Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket is an island 30 miles (48.3 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is both a town and a county (Nantucket County).

Consolidated town and county
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Location of Nantucket in Massachusetts Location of Nantucket in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41°16′58″N 70°5′58″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Settled	1641
Incorporated	1671
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area
• Total	105.3 sq mi (272.6 km2)
• Land	47.8 sq mi (123.8 km2)
• Water	57.5 sq mi (148.8 km2)
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,255
• Density	308.6/sq mi (115.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	02554, 02564, 02584
FIPS code	25-43790
GNIS feature ID	0619376
Website	www.nantucket-ma.gov

Nantucket, Massachusetts Media

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  Clinton Folger, mail carrier for Nantucket, towed his car to the state highway for driving to Siasconset, in observance of an early 20th-century ban on automobiles on town roads.

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  The cobblestone Main Street in historic downtown Nantucket

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  NASA satellite image of Nantucket Island

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  Population density of Nantucket by census block (2020)

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  Nantucket Town & County Building

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  In 1827, Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin set up the Coffin School to educate descendants of Tristram Coffin. After initially faltering, the school was reconstituted in this building on Winter Street in 1854.

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  Theodore Robinson's painting Nantucket, 1882

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  The Argo Merchant ran aground on December 15, 1976. A silvery oil slick can be seen coming from the center holds in the foreground.