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<p>The first European to explore the area was <a href="page.php?w=Bartholomew_Gosnold">Bartholomew Gosnold</a> in 1602. It was settled in 1638, as one of the first towns in the <a href="page.php?w=Plymouth_Colony">Plymouth Colony</a>, one year behind <a href="page.php?w=Sandwich%2C_Massachusetts">Sandwich</a> further south in Massachusetts on Cape Cod.  It was incorporated on September 4, 1639, the same day as the towns of Sandwich,  and <a href="page.php?w=Yarmouth%2C_Massachusetts">Yarmouth</a>. On the first Tuesday of December, the same year,</p><p>
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