Coldwell Banker Atlantic Realty
32 Main Street
Orleans, MA 02653

(877) 698-9880

(800) 676-5701

Coldwell Banker Atlantic Realty

Coldwell Banker Atlantic Realty
32 Main Street, Orleans

(877) 698-9880

125 Underpass Road, Brewster

(800) 676-5701

Cape Cod Town Information

Brewster

Brewster is an historic sea captains’ town located on the bay side of Cape Cod. Established in 1803, the town encompasses approximately twenty three square miles, including over 325 acres of beach and marshlands, with 24 ponds larger than 10 acres in size.

Chatham

The French explorer Samuel de Champlain guided his vessel past Harding’s Beach and into Stage Harbor in October of 1606. The Native Americans here, who had been here for at least 10,000 years, paddled out in their canoes and greeted Champlain hospitably.

Dennis

Dennis was first settled in 1639, by Thomas Howes, as part of the town of Yarmouth. The town officially separated and incorporated in 1793. It was named after resident minister, Josiah Dennis.

Eastham

Gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore, the Town of Eastham is a coastal resort community straddling the arm of Cape Cod. Located on the lower Cape, the town is bounded on two sides by land, the other two by water, the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay.

Harwich

The Town of Harwich is a resort and residential community located on the south side of the Cape peninsula, with an extensive shoreline on Nantucket Sound. It was settled around 1665, and incorporated in 1694.

Orleans

The Town of Orleans, incorporated in 1797, is a resort community on the outer Cape whose European history begins in 1642 with the first permanent settlement established by Nicholas Snow and his family.

Wellfleet

Located some seventy-five miles out into the Atlantic Ocean on the outer end of Cape Cod, the Town of Wellfleet offers an abundance of quaint rural seaside character and charm and spectacular natural resources.

Yarmouth

On January 7, 1639.the court record refers to the land grant to the first settlers John Crow, Thomas Howes, and Anthony Thacher as “the lands of Mattacheeset, now called Yarmouth”.

Last updated: August 15, 2007