Community Profile

  • Settled: 1637, Incorporated 1639
  • County: Barnstable
  • Population: 21,698 (January 1, 2012)
  • Area: 43.95 square miles (includes 14.95 square miles in the Massachusetts Military Reservation)
  • Highest Elevation: 292 feet (Telegraph Hill)
  • Lowest Elevation: Sea Level
  • Miles of Road: 242.15 miles (146.60 Town owned, 21.5 State, 74.35 Other)
  • Area Code: 508
  • Zip Codes: 
    • Sandwich: 02563
    • East Sandwich: 02537
    • Forestdale: 02644
    • Sagamore Beach: 02562
  • Government: 5 Member Part-Time Board of Selectmen/Town Manager Open Town Meeting, 1st Monday in May Town Election, 1st Thursday in May
  • Fiscal Year 2013 Tax Rate: $13.72 per thousand, Water District $0.89 per thousand
  • Public Schools: 
    • Henry T. Wing School (Kindergarten through 8): 802 students
    • Oak Ridge School (Kindergarten through 8): 726 students
    • Forestdale School (Kindergarten through 8): 735 students
    • High School (9th through 12th grade): 862 students
    • Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School (Bourne): 125 Sandwich students as of October 1, 2012
  • Public Safety: Full-Time Police and Fire Department (with ambulance service)
  • Public Library: Sandwich Public Library, founded 1891, Fiscal Year 2012, 1982, 518 volume
  • Utilities:
    • Electric: NSTAR/National Grid
    • Telephone: Verizon
    • Natural Gas: National Grid
    • Water: Sandwich Water District
    • Cable Television: Comcast, DirecTV