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Truro (Town of), Barnstable County, MA
Town of Truro, MA. Located on Cape Cod, 25 mi NE of Barnstable, Barnstable County (US-T121).
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Truro
Truro (Town of), Barnstable County, MA
Town of Truro, MA. Located on Cape Cod, 25 mi NE of Barnstable, Barnstable County (US-T121).
Settled in 1700, incorporated in 1709. Probably named for the coastal Town of Truro, Cornwall County, England, from which some of the early settlers came. Before 1709, it was common land called 'Pawmett.' (MA-T1)
