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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Onset, Massachusetts |settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]] |nickname = 'Tesno' '0 Block' |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = Onset Beach.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Onset Beach |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |image_map = Plymouth County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Onset highlighted.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location in Plymouth County in Massachusetts |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label = Onset |pushpin_label_position = top <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Massachusetts]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_25.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 3.35 |area_land_km2 = 2.79 |area_water_km2 = 0.56 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.29 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.08 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.22 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_total = 1617 |population_density_km2 = 579.01 |population_density_sq_mi = 1500.00 <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = β5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = β4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 3 |elevation_ft = 10 |coordinates = {{Coord|41|44|47|N|70|39|48|W|region:US-MA_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]s |postal_code = 02558 (Onset)<br/>02538 ([[East Wareham, Massachusetts|East Wareham]]) |area_code = [[Area code 508|508]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 25-51160 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0615548 |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Onset''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the town of [[Wareham, Massachusetts|Wareham]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. The population was 1,573 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Onset CDP, Massachusetts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref> ==Geography== Onset is located at {{Coord|41|44|47|N|70|39|48|W|region:US-MA_type:city}} (41.746424, β70.663251).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 3.4 km{{sup|2}} (1.3 mi{{sup|2}}), of which 2.8 km{{sup|2}} (1.1 mi{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.6 km{{sup|2}} (0.2 mi{{sup|2}}) (16.92%) is water. ==Demographics== {{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}} {{US Census population | align=left | 2020= 1617 | footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,292 people, 568 households, and 323 families in the CDP. The population density was 461.9/km{{sup|2}} (1,192.7/mi{{sup|2}}). There were 910 housing units at an average density of 325.3/km{{sup|2}} (840.1/mi{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 74.46% African American, 7.74% White, 0.23% Native American, 1.24% Asian, 13.08% from other races, and 3.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.78%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> Of the 568 households 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were married couples living together, 17.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. Of households, 35.0% were one person and 13.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.93. The age distribution was 22.4% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males. The median household income was $31,250 and the median family income was $36,739. Males had a median income of $37,629 versus $26,903 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,088. About 13.0% of families and 23.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.8% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over. Onset is home to the highest percentage (per capita) of [[Cape Verdean Americans]] in the United States.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} ==History== Onset was developed in the 1880s as a summer camp meeting for [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualists]]. Many of the existing cottages in Onset were built as second homes for individuals from [[Boston]], [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]], [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]] and other [[northeastern United States|northeastern]] cities who gathered to hear mediums communicate with the dead. While it was run by the Spiritualists, the village was known as Onset Bay Grove.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=William D. |year=1997 |chapter='To Hold Communion with Nature and the Spirit-World:' New England's Spiritualist Camp Meetings, 1865β1910 |editor1=Annmarie Adams |editor1-link=Annmarie Adams |editor2=Sally MacMurray |title=Exploring Everyday Landscapes: Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture |volume=VII |location=Knoxville, TN |publisher=University of Tennessee Press |isbn=0-87049-983-1}}</ref> It has fallen in line since its inception as a non-religious area with a large beachfront and some of the attractions that bring a summer vacationing crowd. [[File:Onset Junction Station, Onset, Mass. - ca. 1913.jpg|thumb|center|Onset Junction Station, c. 1910]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Onset, Massachusetts}} * [http://maps.bpl.org/id/M8713/#: 1885 Birds Eye View of Onset Bay Grove] {{Plymouth County, Massachusetts}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Census-designated places in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Populated coastal places in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Spiritualist communities in the United States]] [[Category:Wareham, Massachusetts]]
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