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Harwich, MA
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Population
12,386 people. (151st in Massachusetts.)
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The Town of Harwich is a resort and residential community located on the
south side of the Cape peninsula, with an extensive shoreline on Nantucket
Sound. It was settled around 1665, and incorporated in 1694. Its early
economy included agriculture and maritime industries and its history has
included boom and bust cycles from the earliest days of the community.
When the whaling industry collapsed with the discovery of oil, the
community's emphasis shifted to cod fishing. By 1802, 15 to 20 ships were
shore fishing and another four ships were cod fishing in Newfoundland and
Labrador, and by 1851, there were 48 ships employing 577 men and bringing
in thousands of tons of cod and mackerel. The eventual decline of the
fishing industry in Harwich by the latter part of the 19th century was
caused by increases in the size of ships which eventually outstripped the
shallow port's ability to house them. Residents turned to the development
of cranberry bogs and resorts for summer visitors, working side-by-side
with Portuguese immigrants. The first resort hotel opened in 1880 and both
the cranberry and the tourist industries remain substantial parts of
Harwich's economy in the present.
In 1775, when Separatists and Baptists outnumbered Orthodox
Congregationalists, Harwich burghers felt independent enough to refuse to
support a minister with public tax monies and they continued refusing to do
so for 18 years. The town showed religious diversity from the first,
including residents who are Baptists, Methodists, Reformed Methodists
(anti-episcopal), Wesleyans and Catholics, among others.
Commercial, motel and condominium development has been intense along the
Route 28 corridor and suburban development has significantly decreased the
remaining agricultural landscape, but the town retains much of its 19th
century character, including period Portuguese farmhouses.
Southeastern Massachusetts, on the southeast portion of Cape Cod. Bordered by
Dennis on the west, Brewster and Orleans on the north, Chatham on the east, and
Nantucket Sound on the south. Harwich is about 12 miles from Hyannis, 70 miles
east of Fall River, 82 miles southeast of Boston, and 260 miles from New York
City.
Narrative compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
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SingleFamily, Detached
$589,900
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