Geography of Massachusetts; . ounty. BarustaMo, capital Barnstable; incorporated 1685; 14 towns; population32,144; the most eastern county; occupies the peninsula of Cape Cod, 60 mileslong. It joins Plymouth County, and is bounded east and south by theAtlantic, and west by Buzzards and Cape Cod Bays. The soil is light andsandy. Dairy products, corn, and wool are raised to some extent. Fisheriesand navigation engage many of the people. Dukes, capital Edgartown; incorporated 1683; 5 towns; population ;consists of Marthas Vineyard, a famous summer resort, and other smallerislands in the Atla
Geography of Massachusetts; . ounty. BarustaMo, capital Barnstable; incorporated 1685; 14 towns; population32,144; the most eastern county; occupies the peninsula of Cape Cod, 60 mileslong. It joins Plymouth County, and is bounded east and south by theAtlantic, and west by Buzzards and Cape Cod Bays. The soil is light andsandy. Dairy products, corn, and wool are raised to some extent. Fisheriesand navigation engage many of the people. Dukes, capital Edgartown; incorporated 1683; 5 towns; population ;consists of Marthas Vineyard, a famous summer resort, and other smallerislands in the Atlantic. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in fishing. Thecounty its name from the fact that it was under the government ofthe Duke of York (King James II. of England), it having been a part of NewYork till 1692. Nantneket, incorporated 1695; population .3,201; is composed of the town andisland of Nantucket, and four small islands. It was formerly engaged in thewhale fishery. It is Ijecoming known as a summer Lynn. XV. CITIES AJ^D TOWNS. Boston (settled 1630; incorporated 1822; population 341,119; value .$795,638,000),the capital of , and the seat of justice of Suffolk County, is themetropolis of New England and an important commercial city. It is .situatedon the west side of Massachusetts Bay, at the mouth of the Charles River,and is 232 miles north-east from New York, 200 miles about east from Albany,and 44 miles about north-east from Providence l>y railroad. It was built on apeninsula; but many thouisand acres of the Back Bay and the South BostonFlats have been filled and join the peninsula to the main land. The city includes South Boston and East Boston, the latter occupying anisland nearly two miles long. Roxbury, Dorchester, , West Rox-bury, and Brighton have recently been annexed, though these districts retaintheir original names; the city has an extent of about 13 miles in length andeight in breadth. It is supplied with wat
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