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Dukes County

county in Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Dukes County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 686 Wikipedia views per month (county of massachusetts category, ranking #11 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Rhode Island Sound[6]
  • Capital: Edgartown[7]
  • Shares border with: Barnstable County[8], Plymouth County[9], Bristol County[10], Nantucket County[11]
  • Named after: Duke of York[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Edgartown[13], West Tisbury[14], Chilmark[15], Aquinnah[16], Tisbury[17], Oak Bluffs[18], Gosnold[19]
  • Commons category: Dukes County, Massachusetts[20]
  • Inception: 1695[21]
  • Coordinate location: 41.414841, -70.612679[22]
  • Official website: http://www.dukescounty.org[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dukes County, Massachusetts[24]
  • Population: 16,535[25], 16,553[26], 16,679[27], 16,834[28], 17,256[29], 17,299[30], 20,600[31]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dukes County, Massachusetts[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dukes County, Massachusetts[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dukes County, Massachusetts[34]
  • Number of households: 6887[35]
  • Native label: Dukes County[36]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108908[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dukes County, Massachusetts[38]
  • Area: 1272[39]
  • Water as percent of area: 79[40]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Dukes County, Massachusetts[41]
  • Per capita income: 43,994[42]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dukes County, Massachusetts.tab[43]

Why It Matters

Dukes County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Dukes County, Massa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dukes County, Massachusetts.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presid"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Dukes County, Massachusetts
    Capital → —
    Country → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C108908
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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