yarmouth on the east.

Updates:

Dec 18, 2009  Updated 1844 Deaths

Nov 18, 2009    Updated Barnstable County Cemeteries

May 1, 2009   Obituary of Jason Freeman

May 31, 2008   Cities and Towns with links to town clerks

Sept. 23, 2007   Name changes in Barnstable

Sept. 21, 2007:    Death notice for Benj. Sanford

Sept. 16, 2007:
1895 City Directory for Yarmouth
1844 Death Records
A biography for Shearjashub Bourne
The Barnstable sections from
A History Of Massachusetts in the Civil War by William Schouler, 1871
 

Adjacent Counties
Plymouth County (northwest)
Dukes County (south)

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