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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 228,996. Its shire town is Barnstable. The county consists of Cape Cod and associated islands (some adjacent islands are in Dukes County and Nantucket County).
Barnstable County was formed as part of the Plymouth Colony on 2 June 1685, including the towns of Falmouth, Sandwich, and others lying to the east and north on Cape Cod. Plymouth Colony was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 17,354
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1800 | 19,293
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1810 | 22,211
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1820 | 24,026
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1830 | 28,514
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1840 | 32,548
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1850 | 35,276
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1860 | 35,990
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1870 | 32,774
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1880 | 31,897
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1890 | 29,172
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1900 | 27,826
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1910 | 27,542
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1920 | 26,670
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1930 | 32,305
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1940 | 37,295
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1950 | 46,805
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1960 | 70,286
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1970 | 96,656
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1980 | 147,925
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1990 | 186,605
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Research Tips
The Barnstable Registry of Deeds records can now be searched online. Once completed, the database will extend back to 1703, although that date is a bit misleading due to an event that occurred nearly 180 years ago. On Oct. 22, 1827 a fire consumed the Barnstable County Court House, which stored the 93 books of the Registry of Deeds. Only one volume, Book 61 covering roughly the year of 1806, was saved. The records that do exist for dates prior to 1827 were re-created by recopying deeds and assembling paperwork held by families and attorneys.
Bibliography
More
See additional Barnstable sources.
External links
- Outstanding guide to Barnstable County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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