Municipal · Massachusetts

City of Barnstable

Barnstable is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod, and is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have been granted city forms of government by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts but wish to retain "the town of" in their official names. At the 2020 census it had a population of 48,916. The town contains several villages within its boundaries. Its largest village, Hyannis, is the central business district of the Cape, and home to Barnstable Municipal Airport, the airline hub of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Additionally, Barnstable is a 2007 winner of the All-America City Award.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 185811
FIPS state: 25
FIPS county: 001
FIPS place: 03690
Census record name: CITY OF BARNSTABLE
Mailing address: 367 MAIN ST, HYANNIS 02601