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Settled:
1641
Incorporated: 1671
Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small
islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the town of Nantucket,
Massachusetts and the coextensive Nantucket County, which cover all three
islands. The region of Surfside on Nantucket is the southernmost
settlement in Massachusetts.
Nantucket is a tourist destination and
summer colony. The population of the island soars from approximately
10,000 to 50,000 during the summer months, due to tourists and summer
residents. It has some of the highest property values in
Massachusetts.
The National Park Service has designated the entire
island as a National Historic District, paying particular note to the
settlements of Nantucket and Siasconset. The island features one of the
highest concentration of pre-Civil War structures in the United
States.
Nantucket was part of Dukes County, New York until 1691,
when it was transferred to the newly formed Province of Massachusetts Bay
and split off to form Nantucket County. The entire area of the New York
county had been purchased by Thomas Mayhew Sr. of Watertown,
Massachusetts, in 1641, buying out competing land claims. The earliest
English settlement began on Martha's Vineyard.
Nantucket was
formerly the world's leading whaling port
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