Editing Nantucket (section)

==Government==
[[File:Nantucket Town & County Building.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Nantucket Town & County Building]]
Nantucket is the only such consolidated town-county in Massachusetts. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 14,255, making it the least populated county in Massachusetts.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer |url=https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2566121a73de463995ed2b2fd7ff6eb7 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Part of the town is designated the [[Nantucket (CDP), Massachusetts|Nantucket CDP]], or [[census-designated place]]. The region of Surfside on Nantucket is the southernmost settlement in Massachusetts.

===Local===
Town and county governments are combined in Nantucket (see [[List of counties in Massachusetts]]). Nantucket's elected executive body is its Select Board (name changed in 2018 from [[Board of Selectmen]]),<ref>{{cite web| title = Nantucket Selectmen go gender-neutral| work = Inquirer & Mirror website| url = http://www.ack.net/news/20180321/nantucket-selectmen-go-gender-neutral}}</ref> which is responsible for the town government's goals and policies.<ref>{{cite web| title = Board of Selectmen| work = Town and County of Nantucket website| url = http://www.nantucket-ma.gov/Pages/NantucketMA_BOS/index | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070722114934/http://www.nantucket-ma.gov/Pages/NantucketMA_BOS/index | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 22, 2007 | access-date = April 10, 2013}}</ref> Legislative functions are carried out by an open Town Meeting of the Town's registered voters.<ref>{{cite web| title = Nantucket Open Town Meeting| work = Town and County of Nantucket website| url = https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/700/Town-Meetings| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508222755/https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/700/Town-Meetings| url-status = live| archive-date = May 8, 2021| access-date = May 7, 2022}}</ref> It is administered by a town manager, who is responsible for all departments, except for the school, airport and water departments.<ref>{{cite web| title = Town Administration| work = Town and County of Nantucket website| url = http://www.nantucket-ma.gov/Pages/NantucketMA_Admin/index| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001181709/http://www.nantucket-ma.gov/Pages/NantucketMA_Admin/index| url-status = dead| archive-date = October 1, 2007| access-date = April 10, 2013}}</ref>

===State===
Nantucket is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] by [[Dylan Fernandes]], Democrat, of Woods Hole, who represents Precincts 1, 2, 5 and 6, of Falmouth, in [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]]; Chilmark, Edgartown, Aquinnah, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury, all in [[Dukes County, Massachusetts|Dukes County]]; and Nantucket. Rep. Fernandes has served since January 4, 2017. Nantucket is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] by [[Julian Cyr]], Democrat, of [[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]], who has also served since January 4, 2017.

===National===
Nantucket is in [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], which has existed since 2013. {{As of|2013}}, it was represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by [[William R. Keating|Bill Keating]], a Democrat of Bourne. Massachusetts is currently represented in the [[United States Senate]] by senior senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] (Democrat) and junior senator [[Ed Markey]] (Democrat).