Pocasset

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Pocasset

Total population

2,247

Median home value

$709,900

44.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$84,583

Pocasset$85k

National$74k

Air quality index

48Good

Elevation10 m

Land area25.34 km²

Weather57°F · Rain Likely

Coordinates41.69°, -70.65°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. As of the 2020 census, Pocasset had a population of 2,843.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Pocasset, MA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Carl Ruggles

American composer (1876-1971)

Ruth Haring

American chess player (1955–2018)

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Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

son of President John F. Kennedy (1963–1963)

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Peter Cronan

American football player

Crystal Taliefero

American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist

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Gerard Curtis Delano

American artist (1890-1972)

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Otto B. Blackwell

American engineer (1884-1970)

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Ron Wooten

American football player

William Foster Nye

American businessman (1824-1910)

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Jennifer A. Francis

American scientist

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Rosamond Gilder

theater critic and administrator (1891–1986)

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Francis Cleveland

American stage actor, director and producer (1903-1995)

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Marion Estelle Smith

American entomologist

James Ellis Gifford

politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1832)

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John O. Milne

American politician – Minnesota -- "J.O." Senate 1872 (District 41)

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John M. Allen

American architect, active in Massachusetts (1842–1912)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Massachusetts

• Bourne
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,806
• Yarmouth Port
  22.2 mi away · pop. 5,403
• Duxbury
  24.7 mi away · pop. 1,994
• South Dennis
  25.8 mi away · pop. 3,899
• Ocean Grove
  29 mi away · pop. 3,453
• Harwich Center
  30.1 mi away · pop. 1,774
• Cochituate
  57.1 mi away
• Peabody
  60.8 mi away · pop. 54,695
• Boxford
  69.6 mi away · pop. 2,284
• Amesbury Town
  82 mi away
• Chicopee
  104.4 mi away · pop. 55,295
• Deerfield
  116.4 mi away · pop. 458

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pocasset

Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

Patricia Clark Smith · 2003

Barnstable County Infirmary

1921

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Nancy Jensen Devin · 1997

Bourne

Sanborn Map Company · 1948

From Pocasset to Cataumet

1988

The Pocasset tragedy

Denton, William · 1882

The Pocasset tragedy the legitimate fruit of Christianity

William Denton · 1879

A history of the Pocasset tragedy

William J. Potter · 1879

Search results from Open Library.