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Wellfleet, Massachusetts



Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the town of Wellfleet occupies 35.4 square miles (91.6 km²). It had a year-round population of 2,749 according to the 2000 US Census, which swells nearly sixfold during the summer. Nearly half of the land area of Wellfleet is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore and a total of 70% of the town's land area is in some form of protection, with land owned by the town, the conservation commission and the Audubon Society. Wellfleet is famous for its eponymous oysters and cranberries. Additionally the town has the second greatest concentration of art galleries on Cape Cod, right after Provincetown.



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