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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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The County of Dukes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 14,987. Its county seat is Edgartown6. The county consists of the island of Martha's Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands (including Cuttyhunk). It was originally established as Dukes County, New York on November 1, 1683, and was transferred to Massachusetts and divided so that Nantucket Island became Nantucket County, Massachusetts on October 7, 1691. Because the statute created a county "by the name of Dukes County," the redundancy remains part of its formal name.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 3,265
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| 1800 | 3,118
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| 1810 | 3,290
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| 1820 | 3,292
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| 1830 | 3,517
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| 1840 | 3,958
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| 1850 | 4,540
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| 1860 | 4,403
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| 1870 | 3,787
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| 1880 | 4,300
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| 1890 | 4,369
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| 1900 | 4,561
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| 1910 | 4,504
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| 1920 | 4,372
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| 1930 | 4,953
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| 1940 | 5,669
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| 1950 | 5,633
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| 1960 | 5,829
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| 1970 | 6,117
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| 1980 | 8,942
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| 1990 | 11,639
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External links
www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/dukes
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