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Barnstable

American  
[bahrn-stuh-buhl] / ˈbɑrn stə bəl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Massachusetts.


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In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to poweroutage.us, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

After polls closed across most of Massachusetts Tuesday night, one town, Barnstable, kept polls open until midnight after a broken vault door kept ballots locked inside for most of the day.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

The turtle originally came from a nest in West Barnstable that researchers determined was in a hazardous location and needed to be moved.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2021

CDC data found three-quarters of Barnstable County cases occurred in fully vaccinated people.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

I went twice with the gubernatorial party to attend the Agricultural Fair at Barnstable.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

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