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Also known as Dennis, MA

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

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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.

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