Mashpee
| Mashpee | |
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 Mashpee City Hall |
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| Location in Massachusetts | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1660 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Massachusetts |
| County : | Barnstable County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 39 ′ N , 70 ° 29 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 14.006 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 231.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 70.5 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) of which 60.6 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 17 m |
| Postal code : | 02649 |
| Area code : | +1 508/774 |
| FIPS : | 25-39100 |
| GNIS ID : | 0618256 |
| Website : | mashpeema.virtualtownhall.net |
Mashpee ( ˈmæʃpi ) is a city in the state of Massachusetts in the United States .
geography
Expansion of the urban area
According to the United States Census Bureau , the urban area has a total extension of 70.5 km², of which 60.6 km² are land and 9.9 km² are water.
Neighboring communities
Mashpee is located in the western part of Cape Cod . To the north and northwest, the city is bordered by Sandwich , Barnstable to the east, Nantucket Sound to the south and Falmouth to the west. Mashpee is located approximately 65 mi (104.6 km ) south-southeast of Boston and 70 mi (112.7 km) east-southeast of Providence , Rhode Island .
In the northeast, the city is also bordered by the military bases Otis Air National Guard Base , Joint Base Cape Cod and Camp Edwards .
climate
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history
Native Americans have settled Cape Cod for thousands of years . In the 17th century, the Algonquin- speaking Wampanoag met the English settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Both population groups influenced each other over many decades.
The first settlers settled in the area of today's Mashpee in 1658. They were supported by missionary Richard Bourne from the neighboring Sandwich . In 1660, the English converted to Christianity Indians who had converted an area of 50 mi² (129.5 km² ) on “their” land and allowed them to settle there. Just 5 years later, the Indians had organized self-government based on the model of the English with their own judicial system.
After their defeat in King Philip's War (1675–1676), most of the mainland Wampanoag were resettled together with the Sakonnet in what is now Rhode Island . The remaining members of the tribe were distributed along with the Nauset to the so-called praying town , which also included Mashpee, in Barnstable County . Mashpee was the largest Indian reservation in Massachusetts at the time. The name of the city is an English borrowed from the Indian name mass-nippe , where mass stands for "large" or "larger" and nippe for "water".
In 1763 Mashpee was classified as a plantation by the British Crown against the will of the Wampanoag , with the result that the areas previously administered by the Indians themselves were integrated into the colonial district of Mashpee. In order to prevent an uprising, the Indians were given the right to elect their own official representatives by the colony, but remained subject to the colonial government in principle. After the American War of Independence , the city completely abolished Indian self-government in 1788, which was viewed as a mistake by some members of the US government. Corresponding protests by the Indians could only be overthrown under threat of military action.
In 1834, the state of Massachusetts gave the Wampanoag back some basic level of self-government without granting them full autonomy. In 1842, the Massachusetts government split 2,000 acres (8.1 km² ) of Wampanoag land into 60 acres (24.3 hectares ) in order to enable interested families to subsistence farming and to encourage intermingling with the Indians.
In 1870 Mashpee was granted city rights as the penultimate place on Cape Cod, whereby the Wampanoag finally lost their self-government. Many of her descendants still live in the area today and reorganized in the early 1970s to file a lawsuit against the state for their expropriation. However, the proceedings did not work out in their favor. In 2007, however, they were recognized as an official tribe by the federal government of the United States .
Today Mashpee is known both as a tourist destination and for its unique Wampanoag culture. Accordingly, the headquarters of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is also located there . The tribe meets annually for a pow wow .
Population development
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Based on the 2010 census , Wellfleet had 14,006 residents spread across 5256 households and 3,652 families. The population density was 514.9 people per square mile or 198.3 people per square kilometer. There were 8,325 housing units at a density of 354.6 units per square mile (136.9 units per square kilometer).
The city's population was made up as follows: 84.13% White , 4.28% African American , 6.08% Indigenous American , 1.22% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 1.27% other races, and 2 , 94% two or more races . Hispanics and Latinos made up 2.24% of the population.
30.8% of the households had children under the age of 18, 55.7% were married couples, 11.1% of the households were led by single women and 30.5% of the households were not classified as families. Singles lived in 25% of households, 10.2% were single seniors over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.44 people and the average family size was 2.91 people. The median age was 41 years.
The median household income was 50,871 US dollars , the median family income 56,702 US dollars. Males had a median income of $ 43,922 versus $ 31,416 for women. The city's per capita income was $ 25,215. 4.5% of families and 5.5% of the urban population lived below the poverty line , with 6.6% under the age of 18 and 2.7% over 65 years of age.
politics
Mashpee is part of the Third Barnstable district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives . In the Massachusetts Senate , Mashpee belongs to the Cape and Islands district , which includes all parishes on Cape Cod as well as Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with the exception of Bourne , Falmouth and Sandwich . At the federal level, Mashpee is a member of the 10th Congressional District of Massachusetts.
Municipal council
Mashpee is administered by an open community assembly that elects an executive secretary and a board of selectmen as the executive .
Culture and sights
Buildings
The Old Indian Meeting House built in 1684 and the Mashpee One Room Schoolhouse built in 1831 are located in Mashpee .
Protected areas
The Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (created in 1995) and the Quashnet Conservation Area are located in the urban area .
Sports
The Mashpee Falcons track and field team is active in a variety of disciplines in the South Shore League . In 2011, the Mashpee High School football team won the Division 4 Massachusetts Championship after beating Cardinal Spellman High School at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough 34-8 .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Major roads in Mashpee include Route 28 , Route 130, and Route 151 . Route 28, along with US Highway 6, is the main east-west connection on Cape Cod, and Route 130 ends just before the city limits in the Santuit Historic District .
Mashpee is the only town on Cape Cod that has never had a connection to the railroad in its history and still does not have a train station.
In the neighboring town of Barnstable are the two smaller airports Cape Cod Airfield and Barnstable Municipal Airport , while the nearest international airport is Logan International Airport in Boston and TF Green Airport in Warwick ( Rhode Island ).
Bus routes connect Mashpee with Barnstable, Sandwich, Falmouth, Bourne and Yarmouth.
education
Mashpee has two elementary schools , a middle school and a high school , which are attended by a total of around 2,200 students.
Personalities
Personalities who have worked on site
- Carlo D'Este , military historian, lives in New Seabury
- Erik Erikson , psychoanalyst
- Robert K. Kraft , owner of the New England Patriots , owns property on Popponesset Island
- Rachael Ray , TV presenter, grew up in Mashpee and owned "The Carvery" restaurant there
- William Rosenberg , founder of Dunkin 'Donuts , died in Mashpee in 2002
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau , accessed November 10, 2015 .
- ^ Mashpee, MA Weather . Retrieved September 14, 2014.
