Dennis
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town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Barnstable
- Communities
- Dennis Dennis Port East Dennis South Dennis West Dennis
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Elizabeth Sullivan
- Total
- 22.3 sq mi (57.7 km )
- Land
- 20.5 sq mi (53.1 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.5 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Density
- 716/sq mi (276.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02638 ( Dennis ), 02639 ( Dennis Port ), 02641 ( East Dennis ), 02660 ( South Dennis ), 02670 ( West Dennis )
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-16775
- Gnis feature id
- 0618252
- Website
- town.dennis.ma.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dennis is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. It is a seaside resort town with colonial mansions along the northern Cape Cod Bay coastline and beaches along the southern Nantucket Sound. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,674.
The town encompasses five villages, each with its own post office: Dennis (including North Dennis), Dennis Port, East Dennis, South Dennis, and West Dennis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dennis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.