Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Wellfleet Town Hall

Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod. The town had a population of 3,566 at the 2020 census. The population grows to five times the normal during the summer. Much of the town's land area is in wetlands protection. Nearly half of it is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Wellfleet is famous for its oysters, which are celebrated in the annual October Wellfleet OysterFest.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Wellfleet Today". Mass Department of Housing and Community Development community profile. wellfleetma.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Wellfleet Environmental Protection Regulations (Wellfleet, MA: Wellfleet Conservation Commission, February 2014), p. 3