Sandwich, Massachusetts Sandwich, Massachusetts Sandwich Town Hall (1834) and Congregational Church (1848) Sandwich Town Hall (1834) and Congregational Church (1848) Official seal of Sandwich, Massachusetts Location in Barnstable County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Barnstable County and the state of Massachusetts.
Sandwich / s ndw t / is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 20,675 at the 2010 census. The Town Hall is positioned right next to the Dexter Grist Mill, in the historic precinct of town.
The town motto is Post tot Naufracia Portus (Latin for "after so many shipwrecks, a haven"). For more geographic and demographic knowledge on specific parts of the town of Sandwich, please see the articles on East Sandwich, Forestdale, and Sandwich (CDP).
It is the earliest town on Cape Cod.
Cape Cod was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous citizens s, including the historic Algonquian-speaking Wampanoag, who encountered the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies.
It was incorporated in 1639 and is the earliest town on Cape Cod.
The portion of the town was separated from the initial "Town of Sandwich", and it became the town of Bourne in 1884.
There are many historic homes in Sandwich, including the Benjamin Nye Homestead on Old County Road (formerly known as the initial "Old King's Highway"), and the Benjamin Holway House assembled in 1789 at 379 Route 6 - A, which property hosts one of the initial Nye Homestead structures, assembled in 1698 and believed to have originally served as either a tavern or a shop.
There were some conflicts with other theological groups, and so some Quakers left the town, either for further settlements along the Cape or elsewhere, including places such as Dartmouth.
Sandwich had adjacency to a shallow harbor, was a possible canal site, and had small-town supplies of timber to fuel the glass furnaces.
The Cape Cod Canal was constructed through the town starting in 1909, opening for travel in 1914.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 44.2 square miles (114.5 km2), of which 42.7 square miles (110.7 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), or 3.32%, is water. Sandwich is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the north, Barnstable to the east, Mashpee and Falmouth to the south, and Bourne to the west.
Sandwich is the site of the Cape Cod Bay entrance to the Cape Cod Canal.
The northern point of Sandwich, where Sagamore Hill and Scusset Beach State Reservation lie, is divided from the rest of the town by the canal.
The town is also the locale of the Shawme-Crowell State Forest and the Massachusetts State Game Farm.
The town is home to six beaches along the shores of Cape Cod Bay.
Route 6, also known as the Mid-Cape Highway on Cape Cod, passes through the town to the north of Otis Air National Guard Base as a four-lane divided freeway.
Massachusetts Route 6 - A passes through town to the north of Route 6, and is the town's chief small-town road.
The northern end of Massachusetts Route 130 is near the intersection of Routes 6 and 6 - A inside town.
The Cape Cod Central Railroad operates cyclic tourist excursions from Hyannis to Sandwich and Sagamore.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Sandwich is represented by State Representative Randy Hunt in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Fifth Barnstable District, which also includes portions of Barnstable, Bourne and Mashpee.
The town is represented by State Senator Vinny de - Macedo in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Plymouth and Barnstable district, which includes Bourne, Falmouth, Kingston, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton and portions of Barnstable. The town is patrolled by the Sandwich Police Department.
On the nationwide level, Sandwich is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is presently represented by William Keating.
Sandwich is governed by the open town meeting form of government.
There are three postal services in town (East Sandwich, Sandwich, and Forestdale).
The Sandwich Public Library is positioned in the town's center, and belongs to the Old Colony Library Network, the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System, and the Massachusetts Library Information Network.
Sandwich has a enhance access tv station (PEG) Sandwich Community TV which archives all government meetings on its website.
The STEM Academy is positioned in the town's High School.
Sandwich High School, positioned in East Sandwich, operates Grades 7-12.
High school students may also choose to attend the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Bourne no-charge of charge (Sandwich taxpayers contribute to that school's budget) as well as Sturgis Public Charter School in Hyannis.
A several Sandwich students choose to attend private high schools off-Cape, such as Tabor Academy, Sacred Heart High School, and Bishop Stang High School.
There are a several attractions in Sandwich, including Heritage Museums and Gardens, the Wing Fort House, the Sandwich Glass Museum, the Thornton Burgess Museum and Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen, Hoxie House (the earliest home on Cape Cod), the Dan'l Webster Inn, the Dexter Grist Mill (the earliest on Cape Cod), the Sandwich Friends (Quaker) Meetinghouse (the earliest in North America), and Shawme Lake.
The Sandwich Boardwalk, sometimes referred to as the "Plank Walk," is positioned in downtown Sandwich and leads to the Town Beach on Cape Cod Bay.
The boardwalk's scenic views stretch over Sandwich from Scorton Creek to the Cape Cod Canal.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sandwich town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts".
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