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Dennis

Town in Barnstable County, Cape Cod, southeast Massachusetts; population (1998 est) 14,700. A summer resort, it is situated 10 km/6 mi east-northeast of Barnstable. The town includes the towns of Dennis Port, East Dennis, South Dennis, and West Dennis, with waterfront on both the north and south of the Cape. Cranberries are cultivated in the area.

Dennis was incorporated in 1793 and is named after Josiah Dennis, a local minister, whose 1736 house is now a museum and on the national register of historic places. The town is also home to the Cape Museum of Fine Arts and the Cape Playhouse, the oldest summer theatre in the USA.



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