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History of Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

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(N., E., W.) (Teaticket) (Woods Hole)

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• 1660 - Falmouth is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1686 - Falmouth is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
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  First Post Office in Town, Built 1768
  
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  Old Mill, Built 1787, West Falmouth, Mass.
  
• 1845 - FALMOUTH. [Pop. 2,589. Inc. 1686.]
  Falmouth is the southwest point of the peninsula, of which the Elizabeth Islands, now part of Dukes County, seem to have been a continuation. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Falmouth
  Falmouth, a post-township of Barnstable oounty, Massachusetts, on the N. side of Vineyard sound, 70 miles S. S. E. from Bos ton. It contains 1 bank....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  FALMOUTH, a seaport of Massachusetts, U.S., situated in Barnstable co., between Buzzard's bay and Vineyard sound, 75 m. S by E of Boston. Pop. 2,070.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
• Falmouth Massachusetts, 1890
  Falmouth is a delightful seaboard town occupying the southwest corner of Cape Cod and of Barnstable County. Along its entire western side extends the ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Falmouth
  Falmouth, a post-township of Barnstable co., Mass., is bounded on the S. by Vineyard Sound, and on the W. by Buzzard's Bay. It contains villages...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Old Sandwich Road, Teaticket, Mass.
  
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  View of Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, Mass.
  
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  Main Street (1906)
  
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  Craig House, Falmouth Heights, Mass.
  
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  M.E. Church
  
•  1909 - HOTEL'S MYSTERIOUS FIRE.
  Massachusetts Resort Was to Have Been Auctioned to Satisfy Claims.
  
  FALMOUTH, Mass., Aug. 7. - The Maravista Hotel, in course of construction at...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Post Office, Megansett, Mass., 1909
  
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  Grammar School
  
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  Public Library
  
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  Main Street
  
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  Shiverick Pond
  
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  Old Tavern, No. Falmouth, Mass.
  
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  Vineyard Sound House, Falmouth Heights, Mass.
  
• 1916
  Falmouth, a post-township (town) of Barnstable co., Mass., is bounded on the S. by Vineyard Sound and on the W. by Buzzard's Bay. The village of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Falmouth Park Bath House and Beach
  
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  Terrace Gables Hotel, Falmouth Heights, Mass.
  
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  High School, 1925
  
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  Harbor View
  
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  Bathing Beach and Casino, Falmouth Heights, Cape Cod, Mass.
  
• 1938 - The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
  CAT 3 - September 21, 1938
  The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike Southern New...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Bowerman House With Ship's Bottom Roof, West Falmouth, Mass.
  
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  Main Street, Woods Hole, Mass.
  
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  Cape Codder Hotel, 1944
  
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  Aerial View, Falmouth Mass., Looking West, 1947