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Welcome to Katama ...

Katama is located on Martha's Vineyard.

Katama is located in Dukes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Katama, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Katama is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Katama lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Katama: 508 & 774<3>

Communities near Katama ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Katama.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Katama. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Katama.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Katama. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Katama.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Katama. See our Newspapers Page for Katama.

Adding Katama to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Katama in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Katama was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Katama.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Dukes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Katama - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Katama area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Katama area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).