Edgartown, Massachusetts

Dukes County

25-21150

Edgartown is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts on the island of Martha 's Vineyard off the coast of Cape Cod in the United States and the county seat of Dukes County.

Demography

At the time of the census in 2000 ( U.S. Census 2000), the town had 3,779 inhabitants on a land area of ​​69.9 km ². The median age was 40.3 years ( national U.S. average: 35.3 years ). The per capita income ( per capita income English ) was ( the national average of the United States: 21,587 U.S. dollars) at 25,740 U.S. dollars. 4.2 % of residents were with their income below the poverty line ( national U.S. average: 12.4 %). Approximately 23.9 % of the inhabitants are of English descent, and about 6.4 % are of German descent.

Others

Part of the city Edgartown is the small island of Chappaquiddick, which was founded in 1969 known due to errors caused by Senator Edward Kennedy traffic accident in which one person was killed and around the world.

The city was the location for the movie Jaws and thus the film set for the fictional place Amity.