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Edgartown
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town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Dukes
- Incorporated
- July 8, 1671
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- James Hagerty
- Total
- 122.7 sq mi (317.9 km )
- Land
- 27.0 sq mi (69.9 km )
- Water
- 95.8 sq mi (248.0 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Density
- 191/sq mi (73.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02539
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-21150
- Gnis feature id
- 0619441
- Website
- www.edgartown-ma.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Edgartown is a town on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, for which it is the county seat. The town's population was 5,168 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved. Today it hosts yachting events around its large harbor. Edgartown also includes Chappaquiddick Island, a peninsula accessible by ferry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgartown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.