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Yarmouth

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Yarmouth

Town in Barnstable County, southeast Massachusetts; population (2000 est) 24,800. It is a summer resort community situated on Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound, and lies 7 km/4 mi east of Barnstable. Cranberries are cultivated in the area. In the 19th century, Yarmouth was an important fishing and shipping port. It was incorporated in 1639 and named Yarmouth in 1849 after Yarmouth, England.

Yarmouth was originally a site of the Wampanoag Nation, whose name for the area was Mattacheese. It has four entries on the National Register of Historic Places, including farms and historic districts.
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If there are bridges down, and communication with Harwich is blocked, Yarmouth would suit me better than anywhere.
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The sixth day of our being at sea we came into Yarmouth Roads; the wind having been contrary and the weather calm, we had made but little way since the storm.
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To all of which Yarmouth merely replied, "Yes, ma'am.
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