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Yarmouth was organized and incorporated as part of the Plymouth Colony on September 3, 1639, following a settlement led by John Crowe (later Crowell), Thomas Howes and Anthony Thacher. Yarmouth originally included what is now the town of Dennis, which was incorporated as a separate community on June 19, 1793. Yarmouth is named after Great Yarmouth, a town in the county of Norfolk, on the east coast of England, which is itself at the mouth of the River Yare.
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Yarmouth includes: Town House, Weir Village, Yarmouthport, Bass River, Camp Station, Hockanum, Middleton, and North Yarmouth.
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- 1639 - Yarmouth is settled and incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - YARMOUTH. [Pop. 2,554. Inc. 1639.]
Yarmouth extends across the peninsula, and has a harbor on each shore, they being about 4 miles apart.
The soil is light and sandy, and much...Read MORE... - 1854 - Yarmouth
Yarmouth, a post-township in Barnstable county, Massachusetts, extends across Cape Cod, 70 miles S. S. E. from Boston. The inhabitants are largely...Read MORE... - Yarmouth Massachusetts, 1890
Yarmouth forms a section of the southern part of Cape Cod, in Barnstable County, 75 miles southeast of Boston by the Old Colony Railroad, which...Read MORE... - 1895 - Yarmouth
Yarmouth, a post-village in Yarmouth township, Barnstable co., Mass., near the ocean, 76 miles S.E. of Boston, and 1 mile from Yarmouth Station of...Read MORE... 
Scene from Yarmouth Pier, Yarmouthport, Mass.
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Yarmouth, a post-village in Yarmouth township (town), Barnstable co., Mass., near the Atlantic Ocean, 60 miles (direct) SE. of Boston. The town is...Read MORE... 
"1680" House, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Famous Elms of Yarmouth on King's Highway, Cape Cod, Mass.
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Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA
 (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - Scene from Yarmouth Pier, Yarmouthport, Mass.)
Scene from Yarmouth Pier, Yarmouthport, Mass.
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Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA
 (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - "1680" House, Yarmouth, Mass.)
"1680" House, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA
 (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - Famous Elms of Yarmouth on King's Highway, Cape Cod, Mass.)
Famous Elms of Yarmouth on King's Highway, Cape Cod, Mass.
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1639 - Yarmouth is settled and incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - YARMOUTH. [Pop. 2,554. Inc. 1639.]
Yarmouth extends across the peninsula, and has a harbor on each shore, they being about 4 miles apart.
The soil is light and sandy, and much... Read MORE...
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1854 - Yarmouth
Yarmouth, a post-township in Barnstable county, Massachusetts, extends across Cape Cod, 70 miles S. S. E. from Boston. The inhabitants are largely... Read MORE...
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Yarmouth Massachusetts, 1890
Yarmouth forms a section of the southern part of Cape Cod, in Barnstable County, 75 miles southeast of Boston by the Old Colony Railroad, which... Read MORE...
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1895 - Yarmouth
Yarmouth, a post-village in Yarmouth township, Barnstable co., Mass., near the ocean, 76 miles S.E. of Boston, and 1 mile from Yarmouth Station of... Read MORE...
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1906
Yarmouth, a post-village in Yarmouth township (town), Barnstable co., Mass., near the Atlantic Ocean, 60 miles (direct) SE. of Boston. The town is... Read MORE...
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