Editing Wellfleet, Massachusetts

{{short description|Town in Massachusetts, United States}}
{{for|the community in Nebraska|Wellfleet, Nebraska}}
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'''Wellfleet''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]], [[Massachusetts]], United States, and is located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of [[Cape Cod]]. The town had a population of 3,566 at the [[2020 United States census]],<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2500174385| title=Census - Geography Profile: Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=October 6, 2021}}</ref> which swells nearly sixfold during the summer.<ref>{{cite web| title=Wellfleet Today| url=http://www.wellfleetma.org/Public_Documents/WellfleetMA_WebDocs/about.shtml| work=Mass Department of Housing and Community Development community profile| publisher=wellfleetma.org| access-date=7 July 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723132334/http://www.wellfleetma.org/Public_Documents/WellfleetMA_WebDocs/about.shtml| archive-date=23 July 2011| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref> A total of 70% of the town's land area is under protection, and nearly half of it is part of the [[Cape Cod National Seashore]]. Wellfleet is famous for its [[oyster]]s, which are celebrated in the annual October Wellfleet OysterFest.

== History ==

The area was originally settled by Europeans in the 1650s as Billingsgate (after the famous [[Billingsgate Fish Market|fish market]] in East London). In 1717, the pirate [[Samuel Bellamy|"Black Sam" Bellamy]] was sailing nearby when his ship, the ''[[Whydah Gally|Whydah]]'', sank offshore, together with over {{convert|4.5|ST|abbr=off|lk=on}} of gold and silver and all but two of its 145 men. The wreck was discovered in 1984, the first of only two confirmed pirate shipwrecks ever to have been discovered.<ref name="MA-SC">{{cite court |litigants=Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. |vol=403 |reporter=Mass. |opinion=501 |court=Mass. Supreme Court |date=1988 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2602674804977561500&hl=en |access-date=15 October 2012 }}</ref>

Wellfleet was part of neighboring [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Eastham]] until 1763 when it achieved town status after nearly 30 years of petitioning. Wellfleet's oyster beds drove the early economy, as did [[whaling]] and fishing. The town was home to 30 whaling ships at the time of the [[American Revolution]].

Because of the decline of whaling and the [[mackerel]] catch in the late 19th century, the fleet declined, being completely free of [[schooner]]s by 1900. The oyster fleet continued, however, and many types of shellfish continue to be harvested. Despite this decline, a church near the town center continues to operate a clock that chimes [[Ship's bell|ship’s time]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maguire|first=James "Jerry"|title=Wellfleet's Tower Clock|url=https://www.wellfleetchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wellfleets-Tower-Clock1.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.wellfleetchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wellfleets-Tower-Clock1.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|website=wellfleetchurch.org|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Image: Remains of the Marconi Station in Wellfleet.jpg|thumb|left|The remains of Marconi's station]]
[[Guglielmo Marconi]] built the USA's first transatlantic radio transmitter station on a coastal bluff in South Wellfleet in 1901–1902. The first [[wireless telegraphy|radio telegraph]] transmission from the United States to England was sent from this station on January 18, 1903, a ceremonial telegram from President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]]. Most of the transmitter site is gone, however, as three quarters of the land it originally encompassed has been eroded into the sea. The South Wellfleet station's first [[call sign]] was "CC" for Cape Cod.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm|title= Marconi Wireless On Cape Cod|access-date= 2008-10-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081024192918/http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm|archive-date= 2008-10-24|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oldradio.com/archives/jurassic/marconi.htm|title= Broadcast Archive, Marconi section|access-date= 2008-10-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080705032129/http://www.oldradio.com/archives/jurassic/marconi.htm|archive-date= 2008-07-05|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 1961, President [[John F. Kennedy]] created the [[Cape Cod National Seashore]], which encompasses most of the Atlantic shoreline of Cape Cod. In Wellfleet, the territory circles the town, from Jeremy Point through the marshes and "islands" along the [[Herring River (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)|Herring River]], includes [[Cahoon Hollow Beach]], and extends the length of the Atlantic shore of the town.

Construction of the [[Chequessett Inn]] in the late 19th century contributed to the development of a tourist economy in Wellfleet. The town has the second greatest concentration of art galleries on Cape Cod, right after [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]]. It is also a popular retirement spot.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wellfleetma.org/Public_Documents/WellfleetMA_WebDocs/about.shtml#history |title=History of Wellfleet, from WellfleetMA.org |access-date=2007-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214143237/http://www.wellfleetma.org/Public_Documents/WellfleetMA_WebDocs/about.shtml#history |archive-date=2007-02-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>''Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Street Atlas.'' South Easton, MA: Arrow Maps Inc., 2004, p. 87.</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|91.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|51.3|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|40.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 44.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500174385| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212153657/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500174385| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> Wellfleet is bordered by [[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]] to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Eastham]] to the south, and [[Cape Cod Bay]] to the west. Wellfleet is approximately {{convert|14|mi}} south of [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]], {{convert|33|mi}} (by road) northeast of [[Barnstable, Massachusetts|Barnstable]], {{convert|48|mi}} from the [[Sagamore Bridge]], and {{convert|100|mi}} (by road) southeast of [[Boston]].

The lands of Wellfleet wrap around Wellfleet Harbor, extending from the main portion of the Cape around the harbor to Jeremy Point. At one time, Wellfleet Harbor included an island known as [[Billingsgate Island]], which sat at the harbor's mouth, to the south of the point. Once a flourishing small community with a [[lighthouse]], the island was destroyed by [[coastal erosion]] and now exists as a shoal that is exposed at low tide. The Billingsgate shoals are split between Wellfleet and neighboring Eastham. Several other inlets extend inland from the harbor, at the mouth of the Herring River (also called "The Gut"), Duck Creek, Blackfish Creek and Fresh Brook (commonly known as "The Run") which leads to several brooks.

In addition to the Seashore, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, run by Massachusetts Audubon, surrounds much of The Run, including part of Small Island (between The Run and Blackfish Creek). Between the sanctuary, seashore and other small parks and beaches, seventy percent of the town's area is protected.

A small whaling community was founded on the land that is now Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, and was originally known as Silver Spring, after Silver Spring Brook. What remains of it is a marsh that was once its harbor, known as the Silver Spring Brook Marshes. This land is now protected by the [[Massachusetts Audubon Society]] in its Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.

==Climate==

The town of Wellfleet has a mild summer [[humid continental climate]] (Dfb). The [[plant hardiness zone]] is 7a, with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 3.6&nbsp;°F (−15.7&nbsp;°C).<ref name="USDA">{{cite web|url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=2019-06-28|title=USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map}}</ref> The average seasonal (Nov–Apr) snowfall total is around 30 in (76&nbsp;cm). The average snowiest month is February, which corresponds to the annual peak in [[nor'easter]] activity.

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|Jul high F =	78.2
|Aug high F =	77.4
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| May mean F =	55.3
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| Oct mean F =	54.4
| Nov mean F =	46.2
| Dec mean F =	37.3
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|Feb low F =	26.0
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| Jan humidity =	70.2
| Feb humidity =	68.3
| Mar humidity =	67.2
| Apr humidity =	68.5
| May humidity =	70.8
| Jun humidity =	74.2
| Jul humidity =	76.4
| Aug humidity =	76.3
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| Oct humidity =	72.6
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| Dec humidity =	68.5
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| style=text-align:center;" |	36.5
| style=text-align:center;" |	46.0
| style=text-align:center;" |	56.1
| style=text-align:center;" |	63.1
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|}

==Transportation==
[[U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 6]] passes from north to south through the town. The town's commercial center lies west of the route, along the shores of the harbor. The route was straightened in the mid-20th century, and some maps still consider the "old" Route 6 to be a portion of [[Route 6A (Massachusetts)|Route 6A]]. The town has no rail or air service. The last train left the area in the 1930s, the train station was razed and the tracks were torn up through Provincetown. The old rail line was turned into a bicycle trail, named the Cod Rail Trail, which ends in South Wellfleet. The nearest municipal airports are in [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]] and Provincetown, both about {{convert|18|mi}} from town; the nearest national and international service can be found at [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.

There is currently limited bus service between Wellfleet and [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]], and from there on to Boston and Logan Airport, on the Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company, a [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]-based bus service. The [[Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority|CCRTA]], which runs between Hyannis and Provincetown, also makes stops in Wellfleet.

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1850|2411
 | 1860|2322
 | 1870|2135
 | 1880|1875
 | 1890|1291
 | 1900|988
 | 1910|1022
 | 1920|826
 | 1930|823
 | 1940|890
 | 1950|1123
 | 1960|1404
 | 1970|1743
 | 1980|2209
 | 1990|2493
 | 2000|2749
 | 2010|2750
 | 2020|3566
 | 2023*|3627
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=May 19, 2024 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Wellfleet Congregational Church.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The First Congregational Church of Wellfleet. The clock tower (referred to as "Town Clock") is equipped with a ship's signal bell system.]]

As of the census<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 2000, there were 2,749 people, 1,301 households, and 724 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|138.6|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 3,998 housing units at an average density of {{convert|201.6|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.58% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.95% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.29% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.20% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 1,301 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.3% were non-families. Of all households, 34.8% were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,558, and the median income for a family was $50,990. Males had a median income of $38,100 versus $35,964 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,712. About 5.7% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
[[File:Wellfleet Elementary School.jpg|alt=Aerial photo of Wellfleet Elementary, 2017|thumb|300x300px|Aerial photo of Wellfleet Elementary, 2017]]
Wellfleet is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of the Fourth Barnstable district, which includes (with the exception of Brewster) all the towns east and north of Harwich on the Cape. The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and a portion of Barnstable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from Mass.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Wellfleet is patrolled by the Second (Yarmouth) Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d2&csid=Eeops|title= Station D-2, SP Yarmouth|access-date= 2007-02-28|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070316174715/http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+&+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d2&csid=Eeops|archive-date= 2007-03-16|url-status= live}}</ref>

On the national level, Wellfleet is a part of the [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district|9th congressional district]], currently represented by [[William R. Keating|Bill Keating]]. The state's senior (Class I) member of the [[United States Senate]], elected in 2012, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The junior (Class II) senator,  elected on April 30, 2013, is [[Ed Markey]].

Wellfleet is governed by the [[open town meeting]] form of government and a [[board of selectmen]], who employ a town administrator to oversee day-to-day business. The town has its own police and fire departments, headquartered on Route 6 near the town center. There are two post offices, and both are also located along Route 6. The Wellfleet Public Library is located in the town center, in a former curtain and candle factory converted in 1989.

==Education==
Wellfleet, [[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]], [[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]], [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]], [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Eastham]] and [[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]] make up the [[Nauset Regional School District]]. Each town operates its own elementary schools, with a regional middle school and high school accepting the students of all four towns. Wellfleet Elementary School is located just off Route 6 near the town center, and serves students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The Nauset Regional Middle School is located in Orleans, and the [[Nauset Regional High School]] is located in neighboring Eastham. There are no private schools in Wellfleet; high school students may, however, choose to attend [[Cape Cod Regional Technical High School]] in Harwich free of charge.

==Notable people==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Martha Atwood]], soprano
* [[Lorenzo Dow Baker]], entrepreneur, pioneer of the American commercialization of bananas
* [[Samuel Bellamy]], pirate
* [[Berry Berenson]], actress, photographer, model; victim of [[September 11 attacks]]
* [[William Birenbaum]] (1923–2010), college administrator who served as president of [[Antioch College]]<ref>Fox, Margalit. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/09birenbaum.html "William M. Birenbaum, College Leader, Dies at 87"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202203239/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/09birenbaum.html |date=2018-02-02 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 8, 2010. Accessed October 10, 2010.</ref>
* [[Serge Chermayeff]], architect
* [[Mike DeVito]], NFL player for nine seasons
* [[Edwin Dickinson]], artist
* [[John Dos Passos]], writer
* [[Janet Doub Erickson]], co-founder of [[the Blockhouse of Boston]], artist, and author
* [[Gilbert Franklin]], sculptor, educator<ref>{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Tom |date=October 30, 2004 |title=Gilbert Franklin, sculptor noted for public works; at 85 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/443444385/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Boston Globe |page=27 |language=en |issn=0743-1791}}</ref>
* [[Bernard Greenhouse]], cellist
* [[John M. Johansen]], architect
* [[Allen Kurzweil]], writer
* [[Robert Jay Lifton]], psychiatrist, author
* [[Guglielmo Marconi]], technology pioneer
* [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]], writer
* [[William McFeely]], historian
* [[Anthony Perkins]], actor, singer, director
* [[Marge Piercy]], poet
* [[Jane Piper]] (1916–1991), artist
* [[Stephen Russell]], actor, theater director
* [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]], historian
* [[Edmund Wilson]], literary critic
* [[Howard Zinn]], historian
{{div col end}}

== See also ==
* [[Wellfleet Drive-In Theater]]

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Stetson |first=Judy |date=1963 |title=Wellfleet: A Pictorial History |publisher=The Wellfleet Historical Society |oclc=58552276}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage|Wellfleet}}
* [https://www.wellfleet-ma.gov/ Town of Wellfleet official website]
* [https://www.wellfleetchamber.com Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://www.wellfleetlibrary.org/ Wellfleet Public Library]

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