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Welcome to Nantucket ...Nantucket is located on Nantucket Island. Nantucket is located in Nantucket County<1> and is the County Seat for Nantucket County. Nantucket was settled in 1641 and was incorporated in 1671. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Nantucket has a population of 11,330 people<2> (see below for details). Nantucket is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Nantucket lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Nantucket: (508) and (774)<4> The ZIP codes for Nantucket: 02554, 02584<5> Websites for Nantucket ...Official Website: www.nantucket-ma.gov/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Nantucket had an population of 11,330 people. This is an increase of 11.38% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 19.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Nantucket had a population of 10,172 people (or 100% of the total population of Nantucket County). This makes Nantucket the county's most populous community. The population of Nantucket represents 0.16% of the population of Massachusetts (which has 6,547,629 people), making it the state's 178th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 10,172 people, the population of Nantucket increased 6.85% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 9,520 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Nantucket. Communities Also Named Nantucket ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Nantucket - they are located in Colorado, Maryland and Nova Scotia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nantucket. Communities near Nantucket ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nantucket.
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 Nantucket. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nantucket. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nantucket. 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 Nantucket. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nantucket. Our list includes 30 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Nantucket. Adding Nantucket to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Nantucket 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 for Nantucket was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Nantucket in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for Nantucket. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Nantucket: www.nantucket-ma.gov/ The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/ Footnotes ...
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