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EASTHAM
S TAT S
4 1 °4 9 ’4 8 ” N 6 9 ° 5 8 ’ 2 8 ” W
FORM OF
G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town
Administrator, Board of Selectmen
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4,906
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
2,396
F A M I LY
HOUSEHOLDS
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First Encounter Beach offers calm, warm water, expansive tidal flats, and a
panoramic view of Cape Cod Bay. The site also presents a window into the
earliest months of the Pilgrims’ arrival on Cape Cod. With the Mayflower
anchored off Provincetown, Captain Myles Standish and a small exploration
and hunting party took an open boat known as a shallop along the coast of
the bay. As they camped here, they were surprised by a group of Nausets, a
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tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, who were seeking to protect their homeland.
Arrows flew and musket shots were fired, but no harm resulted from this
tense first encounter.
Residents and visitors both relish the proximity of the
magnificent Cape Cod National Seashore, which was
established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This
stunning national treasure features cliffs, dunes, salt marshes,
and Nauset Light and Coast Guard beaches, which dominate
Eastham’s Atlantic Ocean shoreline.
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EARNINGS
$72,075
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$46,146
P E R C A P I TA
INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American
Community Survey Program, Estimates
for 2019
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