Sandwich
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town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Barnstable
- Incorporated
- September 3, 1639
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Bud Dunham
- Total
- 44.2 sq mi (114.5 km )
- Land
- 42.7 sq mi (110.7 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.8 km )
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6 m)
- Density
- 470/sq mi (183/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (Eastern)
- Zip codes
- 02537 ( East Sandwich ), 02542 ( Otis ANGB ), 02563 ( Sandwich ), 02644 ( Forestdale )
- Area codes
- 508, 774
- Fips code
- 25-59735
- Gnis feature id
- 0618259
- Website
- www .sandwichmass .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- New England town
- Official name
- Sandwich
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Barnstable County
- Population
- 20675
- Area
- 114.5
- Elevation
- 6
- Official website
- www.sandwichmass.org
- Image
- SandwichTownHall.jpg
- Households
- 8114
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- Commons category
- Sandwich, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Sandwich, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1637-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sandwich, Massachusetts
- per capita income
- 50381
- postal code
- 02563
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandwich is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and is its oldest town. The town motto is Post tot Naufracia Portus, Latin for "after so many shipwrecks, a haven". The population was 20,259 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandwich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.