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About Yarmouth
Yarmouth, incorporated in 1639, is located in the
mid-Cape area, about 65 miles southwest of Provincetown and 23 miles
east of the Cape Cod Canal. It is one of those Cape towns that extend
from Cape Cod Bay on the north across the peninsula south to Nantucket
Sound.
The most striking physical feature of the town are the result of
glaciations; the low round hills on the north side of town were created
by the leading edge of the glacier as it pushed the land before it. The
flat sandy terrain of the southern part of town is the apron of material
that was washed out from the glacial ice.
Yarmouth is a member of the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District and
has five public schools located in the town. At a college level, the
Cape Cod Community College offers enrollment in its full-time two year
programs as well as in its continuing education program. There are three
libraries within the town. Keeping pace with the growth on Cape Cod is
the growth of professional and community music, art, dance and theater
groups, some of them located in Yarmouth. The community enjoys a variety
of recreational programs as well as the town's fifteen public saltwater
beaches, five freshwater beaches and two municipal golf courses.
Southeastern Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Bordered by Cape Cod Bay on the
north, Dennis on the east, Nantucket Sound on the south, and Barnstable
on the west. Yarmouth is 48 miles east of New Bedford, 75 miles
southeast of Boston, and 257 miles from New York City.
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