Place:Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

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NameDukes
Alt namesDukessource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.333°N 70.75°W
Located inMassachusetts, United States     (1695 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Tower Hill Cemetery
Inhabited place
Aquinnah ( 1800 - )
Chappaquiddick
Chilmark
Cuttyhunk
East Chop
Edgartown
Gosnold
Hartsville
Indian Lands
Jerneganville
Katama
Lobsterville
Martha's Vineyard
Menemsha
Nabs Corner
Nashaquitsa
Naushon Station
North Tisbury
Oak Bluffs
Ocean Heights
Oklahoma Heights
Quansoo
Squibnocket
Suttons Mills
Tisbury
Tississa
Vineyard Haven
Wepua Point
West Chop
West Opening
West Tisbury
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dukes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,600, making it the second-least populous county in Massachusetts. Its county seat is Edgartown.

Dukes County comprises the Vineyard Haven, MA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county consists of the island of Martha's Vineyard (including Chappaquiddick Island), the Elizabeth Islands (including Cuttyhunk), the island of Nomans Land, and other associated islets.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1665 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1686 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1695 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1696 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1790 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 3,265
1800 3,118
1810 3,290
1820 3,292
1830 3,517
1840 3,958
1850 4,540
1860 4,403
1870 3,787
1880 4,300
1890 4,369
1900 4,561
1910 4,504
1920 4,372
1930 4,953
1940 5,669
1950 5,633
1960 5,829
1970 6,117
1980 8,942
1990 11,639
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External links

  • Outstanding guide to Dukes County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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