Dennis (Town, Massachusetts)
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 Location in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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| Foundation : | 1639 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Massachusetts |
| County : | Barnstable County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 70 ° 12 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 15,973 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 299.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 57.6 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 53.4 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 7 m |
| Postal code : | 02660 |
| FIPS : | 25-16775 |
| GNIS ID : | 0618252 |
| Website : | www.town.dennis.ma.us |
| Mayor : | Robert Canevazzi |
Dennis is a town in Barnstable County , Massachusetts in the United States . The population is 15,793 (as of 2000).
history
Dennis was founded in 1639 as part of the village of Yarmouth . In 1793 the city officially became independent. The place was named after the pastor Josiah Dennis who worked there. There wasn't enough land for agriculture, so shipping became the town's main source of income; the corresponding operations were mainly located around the Shiverick Shipyard . Nowadays, Dennis, with its colonial, stately homes and picturesque beaches along the southern Nantucket Sound, is a popular coastal destination along the northern coast of Cape Cod Bay . The Cape Playhouse in northern Dennis is the oldest summer theater in the United States; the actress Bette Davis worked there as an usher and was discovered about it.
geography
Dennis stretches across the breadth of Cape Cod with Cape Cod Bay to the north, Brewster to the northeast, Harwich to the southeast and Yarmouth to the west. It's about ten miles east of Barnstable , eight miles east of the Sagamore Bridge, and one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Boston . The place Dennis includes the villages Dennis Village (North Dennis), Dennis Port , East Dennis , South Dennis and West Dennis . Dennis is located on the eastern banks of the Bass River , which divides the place almost in half. To the north is Sesuit Harbor and to the south is West Dennis Harbor. The area of Scargo Lakes and Scargo Hills in Dennis are associated with Indian culture. The legend about the creation of the lake was the idea for a children's book and a cultural story, the "Legend of Scargo". While West Dennis is actually west of Dennisport, it is south of South Dennis. East Dennis is north of South Dennis and Dennis is on the western coast from West to East Dennis.
traffic
Dennis is traversed east to west by Cape Cod's three major highways, US Highway 6 , Massachusetts Route 6A, and Massachusetts Route 28 . Also leading Massachusetts Route 134 from the Massachusetts Route 28 to the Massachusetts Route 6A through the town. The Cape's Bay Colony Rail officially ends in Dennis. The end point is also the starting point of the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path , which runs along the Cape to Wellfleet along the former tracks. The nearest regional airport is Barnstable Municipal Airport , the nearest domestic and international airport is Logan International Airport in Boston.
administration
Dennis is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the First Barnstable District. The location is in the Massachusetts Senate as part of the Cape and Islands District, which represents everything in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and part of Barnstable. The site is controlled by the Second (Yarmouth) Barracks of Troops D of the Massachusetts State Police . At the national level, Dennis is part of the 10th Congressional District of Massachusetts and is currently represented by Bill Delahunt . Senior (Class I) member of the United States Senate of the state, re-elected in 2006, Ted Kennedy . The Junior (Class II) Senator is, re-elected in 2008, John Kerry . The place uses the popular assembly form for the administration and is led by a general secretary and a board of selectmen . The place has its own police headquarters and fire department. There are post offices in each of the five villages, as well as local libraries. The central library is in Dennis Port and they are all part of the Cape Librairies Automated Material Sharing (CLAMS) network. The place maintains its own landfill southeast of the junction of Massachusetts Highway 6 with Massachusetts Highway 134. Dennis shares its school system with Yarmouth and forms the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District. The place itself maintains the Ezra H. Baker School, which provides instruction for students from pre-kindergarten through to third grade, and the Nathaniel H. Wixon Middle School, which provides instruction for grades 4 to 8. High school students attend Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in Yarmouth. Students are not officially contractually obliged to attend vocational schools; Private schools can be found in each of the neighboring towns.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Amy Jo Johnson , actress
- Gertrude Lawrence , actress
Web links
- Official website of the place Dennis
- Official tourism website
- History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Chapter Dennis)
- Cape Cod bike path
- Statistical data on Dennis
