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Welcome to Life in Barnstable, MA.
Barnstable takes its name from Barnstaple, Devon, England. The early settlers were farmers, led by the Reverend Joseph Hull, the founder of Barnstable. A memorial tablet was dedicated there in 1939 marking the site of his home and the rock from which he preached still stands along the highway there.
Barnstable, the county seat of Barnstable County, was one of the first towns to be settled in Plymouth Colony, one year behind Sandwich, in 1638, and was incorporated on September 4, 1639, the same day as the towns of Sandwich and Yarmouth.
Soon after the town's founding, agriculture, fishing and salt works became its major industries. By the end of the 19th century, there were some 804 ships harbored in the town. But the role of sailing ships declined with the rise of ocean-going steamships and the railroad, which had arrived in 1854.
