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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
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