Welcome to Tississa ...
Tississa is located in Dukes County<1>.
Tississa is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Tississa lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Tississa: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Tississa ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tississa.
- Falmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
- Oak Bluffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Edgartown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edgartown is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgartown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
- Tisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,128 people
- Chilmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chilmark is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Aquinnah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aquinnah is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Former name for Aquinnah:
- Gay Head
- Gosnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gosnold is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Christian Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christian Town is located in Dukes County
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- Menemsha
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Menemsha is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menemsha
- Squibnocket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Squibnocket is located in Dukes County
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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 Tississa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tississa.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tississa. 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 Tississa.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tississa. See our Newspapers Page for Tississa.
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 Tississa - 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 Tississa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Tississa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |