Welcome to Thumpertown Beach ...
Thumpertown Beach is located in Barnstable County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Thumpertown Beach: Thumpertown Bch.
Thumpertown Beach is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Thumpertown Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Thumpertown Beach: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Thumpertown Beach ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Thumpertown Beach.
- Barnstable
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yarmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
- Harwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brewster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Provincetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Provincetown is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provincetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,957 people
- Wellfleet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Truro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Truro is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people
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 Thumpertown Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thumpertown Beach.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thumpertown Beach. 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 Thumpertown Beach.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Thumpertown Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Thumpertown Beach.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thumpertown Beach - 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 Thumpertown Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Thumpertown Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |